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1) What does the Basic Rule of Sense Inclusion have to say about the entailment relationship between the following two sentences?
Marry bought a house.
Mary bought a building.
2) Is there any entailment relation existing between them?
Marry bought a big house.
Mary bought a big building.
Top answer
A house is one type of building. There are also other types of building, eg a church, a factory, an apartment building. Hence, in Q1 and in Q2, both sentences may be true.
- A house is one type of building.
- There are also other types of building, eg a church, a factory, an apartment building.
- Hence, in Q1 and in Q2, both sentences may be true.
- But in everyday English, we usually refer to a house as a house, not as a building.
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A house is one type of building. There are also other types of building, eg a church, a factory, an apartment building. Hence, in Q1 and in Q2, both sentences may be true.
But in everyday English, we usually refer to a house as a house, not as a building.
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