Minor: All date palms are trees.
Major: All trees are plants.
Conclusion: All date palms are plants.
Minor term: date palm
Middle term: tree
Major term: plant
Both premises are universal affirmative. If every date palm is inside the set of trees, and every tree is inside the set of plants, then all date palms must be plants. The inference rests on nested inclusion, not a superficial verbal resemblance.
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The First Figure: Conditions of Validity and Four Productive Moods
Minor: All date palms are trees.
Major: All trees are plants.
Conclusion: All date palms are plants.
Minor term: date palm
Middle term: tree
Major term: plant
Both premises are universal affirmative. If every date palm is inside the set of trees, and every tree is inside the set of plants, then all date palms must be plants. The inference rests on nested inclusion, not a superficial verbal resemblance.