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<font color="blue">We want to implement an automaton in the cell. It is based on a few simple rules on how to parse a simple sentence like<br>'''The little girl plays ball''' or '''Boys stroke the little dog'''.<br>These simple rules are :
<font color="blue">We want to implement an automaton in the cell. It is based on a few simple rules on how to parse a simple sentence like<br>'''The little girl plays ball''' or '''Boys stroke the little dog'''.<br>These simple rules are :
<ul type="disc">
<ul type="disc">
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  <li>S     NP VP
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  <li>S -->    NP VP
-
<li>NP  (det adj) N
+
<li>NP --> (det) (adj) N
-
  <li>VP  V (NP)
+
  <li>VP --> V (NP)
</ul>
</ul>
We target only the parts of speech (POS) tags which in these above grammars are:<br>
We target only the parts of speech (POS) tags which in these above grammars are:<br>
<ul type="disc">
<ul type="disc">
  <li> NP:Noun Phrase VP: Verb Phrase
  <li> NP:Noun Phrase VP: Verb Phrase
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<li>(det:Determinant adj:adjective) N: Noun
+
<li>(det:Determinant) (adj:adjective) N: Noun
  <li>VP:Verb Phrase V:Verb NP:Noun Phrase
  <li>VP:Verb Phrase V:Verb NP:Noun Phrase
</ul>
</ul>

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Project


We want to implement an automaton in the cell. It is based on a few simple rules on how to parse a simple sentence like
The little girl plays ball or Boys stroke the little dog.
These simple rules are :

  • S --> NP VP
  • NP --> (det) (adj) N
  • VP --> V (NP)

We target only the parts of speech (POS) tags which in these above grammars are:

  • NP:Noun Phrase VP: Verb Phrase
  • (det:Determinant) (adj:adjective) N: Noun
  • VP:Verb Phrase V:Verb NP:Noun Phrase

This way the grammar can be implemented as a finite state automaton (FSA) and not as a push-down automaton.

A finite state automation is a 5-tupel A = (Q, Σ, δ, s0, F), where Q is a finite set of states, Σ is the finite set of input symbols (alphabet), δ is the transition function, δ: Q × Σ -> Q, s0 is the start state and F is the set of final/accepting states.

Our Aim

The sentence in our project is a string of different reagents which will be introduced to the cell one by one. As soon as a wrong input is detected the cell will light up red. A sentence is finished by a stop reagent and then the cell will light up green.


The image represents an automaton that show how state transition occurs in a particular sentence parsing automaton

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