Group 2 - Quiz - Presupposition & Entailment

True or False:

Sentences have presuppositions, and speakers have entailments

• True

• False

True or False:

Presupposition is more powerful than entailment.

• True

• False

True or False:

Foreground entailment is more important than background entailment.

• True

• False

“He was unhappy” is the non-factive presupposition of :

• A. He pretended that he was happy.

• B. He couldn’t pretend that he was happy.

• C. He pretended that he wasn’t happy.

• D. A & B

“If the weather is nice, I will go camping with my friends.” is

• A. Factive presupposition

• B. Non-factive presupposition

• C. Counter-factual presupposition

• D. None of the above

Which of the following underlined words do not contain existential presupposition?

• E, G, H

• A, B, F

• B, D, E

• A, C, D

Which of the following contains factive presupposition?

• A. She still plays the guitar on the street to make a living.

• B. Why did John drop out of school?

• C. I didn’t notice Tania was there.

• D. I wish I had a lot of money

Question 8: How many lexical presuppositions are there in the text?

Jamie began reading books at the age of five. He continued reading books until he suffered from injury. Because of his eyes problem, he need to stop reading for a while. After the doctor managed to carry the operation, he finally can read again.

• A. 3

• B. 4

• C. 5

• D. 6

Which of the following sentences contains structural presupposition?

• A. Da Nang where he started his business is also his hometown.

• B. He regretted not confess his love to her.

• C. Why was Alison angry last night is a mystery.

• D. The man who sitting next to you is my sister’s boyfriend.

What are the presupposition of this sentence?

“David started to become a vegan last year.”

• A. David likes eating vegetable than meat.

• B. David couldn’t eat meat.

• C. David used to eat meat.

• D. David is a meat lover.