Relation Alchemist
A day in town
Read each situation, choose a possible relation and explain it. For example, hammer + carpenter can be tool/user when the carpenter uses the hammer. If an important meaning or cause is unknown, choose Insufficient evidence and name what you would need to know.
Three authored English sets offer six situations each. They are not retrieved Contextoid evidence. Compare the example readings after your review; they are suggestions, not a single marked answer.
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Choose a proposed relation for each pair and write the reading that supports it. If the words give you too little evidence, choose Insufficient evidence. This workshop checks that your draft is complete; it cannot confirm semantic truth. Loaded list positions show where the words came from, not why a typed relation holds. Progress is not saved; reloading or loading pairs clears your drafts.
Vocabulary in this set
A sculptor removes small pieces of stone with a chisel.
A sculptor removes small pieces of stone with a chisel.. Tool/user fits, with the order reversed: the sculptor is the user and the chisel is the tool.
Behind the bakery counter, dough is shaped and put into an oven.
Behind the bakery counter, dough is shaped and put into an oven.. Place/activity fits the scene: baking takes place in the bakery. The building itself does not perform the action.
After the temperature falls below freezing, a thin layer of ice covers a bowl of water outside.
After the temperature falls below freezing, a thin layer of ice covers a bowl of water outside.. Cause/effect fits the stated freezing conditions and the formation of ice. Cold here means a temperature low enough to freeze the water, not every condition we might casually call chilly.
A traveler needs a ticket for the train and a passport for a border check.
A traveler needs a ticket for the train and a passport for a border check.. Near miss highlights different functions: a ticket supports travel entitlement; a passport supports identity and nationality. Same domain also fits the travel setting.
Two labels, bench and bank, are printed on a blank map with no symbols or key.
Two labels, bench and bank, are printed on a blank map with no symbols or key.. Insufficient evidence is useful because bank may refer to a financial institution or a river edge. State the intended sense before proposing a stronger relation.
After a friend keeps several promises, another person says they trust that friend more.
After a friend keeps several promises, another person says they trust that friend more.. Cause/effect is a plausible reading in this described account: keeping promises may build trust. The scene does not prove a universal rule about people.
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