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Imagine you're trying to make sense of sentences that say "not" or "and.

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We figured out a clear way to understand when these sentences are true.
For "not," it's true only when the original sentence is false. So, if the
original says "it's sunny," the "not sunny" is true only if it's not sunny.
For "and," it's true only when both parts are true. If one part is false, the
whole thing is false. So, if one part says "I ate pizza" and the other says "I
had ice cream," the whole thing is true only if both happened.
Now, what about a fancy thing called "existential quantification"? It's like
saying there's something out there that fits a description. For example,
"There exists a cat that is black." It's true if there's at least one black cat
somewhere.
So, when we use this fancy thing, it's satisfied if there's a sequence that
matches what we're looking for, maybe except in one specific place. Like
saying, "There exists a cat such that it's black and has green eyes." It's
true if there's at least one cat that is black and has green eyes, but we
don't care if it's the first, second, or any other cat in the list.

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