******Application of Biased Constraint Demotion******
Azba Simulation
Version of BCD used: modified, gives priority to more specific Faithfulness constraints
******Now doing Stratum #1******
Faithfulness Delay:
Markedness constraint M:Agr prefers no losers, joins stratum #*.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (newly ranked): M:Agr
Markedness constraints still unranked:
M:*b
M:*z
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
F:stp-voi
F:stp-voi/O
F:fr-voi
F:fr-voi/O
******Now doing Stratum #2******
Faithfulness Delay:
No rankable markedness constraints are available for this stratum.
Favor Specificity:
F:stp-voi cannot be installed in this stratum, because F:stp-voi/O is more specific.
F:fr-voi cannot be installed in this stratum, because F:fr-voi/O is more specific.
Avoid The Inactive:
Here are the active, as-yet-unranked Faithfulness constraints available for this stratum:
F:stp-voi/O
F:fr-voi/O
Smallest Effective Faithfulness Sets
Evaluating subsets of increasing size:
Subset size = *
Subset under consideration: F:stp-voi/O
Markedness constraint freed up: M:*z
Number of markedness constraints freed up: 1
This subset is an improvement.
Subset under consideration: F:fr-voi/O
Number of markedness constraints freed up: 0
Faithfulness constraint F:stp-voi/O joins stratum #2 as member of best subset.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): M:Agr
Stratum 2 (newly ranked): F:stp-voi/O
Markedness constraints still unranked:
M:*b
M:*z
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
F:stp-voi
F:fr-voi
F:fr-voi/O
******Now doing Stratum #3******
Faithfulness Delay:
Markedness constraint M:*z prefers no losers, joins stratum #3.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): M:Agr
Stratum 2 (already ranked): F:stp-voi/O
Stratum 3 (newly ranked): M:*z
Markedness constraints still unranked:
M:*b
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
F:stp-voi
F:fr-voi
F:fr-voi/O
******Now doing Stratum #4******
Faithfulness Delay:
No rankable markedness constraints are available for this stratum.
Favor Specificity:
F:fr-voi cannot be installed in this stratum, because F:fr-voi/O is more specific.
Avoid The Inactive:
Here are the active, as-yet-unranked Faithfulness constraints available for this stratum:
F:stp-voi
Smallest Effective Faithfulness Sets
Evaluating subsets of increasing size:
Subset size = *
Subset under consideration: F:stp-voi
Markedness constraint freed up: M:*b
Number of markedness constraints freed up: 1
This subset is an improvement.
Faithfulness constraint F:stp-voi joins stratum #4 as member of best subset.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): M:Agr
Stratum 2 (already ranked): F:stp-voi/O
Stratum 3 (already ranked): M:*z
Stratum 4 (newly ranked): F:stp-voi
Markedness constraints still unranked:
M:*b
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
F:fr-voi
F:fr-voi/O
******Now doing Stratum #5******
Faithfulness Delay:
Markedness constraint M:*b prefers no losers, joins stratum #5.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): M:Agr
Stratum 2 (already ranked): F:stp-voi/O
Stratum 3 (already ranked): M:*z
Stratum 4 (already ranked): F:stp-voi
Stratum 5 (newly ranked): M:*b
Markedness constraints still unranked:
(none)
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
F:fr-voi
F:fr-voi/O
******Now doing Stratum #6******
Faithfulness Delay:
No rankable markedness constraints are available for this stratum.
No active Faithfulness constraints are available for this stratum.
Faithfulness constraint F:fr-voi joins stratum #6 by default.
Faithfulness constraint F:fr-voi/O joins stratum #6 by default.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): M:Agr
Stratum 2 (already ranked): F:stp-voi/O
Stratum 3 (already ranked): M:*z
Stratum 4 (already ranked): F:stp-voi
Stratum 5 (already ranked): M:*b
Stratum 6 (newly ranked): F:fr-voi
F:fr-voi/O
Markedness constraints still unranked:
(none)
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
(none)
Ranking is complete and yields successful grammar.
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