Statements:
Only a few blankets are quilts. No bedsheet is quilt. Only blanket is cushion.
Conclusions:
I. All bedsheets being blankets is a possibility. II. All cushions are quilts.
Alternate Method: Some blankets are quilts (I) + [No bedsheet is quilt (E) ⇒ Conversion] ⇒ No quilt is bedsheet (E) ⇒ Some blankets are not bedsheets (O) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ All bedsheets may be blankets (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Only blanket is cushion ⇒ All cushion are blankets (A) + Some blankets are quilts (I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.
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