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Meaning relations between sentences.

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An entailment is:

a)

A phrase that is assumed not to be true.

b)

A case prior to an utterance.

c)

A relationship between 2 or more presupposition.

d)

A phrase that logically follows from the utterance.

2.

Entailments depend on sentence meaning, not the context in which the sentence is used.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is types of truth condition?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

The relation of A and B:

A) She is single.

B) She is married.

a)

Entailment

b)

Paraphrase

c)

Contradiction

d)

Presupposition

5.

The relation of A and B:

A) Jim lives in Manchester.

B) Jim lives in England.

a)

Entailment

b)

Paraphrase

c)

Contradiction

d)

Presupposition

6.

What is definition of paraphrase?

a)

Relationships in a language.

b)

Provide another sentence that has virtually the same meaning.

c)

The same proposition as another sentence is a paraphrase of that sentence.

d)

One statement has the same meaning as another.

7.

The relation of A and B:

A) Mary loves flowers

B) Mary loves roses

a)

Presupposition

b)

Contradiction

c)

Paraphrase

d)

Entailment

8.

The relation of A and B:

A) The buyer sent the check to me.

B) The buyer sent me the check.

a)

Presupposition

b)

Contradiction

c)

Paraphrase

d)

Entailment

9.

A contradiction is:

a)

One statement has the same meaning as another.

b)

A sentence has no meaning in the everyday world.

c)

A phrase that logically follows from the utterance.

d)

If one statement is true the other must be false.

10.

The contradiction is based on antonymy between lexical items.

a)

True

b)

False