WEEK 4: SENSE RELATION EXERCISES

I. Look at the following sentences and identify which of them will qualify as entailments. 1. John cooked an egg entails John boiled an egg. 2. John boiled an egg entails John cooked an egg. 3. I saw a boy entails I saw a person. 4. That was an expensive meal entails That was an expensive hot-dog. 5. John stole a car entails John took a car. 6. His speech disturbed me entails His speech deeply disturbed me. 7. We went in a small vehicle entails We went in a small bus. II. Decide if the following sentences are true or false. 1. The secretary is working on the financial report entails The secretary is working on a report. 2. The boy lost his shirt entails The boy lost his red shirt. 3. I met my friend around the street corner does not entail I met him around the street corner. 4. This is the best film Ive ever seen does not entail The film is the most interesting III. Identify which of the following sentences will be Analytically (Necessarily) or Synthetically (Contigently) true. 1. Football players are human. 2. Football players are tall. 3. The mouse is white. 4. The boy is his own fathers son. 5. Children are always children. 6. If it breaks it breaks. 7. Society has no idea how to help old people who live alone.

8. The scientists know the job of every gene. 9. Cats never live more than 20 years. 10. Cats are not animals. V. The following sentences are ambiguous. For each one give two paraphrases which are not paraphrases of each other. 1. The chicken is ready to eat. 2. Visiting relatives can be boring. 3. They passed the port at night. 4. The thing that bothered Bill was crouching under the table. 5. The captain corrected the list.