A Lewis Carroll logic problem.
Problem: To achieve the complete conclusion.
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When the day is fine, I tell Froggy "You're quite the dandy, old chap!";
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Whenever I let Froggy forget that 10 pounds he owes me, and he begins to
strut about like a peacock, his mother declares "He shall not go
out a-wooing!";
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Now that Froggy's hair is out of curl, he has put away his gorgeous waistcoat;
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Whenever I go out on the roof to enjoy a quiet cigar, I'm sure to discover
that my purse is empty;
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When my tailor calls with his little bill, and I remind Froggy of that
10 pounds he owes me, he does not grin like a hyena;
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When it is very hot, the thermometer is high;
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When the day is fine, and I'm not in the humor for a cigar, and Froggy
is grinning like a hyena, I never venture to hint that he's quite the dandy;
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When my tailor calls with his little bill and finds me with an empty pocket,
I remind Froggy of that 10 pounds he owes me;
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My railway shares are going up like anything!
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When my purse is empty, and when, noticing that Froggy has got his gorgeous
waistcoat on, I venture to remind him of that 10 pounds he owes me, things
are apt to get rather warm;
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Now that it looks like rain, and Froggy is grinning like a hyena, I can
do without my cigar;
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When the thermometer is high, you need not trouble yourself to take an
umbrella;
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When Froggy has his gorgeous waistcoat on, but is not strutting
about like a peacock, I betake myself to a quiet cigar;
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When I tell Froggy that he's quite a dandy, he grins like a hyena;
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When my purse is tolerably full, and Froggy's hair is one mass of curls,
and when he is not strutting about like a peacock, I go out on the
roof;
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When my railways shares are going up, and when it's chilly and looks like
rain, I have a quiet cigar;
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When Froggy's mother lets him go a-wooing, he seems nearly mad with joy,
and puts on a waistcoat that is gorgeous beyond words;
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When it is going to rain, and I am having a quiet cigar, and Froggy is
not
intending
to go a-wooing, you had better take an umbrella;
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When my railway shares are going up, and Froggy seems nearly mad with joy,
that
is
the time my tailor always chooses for calling with his little bill;
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When the day is cool and the thermometer low, and I say nothing to Froggy
about his being quite the dandy, and there's not the ghost of a grin on
his face, I haven't the heart for my cigar!
Dictionary for Froggy's Problem
a = Froggy's hair is out of curl
b = Froggy intends to go a-wooing
c = Froggy is grinning like a hyena
d = Froggy's mother permits him to go a-wooing
e = Froggy seems nearly mad with joy
h = Froggy is strutting about like a peacock
k = Froggy is wearing a waistcoat that is gorgeous beyond words
l = I go out on my roof
m = I remind Froggy of the 10 pounds he owes me
n = I take a quiet cigar
r = I tell Froggy that he's quite the dandy
s = It is going to rain
t = It is very hot
v = My purse is empty
w = My railway shares are going up
z = My tailor calls with his little bill
A = The thermometer is high
B = You had better take an umbrella
Conjectures about the language of the puzzle
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"The day is fine" is the opposite of "it is going to rain."
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"I'm not in the humor for a cigar" is the opposite of "I take a quiet cigar."
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"Things are apt to get rather warm" is not a figure of speech meaning
that Froggy's going to get angry at me, but rather means "it is very hot."
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"I can do without my cigar" is the same as "I don't take a quiet cigar."
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"It looks like rain" also means "the day is not fine."
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"There's not the ghost of a grin on his (Froggy's) face" implies that
he is NOT feeling nearly mad with joy.
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Statement 9 is meant to be a statement of fact -- that clause "w" is
true.
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Statement 3 is meant to be a statement that claus "a" is true and
clause "k" is false.
Statement 11 says that "s", "c", and "n" are all true.