# RE5 | mistralai/mistral-small-2603 | run 2

## Prompt

All roses are flowers. Some flowers fade quickly. Does it logically follow that some roses fade quickly? Explain.

## Response

Yes, it logically follows. If all roses are flowers and some flowers fade quickly, then at least some members of the set "roses" must belong to the subset of "flowers that fade quickly," thereby making the conclusion valid. This is an example of the syllogistic form where the middle term ("flowers") connects the premises.

This follows classical categorical logic, specifically the "Darii" syllogism where:
- Premise 1: All A are B (All roses are flowers)
- Premise 2: Some B are C (Some flowers fade quickly)
- Conclusion: Some A are C (Some roses fade quickly)

The conclusion necessarily follows because the overlap between "some flowers fade quickly" must intersect with the set of all roses to preserve the truth of both premises.
