Determine whether the following claim is best classified as semantically ambiguous (and whether this contains grouping ambiguities), syntactically ambiguous, or free from ambiguity: San Francisco (AP)-"A group of citizens angry about the lack of public restrooms downtown is planning a sit-in at City Hall, leaving employees no place to go."

What will be an ideal response?


Semantically and syntactically ambiguous; they work together in this one.

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