The following is a test
suite of sentences that you can use as a target for what to make your Stage
2 syntactic analyser be able to parse. The sentences marked with a * should
be correctly identified as ungrammatical. Note that this is quite a difficult
test suite; it is unlikely that you will get all of them.
i give
*i gives
he was given
*him was given
*we was given
we were given
i can give
*i can given
i do give
*stamps gives be man the office at
the man has given
the nice men have given
the man bought her stamp
the man bought himself a stamp
you give a stamp
*you give i
i gave at the office
this stamp is for you
this buys it
some give to you
the stamp was bought by the office
this stamp was bought at the office by you for me
*this stamp was bought at the office by i for me
*this stamp was bought at the office by you for i
this stamp was bought by you at the office
the man wants some water
*the man wants a water
the man has bought the stamp
the man has been buying the stamp
the man will have been buying the stamp
the man will have bought the stamp
when will it give pleasure
it will give pleasure tomorrow
will the man be given a chance
did the office buy a stamp
*did the office buys a stamp
how many stamps were bought
who gave the stamp
which men give pleasure
how many give pleasure
which did you give me
*which did us give you
which stamp did you give me
what office did you give to
in which office did the man give
at which office was it bought
the man likes to buy a stamp
the man likes buying stamps
the man likes the office to buy stamps
the man likes the office buying stamps
the man is nice
the man is very nice
which stamp did they want to give the office
the man has to have the stamp
the man must have the stamp
*the man must has the stamp
the man must want to need to have the stamp
the stamp that i can buy is at the office
*the stamp that me can buy is at the office
the stamp which i buy is at the office
the stamps that i can buy you are at the office
list all stamps
buy a stamp
at which office are you giving
the stamp of the man of the office is bought
whom was the stamp bought by
who was the stamp bought by
which office was the stamp i gave bought at
which office was the stamp i gave you bought at
which office was it given to
For graduate students in the course
for her to argue can be a pleasure
*for her to argue give pleasure
buying a stamp gives pleasure
buying herself a stamp gives her pleasure
the man having pleasure at the office gave stamps
*the man having pleasure give stamps
the man having pleasure gave stamps
the stamp given to the office was bought
the stamp given by the man to the office has been bought
the stamp they bought gives chance
which man gave the stamp bought by me
the stamp that the men gave can be bought
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