Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ align enumeration with top row of tabular (\hline)

[Linguist]

Hello,

This seems to be a pretty common problem, but I haven't found a satisfactory solution.

I want to have a tabular with an \hline at the top in which the contents of the top row are aligned with an enumeration. So far I've managed to get the following unsatisfactory results:

• the enumeration is aligned with the centre of the tabular
• the enumeration is aligned with the top row of the tabular, but no \hline is included
• the enumeration is aligned with the \hline of the tabular

I also tried the first solution for a similar problem found here but found that the number was not properly aligned with the top row of my table; it is a little lower than the contents of the top row. (The second solution involves manually adding space, and thus is highly undesirable. My document doesn't compile with the third solution.)

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{gb4e}

\begin{document}

Here is a MWE with the three (unsatisfactory) results:

\begin{exe}
 \ex{\begin{tabular}{|rrl||c|c|} \hline     %enumeration aligned centrally
 %\ex{\begin{tabular}[t]{|rrl||c|c|} \hline %enumeration aligned with \hline
 %\ex{\begin{tabular}[t]{|rrl||c|c|}        %enumeration aligned with top row (but no \hline)
  \multicolumn{3}{|c||}{Input:~/xxx/} & xxx & xxx \\[0.5ex]
  \hline \hline a. & \ding{43} & xxx & & \cellcolor{lightgray}{$\ast$} \\
  \hline b. & & xxx & {$\ast$}! & \cellcolor{lightgray} \\ \hline 
  \end{tabular}}
\end{exe}

\end{document}

[kaiserkarl13]

Here's my hack:

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    \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

    \usepackage{pifont}
    \usepackage[table]{xcolor}
    \usepackage{gb4e}

    \begin{document}

    Here is a MWE with the three (unsatisfactory) results:

    \begin{exe}
     \ex{%
\rule{0pt}{0pt}{} \\[-2.5ex]%
        \begin{tabular}{|rrl||c|c|} \hline     %enumeration aligned centrally
     %\ex{\begin{tabular}[t]{|rrl||c|c|} \hline %enumeration aligned with \hline
     %\ex{\begin{tabular}[t]{|rrl||c|c|}        %enumeration aligned with top row (but no \hline)
      \multicolumn{3}{|c||}{Input:~/xxx/} & xxx & xxx \\[0.5ex]
      \hline \hline a. & \ding{43} & xxx & & \cellcolor{lightgray}{$\ast$} \\
      \hline b. & & xxx & {$\ast$}! & \cellcolor{lightgray} \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}}
    \end{exe}

    \end{document}