Read the following excerpt from Gary Soto's story "Like Mexicans."
We talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly
embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her
mother right behind me Carolyn waved again. I looked back, waving Her people were like Mexicans, only
different.
Which of the following statements best describes the irony in this excerpt?

what are the excerpts?

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).

b. legendary founder of thebes