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What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
Lets assume that the C object class is made up of two sub classes (s1, s2) and the total of all object classes is T. Does the sentence above want you to find (s1+s2)/T or does this indicate that either answer s1/T or s2/T is acceptable? Does the answer (s1+s2)/T only apply if the word "both" is included in the sentence?
I'm sorry for the math-like part of this question but I feel it comes down to grammar. For example, is it a different question if the sentence read:
What percentage of the test would fall into one C object class?
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What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
Lets assume that the C object class is made up of two sub classes (s1, s2) and the total of all object classes is T. Does the sentence above want you to find (s1+s2)/T or does this indicate that either answer s1/T or s2/T is acceptable? Does the answer (s1+s2)/T only apply if the word "both" is included in the sentence?
I'm sorry for the math-like part of this question but I feel it comes down to grammar. For example, is it a different question if the sentence read:
What percentage of the test would fall into one C object class?
meaning grammar grammatical-number descriptive-grammar
edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
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Neither of those examples actually works. What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes? should be What percentage of the results would fall into any of the C object classes? or perhaps … into each of the C object classes… and those give different meanings. … into one C object class… can’t work unless either the one class is specified, or all classes have the same percentage.
– Robbie Goodwin
Sep 29 '17 at 21:49
Unless I've misunderstood the word 'test' in this context I think your algebra is wrong. It seems to me that the test is applied to a subject set of N elements of which M fall into the C classes and N-M do not. The required percetage is, therefore, M/N*100. In product terms bolts, nuts, headlamp bulbs, inlet valves and ball bearings would fall into the "car components" class and would, therefore, be members of the set M but potatoes and jars of coffee would not.
– BoldBen
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What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
Lets assume that the C object class is made up of two sub classes (s1, s2) and the total of all object classes is T. Does the sentence above want you to find (s1+s2)/T or does this indicate that either answer s1/T or s2/T is acceptable? Does the answer (s1+s2)/T only apply if the word "both" is included in the sentence?
I'm sorry for the math-like part of this question but I feel it comes down to grammar. For example, is it a different question if the sentence read:
What percentage of the test would fall into one C object class?
meaning grammar grammatical-number descriptive-grammar
edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
Lawrence
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asked Sep 28 '17 at 18:31
erixsparhawk
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What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
Lets assume that the C object class is made up of two sub classes (s1, s2) and the total of all object classes is T. Does the sentence above want you to find (s1+s2)/T or does this indicate that either answer s1/T or s2/T is acceptable? Does the answer (s1+s2)/T only apply if the word "both" is included in the sentence?
I'm sorry for the math-like part of this question but I feel it comes down to grammar. For example, is it a different question if the sentence read:
What percentage of the test would fall into one C object class?
meaning grammar grammatical-number descriptive-grammar
meaning grammar grammatical-number descriptive-grammar
edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
Lawrence
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asked Sep 28 '17 at 18:31
erixsparhawk
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edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
Lawrence
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asked Sep 28 '17 at 18:31
erixsparhawk
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edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
Lawrence
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edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
Lawrence
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edited Sep 28 '17 at 18:50
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Neither of those examples actually works. What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes? should be What percentage of the results would fall into any of the C object classes? or perhaps … into each of the C object classes… and those give different meanings. … into one C object class… can’t work unless either the one class is specified, or all classes have the same percentage.
– Robbie Goodwin
Sep 29 '17 at 21:49
Unless I've misunderstood the word 'test' in this context I think your algebra is wrong. It seems to me that the test is applied to a subject set of N elements of which M fall into the C classes and N-M do not. The required percetage is, therefore, M/N*100. In product terms bolts, nuts, headlamp bulbs, inlet valves and ball bearings would fall into the "car components" class and would, therefore, be members of the set M but potatoes and jars of coffee would not.
– BoldBen
Apr 27 at 9:44
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Neither of those examples actually works. What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes? should be What percentage of the results would fall into any of the C object classes? or perhaps … into each of the C object classes… and those give different meanings. … into one C object class… can’t work unless either the one class is specified, or all classes have the same percentage.
– Robbie Goodwin
Sep 29 '17 at 21:49
Unless I've misunderstood the word 'test' in this context I think your algebra is wrong. It seems to me that the test is applied to a subject set of N elements of which M fall into the C classes and N-M do not. The required percetage is, therefore, M/N*100. In product terms bolts, nuts, headlamp bulbs, inlet valves and ball bearings would fall into the "car components" class and would, therefore, be members of the set M but potatoes and jars of coffee would not.
– BoldBen
Apr 27 at 9:44
Neither of those examples actually works. What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes? should be What percentage of the results would fall into any of the C object classes? or perhaps … into each of the C object classes… and those give different meanings. … into one C object class… can’t work unless either the one class is specified, or all classes have the same percentage.
