10 Questions
What is the term used to describe the abstraction being defined in a grammar?
Nonterminal symbols
In a recursive rule, where does the Left-hand side (LHS) appear?
Both on LHS and RHS
What initiates the generation of sentences in a grammar?
Start symbol
What is a sentential form?
The result of a single rule application
Which derivation ensures that the replaced nonterminal is always the leftmost nonterminal in the sentential form?
Leftmost derivation
What are the abstractions called in a BNF description or grammar?
Nonterminals
Which term refers to the rules' lexemes and tokens in a grammar?
Terminal symbols
What describes a rule as recursive in terms of its Left-hand side (LHS)?
"LHS" appearing in its own right-hand side (RHS)
What type of symbol is used to describe the lexemes and tokens in a rule?
Terminal symbols
Which type of derivation ensures that the replaced nonterminal is always the rightmost nonterminal in the sentential form?
Rightmost derivation
Test your knowledge on rightmost derivation and parse trees with this quiz. Explore concepts such as replaced nonterminal, hierarchical syntactic structures, sample grammars, and parse tree construction.
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