A memoir is an account of A. a person's life written by that person.
B. another person's life written by someone who
knew that person.
C. one event in a person's life written by that
person.
D. a collection of short stories with related plots
about someone's life.

a

Explanation:

the answer is a. hope this helps :(

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).

i feel like it is actually b.