PRESUPPOSITION AND ENTAILMENT QUIZZES

 Identify the type of presupposition of the sentence in bold: I regret drinking too much. -> I drank too much.

• factive

• existential

• structural

• lexical

Identify the type of presupposition of the sentence in bold: 

 It was in the opera that I have lost my glasses 

-> I have lost my glasses somewhere.

• non-factive   

• existential

• lexical   

• counterfactual

Decide whether the following bold sentence is a presupposition or an entailment?

The Queen of England attended a cooking workshop. -> There is a queen of England

• Presupposition

• Entailment

Which of the following DOES NOT HAVE the correct entailment?

• ‘Bill didn’t see a flower’ entails ‘Bill didn’t see a rose’.

• ‘Bill didn’t see a person’ entails ‘Bill didn’t see a boy’.

• ‘Bill didn’t see a boy’ entails ‘Bill saw a person’.

• ‘Bill didn’t see a shape’ entails ‘Bill didn’t see a square’.

 Choose the correct answer

Statement A: My dog Richard was killed in a car accident.

Statement B: My dog Richard was dead.

• The B sentence is an entailment of the sentence A

• The B sentence is a presupposition of the sentence A

Given the words: “Speakers”, “Sentences”. Fill the given words in the blank: 

………………………… have presuppositions, and ……………………… have entailments.

(a)  

You can choose more than one answer. What can be the presuppositions in the following sentence:

Anna’s sister has won five dollars.

• Anna’s sister has taken part in something to have won five dollars.

• Anna has only one sister.

• There is a girl named Anna.

• Anna’s sister has won some money.

• There are five dollars existing.

What type of presupposition is proposition q?

a. If I had not eaten so much over the holidays, I would still fit my favorite jeans. (= p)

b. The speaker has eaten so much over the holidays. (= q)

• Existential presupposition

• Lexical presupposition

• Structural presupposition

• Counterfactual presupposition

Decide whether the following statement is True or False?

In terms of constancy under negation, the presupposition of a statement will remain constant even when that statement is negated.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Decide whether this sentence is True or False?

Projection problem is the meaning of some presupposition (as “part”) doesn’t survive to become the meaning of some complex sentences (as “whole”). 

• TRUE

• FALSE