{"id":206015,"date":"2025-03-26T07:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=206015"},"modified":"2025-03-26T07:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:09:45","slug":"the-grammar-with-start-symbol-sentence-set-of-terminals-t-the-sleepy-happy-tortoise-hare-passes-runs-quickly-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/26\/the-grammar-with-start-symbol-sentence-set-of-terminals-t-the-sleepy-happy-tortoise-hare-passes-runs-quickly-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"The grammar with start symbol sentence, set of terminals T = {the, sleepy, happy, tortoise, hare, passes, runs, quickly, slowly}"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The grammar with start symbol sentence, set of terminals T = {the, sleepy, happy, tortoise, hare, passes, runs, quickly, slowly}, set of nonterminals N = {noun phrase, transitive verb phrase, intransitive verb phrase, article, adjective, noun, verb, adverb}, and productions: sentence \u2192 noun phrase transitive verb phrase noun phrase sentence \u2192 noun phrase intransitive verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

phrase noun phrase \u2192 article adjective noun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

noun phrase \u2192 article noun transitive verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

phrase \u2192 transitive verb intransitive verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

phrase\u2192intransitive verb adverb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

intransitive verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

phrase \u2192 intransitive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

verb article \u2192 the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adjective \u2192 sleepy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

adjective \u2192 happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

noun \u2192 tortoise noun \u2192 hare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

transitive verb \u2192 passes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

intransitive verb \u2192 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

adverb \u2192 quickly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

adverb \u2192 slowly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This grammar defines a simple language structure. Here are a few valid sentences generated using the given grammar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. The sleepy tortoise passes the happy hare.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The hare runs quickly.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The happy tortoise passes the sleepy hare.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The tortoise runs slowly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n

    Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    This is a context-free grammar (CFG) with the start symbol sentence<\/strong>. Let’s break down its components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    1. Terminals (T)<\/strong>: These are the words that appear in the final sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Articles: the<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Adjectives: sleepy, happy<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Nouns: tortoise, hare<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Verbs: passes, runs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Adverbs: quickly, slowly<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        1. Non-terminals (N)<\/strong>: These represent categories of words or phrases, which can be replaced using production rules.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • sentence<\/strong>: The starting point, which expands into noun and verb phrases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • noun phrase<\/strong>: A phrase containing an article, an optional adjective, and a noun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • transitive verb phrase<\/strong>: Contains a transitive verb and connects to another noun phrase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • intransitive verb phrase<\/strong>: Contains an intransitive verb and an optional adverb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            1. Production Rules<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • A sentence can be structured as noun phrase + transitive verb phrase + noun phrase<\/strong> (e.g., The tortoise passes the hare<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • A sentence can also be noun phrase + intransitive verb phrase<\/strong> (e.g., The hare runs quickly<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • A noun phrase<\/strong> can be constructed using an article, an adjective, and a noun (The happy tortoise<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • A verb phrase<\/strong> can include a transitive verb (passes<\/em>) or an intransitive verb plus an adverb (runs slowly<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                By following these rules, we can generate syntactically correct sentences within this small language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                The grammar with start symbol sentence, set of terminals T = {the, sleepy, happy, tortoise, hare, passes, runs, quickly, slowly}, set of nonterminals N = {noun phrase, transitive verb phrase, intransitive verb phrase, article, adjective, noun, verb, adverb}, and productions: sentence \u2192 noun phrase transitive verb phrase noun phrase sentence \u2192 noun phrase intransitive verb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}