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    Presupposition S

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    The document discusses presuppositions and provides examples to determine what sentences are presupposed by other sentences. It then asks the reader to identify whether relationships between sentences are presuppositions or entailments. Finally, it asks the reader to identify the type of presupposition in examples that show a sentence A presupposing sentence B.

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    The document discusses presuppositions and provides examples to determine what sentences are presupposed by other sentences. It then asks the reader to identify whether relationships between sentences are presuppositions or entailments. Finally, it asks the reader to identify the type of presupposition in examples that show a sentence A presupposing sentence B.

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    Presuppositions

    The following sentences make certain presuppositions. Indicate which of the given
    candidate inferences are presuppositions?
    1
    Would you mind washing up the dishes this time?
    There are dishes that need to be washed up.
    I do not have time to do the dishes.
    The dishes needed to be washed up before.
    Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.
    2
    I want more milk for my tea!
    I hate tea with milk.
    I am having tea.
    Someone has already put milk in his/her tea.
    I do not like my tea with the amount of milk that is currently in the tea.
    3
    Alex's wife has called.
    Alex is married.
    Alex is male.
    Alex's wife has called the speaker.
    There exists a married woman.
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    Presupposition or entailment?
    Is the B sentence a presupposition or an entailment of the A sentence?
    presupposition entailment
    A: Where is the man with the megaphone? B: There is
    a man with a megaphone.
    A: At least three students solved the problem. B: At
    least two students solved the problem.
    A: The Queen of England attended a cooking
    workshop. B: There is a queen of England.
    A: My dog Richard was killed in a car accident. B:
    My dog Richard is dead.
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    Types of presuppositions
    The sentences in A presuppose the sentence B. Determine the type of presupposition.
    non-
    existential factive lexical structural counterfactual
    factive
    A: The fair boy shook his head. B: There is a
    boy who is fair.
    A: I stopped eating meat. B: I used to eat meat
    A: What movie did you end up watching last
    friday? B: The addressee watched a movie last
    friday.
    A: I wish I wouldn't have eaten these delicious
    fries with extra ketchup, now I have to get
    changed. B: The speaker has eaten these
    delicious fries with extra ketchup.
    A: If I would not have eaten so much over the
    holidays I would still fit my favorite jeans. B:
    The speaker has eaten so much over the
    holidays.
    A: Alex knew that Chris didn't call. B: Chris
    didn't call.
    A: It was in the opera that I have lost my
    glasses. B: I have lost my glasses somewhere.

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