Statements:
All Tenants are Houses.
All Houses are Huts.
No Hut is an Apartment.
Conclusions:
I. All houses can be Apartment.
II. No Apartment is a Tenant.
All Houses are Huts (A) + No Hut is an Apartment (E) → No House is an Apartment (E) → Probable conclusion → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Tenants are Houses (A) + All Houses are Huts (A) → All Tenants are Huts (A) + No Hut is an Apartment (E) → No Tenant is an Apartment (E) → Conversion → No Apartment is a Tenant (E). Hence conclusion II follows.
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