Due Date: Friday, Oct. 12, 2017, 23:55
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This assignment must be done individually.
For each of questions 1 through 7, describe an analogic relationship between the given pair of words by stating a relationship sentence (see the notes), and choose a pair of words from the given list of candidates that the most accurately possesses the same relationship. (It is perfectly acceptable for you to consult a dictionary if you like.) Be sure you pay attention to both word meanings and parts of speech.
Analogies
| # | Given pair | Candidate pairs |
| 1 | nebula : astronomer | hammer : carpenter watershed : ecologist microscope : biologist chemist : element movie : actor |
| 2 | lettuce : romaine | gas : radon opera : musical honeycomb :cell atom : crystal actor : performer |
| 3 | miser : generous | banker :
cautious money : wealth wealth : money recluse : sociable spendthrift : poor |
| 4 | sonnet : poet | composer : symphony despicable : villain symphony : composer monologue : actor computer scientist : algorithm |
| 5 | inarticulate : orator | reserved : showy dexterous : surgeon boring : lecture clumsy : acrobat absent : student |
| 6 | shoe : resole | emergency : rescue damage : repair television : rerun chemicals : refine guitar : restring |
| 7 | despair : hope | acquisition : improvement dejection: elation transience : permanence hostility : concern resuscitation : breathing |
For each of questions 8 and 9, you must not only clearly state your solution, but you must write a clear explanation of how you derived the solution. Half the score for each question will depend on the correctness of your solution. Half will depend on the completeness and clarity of your explanation. You may include diagrams and mathematical work if you used those as part of your process. However, note that for this type of problem it is absolutely not sufficient to simply provide a solution table; you must discuss each inference you made to arrive at the final solution, including what hypotheses were used to draw the conclusion of each inference.
8. Beth and Lisa, who had been math majors and roommates in college, meet on the street. Here is part of their conversation:
Beth: You have three daughters? How
old are they?
Lisa: The product of their ages is 36.
Beth: That's not enough information.
Lisa: Do you
remember our room number at college? The sum of their
ages is the same as that room number.
Beth: Of course
I remember our room number, but that's still not enough
information.
Lisa: My oldest daughter wishes she had
a twin sister.
Beth: OK. Now I know their ages.
Is there enough information for Beth to deduce
the ages of Lisa's three daughters? If yes, explain how
Beth determined the ages, and state what the ages were.
If no, explain why not.
9. The folks at BIRDIES (the Bird Investigation, Registration, Documentation, and Identification Elite Squad) were floored last week when each of four bird-lovers entered the headquarters on a different day carrying bird eggs that he or she claimed to have come from a different rare species, and offered them for sale. Each one's claim was unmasked as a fraud, however, when the staff at BIRDIES politely pointed out that the species represented by each one's bird egg was more than rare --- it was extinct! From the information given below, determine the day (Monday through Thursday) on which each person tried to sell the bird eggs of each species.
- The one who tried to sell moa eggs (who isn't Marie) came on Thursday.
- Uriah didn't come on Tuesday.
- The one trying to unload great auk eggs came the day before Ralph.
- Marie (who wasn't trying to sell passenger pigeon eggs) came at some point later in the week than the one trying to unload dodo eggs.
- Linda tried to make a sale on Monday.
Questions 1-8 are 10 points each. Question 9 is 20 points.