trie root and trie lhs2[lhs-nodeid] -> trie node trie node edges (adj) - list of w,dest,p. dest==0 means it's a completed rule (note: p is redundant with node e.dest->p-p, except in case of dest=0). we will also use null_wordid (max_int) for dest=0 edges, but that doesn't matter we intersect by iterating over adj and scoring w/ fsa. TODO: index for sparse fsa; for now we assume smoothed ngram fsa where all items are scorable. predicted items: we don't make copies of the pending predictions as we scan toward completion; instead, item backpointers are followed until the prediction (where backpointer=0). such backpointer=0 items have a queue of prediction-originating items. reusing completed items using a lookup on pair [NT,a] -> all [NT,a,b] lazy best-first. b-next (right state) index in lazy index. perhaps predictors need to register the # of items it has already mated with. (b-next index) comb-like (cube) t-next (position in trie node edge list), b-next? or just check chart and don't redup. depends on whether we want just 1best or kbest deriv - diff. ways of reaching same result are good in kbest. types of chart items: A->t.*,a,b (trie node t) with mutable state t-next for generating successor lazily (vs. all at once) A->t.B,a,b (t-next of A->t.* points to (B,t')): mutable state b-next for choosing which B->b,? to use. note: such an item can't be queued immediately on its own, but can be added to the pending list of B->b,? ; once any B->b,? is completed then we see if any more b-next are already known; if they're exhausted then we add back to pending list? A->a,? - list of all known (b,inside prob) such that A[a,b]. we may also choose to represent this as A->.*,a,a.