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Material for the seminar Semantics 1, summer term 2014, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.

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 Material for the seminar ''Semantics 1'', summer term 2014, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
-Mock exam file: [[File:mock-exam-sose14.pdf]]
+* [[Semantics 1, SoSe 2014: Mock exam|Mock exam with solutions]]
+* [[Semantics 1, SoSe 2014: Wiki-based term papers|Wiki-based term papers]]
-The examples in the text are based on Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The full text of the play is available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 Projekt Gutenberg].
-=== Task 1: Ambiguity ===
-Consider the following ambiguous sentences.
-# For '''each''' of these, determine the type of ambiguity.
-# Provide an unambiguous paraphrase for the possible readings.
-(1)
-a. Duncan trusted Macbeth because he was a thane.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
-Check your answer
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-# Type of ambiguity: referential ambiguity
-# Reading 1: ''he'' refers to ''Macbeth''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Macbeth was a thane.''<br />Reading 2: ''he'' refers to ''Duncan''. Paraphrase: ''Duncan trusted Macbeth because Duncan was a thane.''
-</div></div>
-b. Every king trusts a thane.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
-Check your answer
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-# Type of ambiguity: scope ambiguity
-# Reading 1: ''every'' takes scope over ''a''. Paraphrase: ''For every king there is at least one thane such that the king trusts that thane.''<br />Reading 2: ''a'' takes scope over ''every''. Paraphrase: ''There is one particular thane such that each king trusts this thane.''
-</div></div>
-b. Macbeth and Macduff are married.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
-Check your answer
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-# Type of ambiguity: collective-distributive ambiguity
-# Reading 1: collective reading. Paraphrase: ''Macbeth and Macduff are married to each other''<br />Reading 2: distributive reading. Paraphrase: ''Macbeth and Macduff are both married, but not to each other.''
-</div></div>
-b. Macbeth killed a king with a dagger.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
-Check your answer
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-# Type of ambiguity: structural ambiguity
-# Reading 1: the PP ''with a dagger'' is a modifier of the verb ''kill'' Paraphrase: ''Macbeth used a dagger to kill a king.''<br />Reading 2: the PP ''with a dagger'' is a modifier of the noun ''king''. Paraphrase: ''Macbeth killed a king who had a dagger.''
-</div></div>
-=== Task 2: Model and Interpretation ===
-(Note: For this task you do not need to use the functional notation
-and the types)
-. Define a universe that consists of Macbeth and Banquo.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
-Check your answer
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-''U'' = { ''Macbeth'', ''Banquo'' }
-</div></div>
-. Define the interpretation of the names '''macbeth''' and '''banquo''' in an intuitively plausible way.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
-Check your answer
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-I('''macbeth''') = ''Macbeth'', <br /> I('''banquo''') = ''Banquo''
-</div></div>
-Define the interpretation of the properties \co{thane}, \co{king},
-  %\co{be-on-a-quest},
-and \co{witch} is such a way that Macbeth is a
-  king,  both are thanes and neither is a witch.
-%both are on a quest,
-\item Define the interpretation of the 2-place relations
-  \co{mistrust} and \co{kill} in such a way that Macbeth and

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