Homework 7

 

Give logical forms, using the new conventions for treating a and the for the following sentences:

1.        A dog chased the cat into the garage.

2.        My sister found a cat at her front door.

3.        It was a Siamese.

 

Explain how to construct a discourse score card which represents the interpretation of an utterance of sentence #2.  (That is, explain what steps you take and show the end result of adding the logical form you gave for #2 to a discourse score card.)

Add the logical form for sentence # 3 and then sentence #1 to your score card, showing the end result.  (You donŐt have to explain all the intervening steps, but if you have any questions about what to do, you should raise them in your write-up.  Asking about steps you donŐt understand is a good way to show that youŐre thinking about them.)