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“A hungry fox, as it saw bunches of grapes hanging from a vine, wished to grab them but...

“A hungry fox, as it saw bunches of grapes hanging from a vine, wished to grab them but was unable to do so. Moving away, it said to itself: ‘They are unripe anyway.’” 1) Is the fox hungry? VFI -> Yes - True (V). 2) Did the fox see bunc

“A hungry fox, as it saw bunches of grapes hanging from a vine, wished to grab them but was unable to do so. Moving away, it said to itself: ‘They are unripe anyway.’”

1) Is the fox hungry? VFI -> Yes - True (V).

2) Did the fox see bunches of grapes hanging from a vine? VFI -> Yes - True (V).

3) Did the fox want to grab them? VFI -> Yes - True (V).

4) Was the fox capable of it? VFI -> No - False (F).

5) Did the fox go away, saying that the bunches were unripe? VFI -> Yes - True (V).

6) Were the bunches truly unripe? VFI -> We don’t know - I don’t know (I).

7) Did the fox want to do something but failed? VFI -> Yes - True (V).

8) Were the bunches ripe? VFI -> We don’t know - I don’t know (I) (The story does not give this information).

9) Moral: if the bunches were ripe, they remained ripe even after the Fox’s judgment.