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WorksheetsPresupposition and Entailment
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 37mins
A ........ is something that the speaker assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance.
Presupposition
Entailment
An ....... is something that logically follows from what is asserted in the utterance.
Presuppositon
Entailment
Speakers, not sentences, have pre-suppositions.
TRUE
FALSE
Sentences, not speakers, have entailments.
TRUE
FALSE
Sentences have presuppositions, and speakers have entailments
TRUE
FALSE
Presupposition is more powerful than entailment.
TRUE
FALSE
Foreground entailment is more important than background entailment.
TRUE
FALSE
How many types of presupposition ?
4
5
6
7
The (a) presupposition is the assumption of the existence of the entities named by the speaker. (CAPSLOCK ALL THE LETTERS)
The (a) presupposition is the assumption that something is true due to the presence of some verbs such as : realize, regret, odd, glad, be aware,... (CAPSLOCK ALL THE LETTERS)
The.....is an assumption referred to sth that is not true. Verbs like : dream, imagine, pretend,.... are used with the presuppostion that what follows is not true. (CAPSLOCK ALL THE LETTERS)
(a)
The (a) presupposition is the assumption that, in using one word, the speaker can act as the another meaning will be understood. (CAPSLOCK ALL THE LETTERS)
What type of presupposition ?
Lexical
Factive
Structural
Existential
What type of presupposition ?
Structural
Counter-factual
Lexical
Factive
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“If the weather is nice, I will go camping with my friends.” is
Factive presupposition
Non-factive presupposition
Counter-factual presupposition
None of the mentioned presupposition
Which of the following contains factive presupposition?
I wish I had a lot of money.
Why did John drop out of school?
I didn’t notice Tania was there.
She still plays the guitar on the street to make a living.
Which of the following sentences contains structural presupposition?
Why was Alison angry last night is a mystery.
Da Nang where he started his business is also his hometown.
The man who sitting next to you is my sister’s boyfriend.
He regretted not confess his love to her.
What are the presupposition of this sentence?
“David started to become a vegan last year.”
David is a meat lover.
David used to eat meat.
David couldn’t eat meat.
David likes eating vegetable than meat.
A: Where is the man with megaphone?
B: There is a man with a megaphone.
The B sentence is a presupposition of the sentence A.
The B sentence is an entailment of the sentence A.
What is true about entailment ?
Speakers, not sentences, have entailment.
Entailment is a pragmatic concept.
Entailment is a purely logical concept.
Choose the correct sentence ?
The speaker can produce a very large number of background entailments but the speaker cannot indicate how these entailments are to be ordered.
Foreground entailments which is defined by stress, is more important for interpreting intended meaning.
One sentence has only one background entailment and one foreground entailment.
Which sentence contains an example of non-factive presupposition ?
I hope you enjoy the party.
She denied that she had stolen the necklace.
He thought about buying a new car.
They wanted to go to the beach, but it was too cold.
Identify the type of presupposition :
They started complaining.
------> They were not complaining before.
non-factive
structural
lexical
factive
Identify the type of presupposition :
Why did Justin and Selena break up ?
-----> Justin and Selena broke up.
counter-factual
existential
structural
lexical
Identify the type of presupposition :
I know that Taylor Swift has a new boyfriend
------> Taylor Swift has a new boyfriend.
factive
structural
existential
lexical
Identify the type of presupposition :
Did you eat the pizza I ordered for myself ?
-----> I ordered a pizza.
non-factive
structural
lexical
counter-factual
Which sentence can trigger counter-factual presupposition ?
Are you still a good student ?
Chris bakes cookies again.
We imagined that we were in Budapest.
If you were my daughter, I would not allow you to do this.
Identify the type of presupposition :
John is dissapointed that the teacher has disapproved of his thesis.
-----> The teacher has disapproved of his thesis.
Counter-factual
Factive
Lexical
Structural
All of these statements are true, EXCEPT:
The presupposition of a statement will change when that statement is negated
A presupposition is something the speaker assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance
Speakers have presupposition
Potential presuppositions can only become actual presuppositions in contexts with speakers
An entailment is ......
A relationship between 2 or more propositions.
A phrase that logically follows from the utterance.
A case prior to an utterance.
A phrase that is assumed not to be true.
Why does the projection problem happen?
The meaning of the presupposition survives to become the meaning of the whole sentence
Presuppositions destroy entailments
The presupposition has less power than the entailment.
Potential presupposition can't be abandon.
Which is NOT a description of an entailment?
It is something that logically follows from what is asserted in the utterance.
An entailment is more powerful than a presupposition.
It is a necessary consequence of what is said.
An entailment is a pragmatic concept.
In which presupposition?
The use of one form with its asserted meaning is conventionally interpreted with the presupposition that another (non-asserted) meaning is understood.
Structural presupposition
Factive presupposition
Lexical presupposition
Counter-factual presupposition
In which presupposition?
The use of one form with its asserted meaning is conventionally interpreted with the presupposition that another (non-asserted) meaning is understood.
Structural presupposition
Factive presupposition
Lexical presupposition
Counter-factual presupposition
In which presupposition?
The use of one form with its asserted meaning is conventionally interpreted with the presupposition that another (non-asserted) meaning is understood.
Structural presupposition
Factive presupposition
Lexical presupposition
Counter-factual presupposition
