diff --git a/src/pronouns/util.clj b/src/pronouns/util.clj
index 8327568..6a27c30 100644
--- a/src/pronouns/util.clj
+++ b/src/pronouns/util.clj
@@ -43,3 +43,13 @@
           acc2 (conj acc pair)]
       (if (empty? todo) (reverse acc2)
           (recur acc2 row next (rest todo))))))
+
+(defn minimum-unambiguous-path
+  ([pronouns-table sections] (minimum-unambiguous-path pronouns-table sections 1))
+  ([pronouns-table sections number-of-sections]
+    (let [sections-subset (take number-of-sections sections)
+          results (filter (fn [pronouns] (= (take number-of-sections pronouns) sections-subset)) pronouns-table)]
+      (case (count results)
+        0 nil
+        1 (clojure.string/join "/" sections-subset)
+        (recur pronouns-table sections (+ number-of-sections 1))))))