– Robbie Goodwin
Sep 29 '17 at 21:49
Neither of those examples actually works. What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes? should be What percentage of the results would fall into any of the C object classes? or perhaps … into each of the C object classes… and those give different meanings. … into one C object class… can’t work unless either the one class is specified, or all classes have the same percentage.
– Robbie Goodwin
Sep 29 '17 at 21:49
Unless I've misunderstood the word 'test' in this context I think your algebra is wrong. It seems to me that the test is applied to a subject set of N elements of which M fall into the C classes and N-M do not. The required percetage is, therefore, M/N*100. In product terms bolts, nuts, headlamp bulbs, inlet valves and ball bearings would fall into the "car components" class and would, therefore, be members of the set M but potatoes and jars of coffee would not.
– BoldBen
Apr 27 at 9:44
Unless I've misunderstood the word 'test' in this context I think your algebra is wrong. It seems to me that the test is applied to a subject set of N elements of which M fall into the C classes and N-M do not. The required percetage is, therefore, M/N*100. In product terms bolts, nuts, headlamp bulbs, inlet valves and ball bearings would fall into the "car components" class and would, therefore, be members of the set M but potatoes and jars of coffee would not.
– BoldBen
Apr 27 at 9:44
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I'm reading the phrase to be "at least one of" and not "exactly one of". The second meaning would add more precision than the statement itself provides, which in a computer science context is not reasonable.
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Semantically, either meaning is possible. Pragmatically, the "please add together the percentages" sounds much more likely to me; but pragmatic considerations can be shaped by context:
We don't have complete information about some of the C object classes. But for our purposes, fortunately, any of them will do; they're effectively interchangeable, provided we use the same one throughout. Hence we need only ask: What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
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I'm reading the phrase to be "at least one of" and not "exactly one of". The second meaning would add more precision than the statement itself provides, which in a computer science context is not reasonable.
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I'm reading the phrase to be "at least one of" and not "exactly one of". The second meaning would add more precision than the statement itself provides, which in a computer science context is not reasonable.
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I'm reading the phrase to be "at least one of" and not "exactly one of". The second meaning would add more precision than the statement itself provides, which in a computer science context is not reasonable.
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I'm reading the phrase to be "at least one of" and not "exactly one of". The second meaning would add more precision than the statement itself provides, which in a computer science context is not reasonable.
answered Sep 28 '17 at 18:56
Nij
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answered Sep 28 '17 at 18:56
Nij
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answered Sep 28 '17 at 18:56
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answered Sep 28 '17 at 18:56
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Semantically, either meaning is possible. Pragmatically, the "please add together the percentages" sounds much more likely to me; but pragmatic considerations can be shaped by context:
We don't have complete information about some of the C object classes. But for our purposes, fortunately, any of them will do; they're effectively interchangeable, provided we use the same one throughout. Hence we need only ask: What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
answered Sep 28 '17 at 19:07
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Semantically, either meaning is possible. Pragmatically, the "please add together the percentages" sounds much more likely to me; but pragmatic considerations can be shaped by context:
We don't have complete information about some of the C object classes. But for our purposes, fortunately, any of them will do; they're effectively interchangeable, provided we use the same one throughout. Hence we need only ask: What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
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Semantically, either meaning is possible. Pragmatically, the "please add together the percentages" sounds much more likely to me; but pragmatic considerations can be shaped by context:
We don't have complete information about some of the C object classes. But for our purposes, fortunately, any of them will do; they're effectively interchangeable, provided we use the same one throughout. Hence we need only ask: What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
answered Sep 28 '17 at 19:07
ruakh
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Semantically, either meaning is possible. Pragmatically, the "please add together the percentages" sounds much more likely to me; but pragmatic considerations can be shaped by context:
We don't have complete information about some of the C object classes. But for our purposes, fortunately, any of them will do; they're effectively interchangeable, provided we use the same one throughout. Hence we need only ask: What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes?
answered Sep 28 '17 at 19:07
ruakh
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answered Sep 28 '17 at 19:07
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Neither of those examples actually works. What percentage of the test would fall into one of the C object classes? should be What percentage of the results would fall into any of the C object classes? or perhaps … into each of the C object classes… and those give different meanings. … into one C object class… can’t work unless either the one class is specified, or all classes have the same percentage.
– Robbie Goodwin
Sep 29 '17 at 21:49
Unless I've misunderstood the word 'test' in this context I think your algebra is wrong. It seems to me that the test is applied to a subject set of N elements of which M fall into the C classes and N-M do not. The required percetage is, therefore, M/N*100. In product terms bolts, nuts, headlamp bulbs, inlet valves and ball bearings would fall into the "car components" class and would, therefore, be members of the set M but potatoes and jars of coffee would not.
– BoldBen
Apr 27 at 9:44