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Category | Number of bits | Transform | Bit encoding of the sentence: “If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some” | Bit |
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(I) Conditional | 1 | (1) Subordinate conjunction (if) in 1st clause | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 0 |
She can have some, if Sara wants strawberries | 1 |
2 | (2) Pronoun (she) in the 2nd clause | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 00 |
If she wants strawberries, Sara can have some | 01 |
If Sara wants some, she can have strawberries | 10 |
If she wants some, Sara can have strawberries | 01 |
1 | (3) p-type or q-type (if p, q) | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 0 |
For Sara to have some strawberries, she has to want them | 1 |
1 | (4) Synonym pair (if and since are interchangeable) | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 0 |
Since Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 1 |
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(II) Adverb insertions | 1 | (5) Adverb before the subject “she” | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 0 |
If Sara wants strawberries, tomorrow she can have some | 1 |
2 | (6) Adverbs before the main verbs “wants” and “can” | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some | 00 |
If Sara really wants strawberries, she can have some | 01 |
If Sara wants strawberries, she can definitely have some | 10 |
If Sara really wants strawberries, she can definitely have some | 11 |
1 | (7) Adverb after the object “some” | If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some later | 0 |
If Sara wants strawberries, she can have some later | 1 |
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| Total 9 bits | Final sentence | “Since Sara wants strawberries, she can definitely have some later” | |
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