Pilate used her ability to code-switch in order to help Milkman & Guitar. How exactly did she do it: ununk about how she ACTED in the police station v. how she ACTED in the car)

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).

the turtle carries new life, oat seeds, over to the other side of the highway and plants them there.

that’s a nice boss :

where are the options? i can try to if you add them : )