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witch(X) <= burns(X) and female(X).
burns(X) <= wooden(X).
wooden(X) <= floats(X).
floats(X) <= sameweight(duck, X).
female(girl). {by observation}
sameweight(duck,girl). {by experiment }
? witch(girl).
{\fB After Monty Python (Sir Bedevere). \fP}
A witch is a female who burns.
Witches burn - because they're made of wood.
Wood floats. What else floats on water?
A duck; if something has the same weight as a duck it must float.
A duck and scales are fetched.
The girl and the duck balance perfectly.
"It's a fair cop."
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| Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) |
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| The witch | Connie Booth |
| Sir Bedevere (etc.) | Terry Jones |
| King Arthur | Graham Chapman |
| Mr. Blint (a village n'er do well very keen on burning witches) (etc.) |
Eric Idle |
| Mr. Newt (a village blacksmith quite interested in burning witches) (etc.) |
John Cleese |
| Mr. Duck (a village carpenter who is almost keener
than anyone else to burn witches) (etc.) |
Michael Palin |
| Directed by | Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones |
-- must be © the Pythons
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