"more than half of the population of the united states is female. but women occupy only 2 percent of the managerial positions."

what was congresswoman chisholm's purpose in telling her audience these statistics?
a. to show the disparity between the number of women in the united states and the number who hold upper level jobs.
b. to show the audience that she has researched her topic thoroughly.
c. to show that she understands the need to have supporting statements in a speech.
d. to show that out of all the women in the united states she is in the top two percent.

A) To show the disparity between the number of women in the United States and the number who hold upper level jobs.

Explanation:

Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924 – 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author.

Although much less context of the excerpt exists, but it is safe to establish that she being a woman and a politician wanted to show the disparity between the number of women in the USA and the number who held upper level jobs.

Option B and C are not correct, because she being a learned and able lady did not need to show any one that she had researched the topic thoroughly or showing that she understands the importance of supporting statement.

Option D is also incorrect, as no one can except such self-boasting from a such a woman.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).