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    Entailment NN

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    Entailment is a logical relationship between propositions where the truth of one proposition implies the truth of the other based on the meanings of the words involved. Entailments depend on the meaning of sentences, not the context. Examples include that from "John beats Tom" it follows that "John beats someone" and from "Rover chased three squirrels" it follows that "Rover chased something."

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    Entailment is a logical relationship between propositions where the truth of one proposition implies the truth of the other based on the meanings of the words involved. Entailments depend on the meaning of sentences, not the context. Examples include that from "John beats Tom" it follows that "John beats someone" and from "Rover chased three squirrels" it follows that "Rover chased something."

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    Entailment is a logical relationship between propositions where the truth of one proposition implies the truth of the other based on the meanings of the words involved. Entailments depend on the meaning of sentences, not the context. Examples include that from "John beats Tom" it follows that "John beats someone" and from "Rover chased three squirrels" it follows that "Rover chased something."

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    Entailment NN

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    Entailment is a logical relationship between propositions where the truth of one proposition implies the truth of the other based on the meanings of the words involved. Entailments depend on the meaning of sentences, not the context. Examples include that from "John beats Tom" it follows that "John beats someone" and from "Rover chased three squirrels" it follows that "Rover chased something."

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    Entailment

    Entailment is a relation between sentence meanings, or propositions. (Sometimes, speaking loosely, we talk as though it were a relation between sentences.) Presupposition can also be seen as a relation between propositions, although many linguists (including George Yule) prefer to see presupposition as strictly pragmatic, and a relation between a speaker and a proposition. n any case it is important to see that these are two independent kinds of relations. ! proposition which is presupposed in a particular utterance may or may not also be entailed. " a relationship that applies between two sentences#prepositions, where the truth of one implies the truth of the other because of the meanung of the words in$ol$ed. " Sentences, not speakers, ha$e entailments. " %ogical conse&uences following from what is asserted in the utterance " Entailments depends on sentence meaning, not the conte't in which the sentence is used. Example : (. John beats Tom. a) )ohm beats someone. b) *om was beaten by someone. 2. Mary loves her dog very much " +ary lo$es an animal $ery much. 3. Rover chased three squirrels. a) ,o$er chased a certain number of s&uirells. b) Someone chased three s&uirells. c) ,o$er chased something. . Mary bro!e the "indo" " *he window broke #. $ue and %red "ent to the party " Sue went to the party -. )ohn is a bachelor. a) )ohn is unmarried. b) )ohn is male. c) )ohn is adult.

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