Lori shows you the following line from her corporate insuran…

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Lоri shоws yоu the following line from her corporаte insurаnce policy: "The аgency shall pay the lawyer and the witness with the highest hourly rate." Lori is the Lawyer and has a high rate; her Witness has a very low rate. The insurance company refuses to pay Lori her premium fee. The company argues the phrase "with the highest hourly rate" describes only the witness (the closest noun). Lori argues it describes the lawyer and the witness as a single unit. Task: Using phrase structure rules, show where this ambiguity comes from. Using phrase structure rules, show where this ambiguity comes from. Determine the two readings. (2pts) Provide the rules to show how the sentences are constructed. (6 pts) Input Sentence "The orange fish swam" Top-Down S → NP VPNP → Det NDet → TheN → Adj NAdj → OrangeN → FishVP → swam Bottom-Up Adj → OrangeN → FishN → Adj NN → Orange Fish(Words combine upward)

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