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Name_____________________________________ID_______________________

SEMANTICS TEST 2
Subject Code: EnLa 308
I. (5 marks)

1. Explain what it means to say that HYPONYMY involves ENTAILMENT.


Provide ONE example to prove your point.

2. Explain the ANOMALY and CONTRADICTION of these sentences by


analysing the SEMANTIC FEATURES or SENSE PROPERTIES of nouns
and verbs.

1.1. The television drank my water

1.2. My brother is pregnant.

II. What is the sense relation between each pair of words listed
below (15%)

1. damp/moist: ________________
2. deep/shallow: ________________
3. furniture/table: ________________
4. married/single: _________________
5. move/run: _________________
6. peace/piece: _________________
7. bark/bark _________________
8. take/steal: _________________
9. spoon/cutlery: _________________
10. ram/lamb: _________________
Name_____________________________________ID_______________________

man boar bull Cock dog +Male


+Adult
-Male
+adult
± mal e
-Adult
+Male
-Adult
-Male
-Adult
+collective

+HUMAN +boar +bovine +canine


+chicken
II. Fill the following diagram with the correct features or components
of words given in the first raw 10%

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