Question

For each of the sentences below,test for entailment and for presupposition.Clearly state whether b is correctly entailed by a,or whether b is presupposition of a.

Scenario 1:
sentence a:John has three sisters
sentence b: John has four sisters

Scenario 2:
sentence a: All of her children believe in love.
sentence b:Some of her children believe in love.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Scenario 1:

Entailment: False. Sentence b is not entailed by sentence a.

Presupposition: False. Sentence b is not a presupposition of sentence a.

Scenario 2:

Entailment: True. Sentence b is entailed by sentence a.

Presupposition: True. Sentence a presupposes that the subject has children.