Definition. Sequential Unambiguity
Grammars and are sequentially unambiguous if the followlast set of is disjoint from the first set of .
We can understand this intuitively by characterizing the behavior of a left-to-right parser of . First it searches for a parse of , then upon finding a character that is not in it may begin trying search for .
That is, there is a unique boundary between the -parse and the -parse.