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'''Ramon signs every sculpture he makes.'''
Sentence: ''Ramon signs every sculpture he makes.''


'''Universal Quantifier'''
'''Universal Quantifier'''


∀x (SCULPTURE (x) & MAKE (r, x) → SIGN (r, x))
∀''x'' (('''sculpture'''(''x'') ∧ '''make'''('''ramon''', ''x'')) &imp;  '''sign'''('''ramon''', ''x''))


''"For every thing x, if x is a sculpture and x is made by Ramon (r) then x is signed by Ramon (r)."''
Paraphrse: ''"For every thing ''x'', if ''x'' is a sculpture and ''x'' is made by Ramon then ''x'' is signed by Ramon."''
 
 
Since Ramon ''makes'' and ''signs'' the sculptures, the corresponding variables are (r, x).


We use the name constant '''ramon''' for both the name (''Ramon'') and the personal pronoun ''he'' that referes to Ramon.


'''Restricted Quantifier'''
'''Restricted Quantifier'''

Revision as of 00:04, 15 November 2013

Sentence: Ramon signs every sculpture he makes.

Universal Quantifier

x ((sculpture(x) ∧ make(ramon, x)) &imp; sign(ramon, x))

Paraphrse: "For every thing x, if x is a sculpture and x is made by Ramon then x is signed by Ramon."

We use the name constant ramon for both the name (Ramon) and the personal pronoun he that referes to Ramon.

Restricted Quantifier

[Every x: SCULPTURE (x) & MAKE (r, x)] SIGN (r, x)

Here, the N' is "sculpture he makes" and therefore belongs in square brackets together with the Quantifier every.

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