04 Try it yourself Interactive

Turn one requirement sentence into a diagram

One plain-English sentence from the registrar, taken apart one clause at a time. Each press of Next reads the next clause, decides what the phrase is, and says why that classification and not the neighbouring one, because the reason is the part exams test and the label is the part students memorise. The table is the running list, amber marks the row this step is deciding, and the four counters are numbers you can check against your own drawing. Nothing plays on its own: Next, Back and Reset, or the arrow keys.

Requirement → ER
nothing decided yet
Amber = the row being decided by this step. Green = settled. The highlighted line of the sentence is the clause being read right now.
Press Next to begin. Each press reads one more clause of the sentence.


      
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