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Name: _________________ 
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MINI-TEST 1 
DURATION: 45 minutes 
1. State whether the following statements are true or false. 
Then write T for true statements and F for false ones. (2 
marks) 
a. _F_______Co-hyponyms are mutually exclusive. 
b. __T______ A word or an expression must have sense in 
order to be a referring expression. 
c. ___T_____ Two sentences are paraphrases if and only if 
they mutually entail each other. 
d. ____T____ A proposition can be ambiguous. 
2. What semantic feature(s) do the words in each group share? 
a. widow, mother, aunt, cow, hen [+FEMALE] 
b. blood, petrol, acid rain, coffee, sugar [MATERIAL/ 
THING] 
c. table, rock, boat, rice, soup [+THING] 
d. engineer, teacher, driver, girl, uncle [+HUMAN] 
3. Identify the semantic properties of the following words: 
a. actress = [+human], [+female], [+professional], 
[+ working in the field of entertainment/ movies/ theatre] 
b. soldier = [+human], [+female], [+working in the army] 
4. What is the sense relation between each of the following 
pairs of words? When it is antonymy, specify whether it is 
binary, gradable or relational. (1 mark) 
a. advance – retreat  gradable antonymy 
b. get (v) obtain – get (v) buy  polysemy 
c. flower – petal  hyponymy 
d. narrow – wide  gradable antonymy
5. Identify possible words in each of the following sentences 
2 
that are homophones, homographs, or homonyms. 
a. The man did not want to desert the dessert on the desert. 
(1) (2) (3) 
(1) & (2): homophones 
(1) & (3): homographs 
b. My parents usually park their car near the Green Park. 
homonyms 
6. For each of the following sentences, identify the figure of 
speech used and interpret it. (1 mark) 
a. We need some strong bodies for our project. 
- synecdoche 
- “strong bodies” = strong people 
b. How could she marry such a snake! 
Human is an animal. 
- metaphor 
- “a snake” = a person/ husband who is very evil/ bad. 
7. Decide whether each of the following sentences is analytic, 
synthetic or contradictory? 
a. ____A_______________: He is as old as himself. 
b. _____C______________: My spinster friend is married. 
c. ______S_____________: Bachelors cannot form lasting 
relationships. 
d. _______C____________: John killed Bill, who has just 
phoned me.
3 
8. True or false 
a.John cooked an egg entails John boiled an egg. F 
b.John stole a car entails John took a car. T 
c. Mary coloured all the square entails Mary coloured all 
the rectangular. F 
d. No one has led a perfect life entails Someone has led a 
perfect life. F 
e. I gave all my pens entails I gave all my writing tools.

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Semantic exercise

  • 1. Date: ____________ Name: _________________ 1 MINI-TEST 1 DURATION: 45 minutes 1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Then write T for true statements and F for false ones. (2 marks) a. _F_______Co-hyponyms are mutually exclusive. b. __T______ A word or an expression must have sense in order to be a referring expression. c. ___T_____ Two sentences are paraphrases if and only if they mutually entail each other. d. ____T____ A proposition can be ambiguous. 2. What semantic feature(s) do the words in each group share? a. widow, mother, aunt, cow, hen [+FEMALE] b. blood, petrol, acid rain, coffee, sugar [MATERIAL/ THING] c. table, rock, boat, rice, soup [+THING] d. engineer, teacher, driver, girl, uncle [+HUMAN] 3. Identify the semantic properties of the following words: a. actress = [+human], [+female], [+professional], [+ working in the field of entertainment/ movies/ theatre] b. soldier = [+human], [+female], [+working in the army] 4. What is the sense relation between each of the following pairs of words? When it is antonymy, specify whether it is binary, gradable or relational. (1 mark) a. advance – retreat  gradable antonymy b. get (v) obtain – get (v) buy  polysemy c. flower – petal  hyponymy d. narrow – wide  gradable antonymy
  • 2. 5. Identify possible words in each of the following sentences 2 that are homophones, homographs, or homonyms. a. The man did not want to desert the dessert on the desert. (1) (2) (3) (1) & (2): homophones (1) & (3): homographs b. My parents usually park their car near the Green Park. homonyms 6. For each of the following sentences, identify the figure of speech used and interpret it. (1 mark) a. We need some strong bodies for our project. - synecdoche - “strong bodies” = strong people b. How could she marry such a snake! Human is an animal. - metaphor - “a snake” = a person/ husband who is very evil/ bad. 7. Decide whether each of the following sentences is analytic, synthetic or contradictory? a. ____A_______________: He is as old as himself. b. _____C______________: My spinster friend is married. c. ______S_____________: Bachelors cannot form lasting relationships. d. _______C____________: John killed Bill, who has just phoned me.
  • 3. 3 8. True or false a.John cooked an egg entails John boiled an egg. F b.John stole a car entails John took a car. T c. Mary coloured all the square entails Mary coloured all the rectangular. F d. No one has led a perfect life entails Someone has led a perfect life. F e. I gave all my pens entails I gave all my writing tools.