Recombination¶
recombination · procedural · validated
A text built by redistributing the sentences of one or more sources into a new order without altering their wording.
Provenance¶
- Source: Oulipo, Atlas de littérature potentielle (1981)
- Attribution:
reference— attested in a standard reference rather than traced to an origin - Checkability:
source— decidable against the source text it was made from - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: constructive
- Languages: en, fr
- Requires:
tokens - Deterministic: no
- In other languages: Recombinaison (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Redistribute the source sentences into a new order, changing none of them.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
source |
string | — |
The text this one was made from. |
Examples¶
reordered-sentences¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
B. A.
Parameters: source='A. B.'
Source: constructed example; the procedure is Oulipian
a-sentence-dropped¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
A.
Parameters: source='A. B.'
Source: constructed counterexample
phrases-remises-dans-un-autre-ordre¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
Le chat dort. Il pleut.
Parameters: source='Il pleut. Le chat dort.'
Source: constructed example; the procedure is Oulipian
une-phrase-perdue¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Il pleut.
Parameters: source='Il pleut. Le chat dort.'
Source: constructed counterexample