Quiz #4

This quiz covers the materials in chapter 7, as discussed in the slides from November 3rd and 10th.

1. Components of meaning

1. Stallion(Required)
Based on the definition of "stallion" as "adult male horse," which of the following is true?

2. Lexical entailment

In the following pairs of sentences, each (a) sentence entails the following (b) sentence.

  1. a. This is a remarkably vicious dog.
    b. This is a remarkably vicious animal.
  2. a. I had ravioli for lunch.
    b. I had pasta for lunch.
  3. a. Lucinda is a widow.
    b. Lucinda is a woman.
2. Lexical entailment(Required)
Based on the above, which of the following is/are true? (Check all that apply.)

3. Componential analysis

Below is a componential analysis of a handful of suitably autumnal nouns. Refer to this table for the final two questions.
Based on the above chart, do any two terms appear to be synonyms? Do you consider this accurate? If not, what feature would you add to distinguish them from one another, and what would these words' values be for that feature? (This question is worth 2 points.)
4. Complementary pairs(Required)
Based only on the above chart, which of the following is a set of complementary pairs?

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