1. Some of the following sentences are examples of the pattern Y has an X/Xs. Find the ones that exemplify “X is a meronym of Y”.

a) A piano has a keyboard.

b) A car has wheels.

c) A wife has a husband.

d) A sound has a pitch and volume.

e) A saw has teeth.

f) A book has pages.

教师解析:

In Sentence a), b), e) and f), X is a meronym of Y.

X is a meronym of Y if and only sentences fulfill the following two frames: (1) Y has an X/Xs; (2) An X is part of a Y.