A man is in sentence one. Sentence one is regarding a violin, not a guitar. A violin is being held in 1, as opposed to a guitar. In one a man does the holding, not a woman. In 1 the woman is playing, in 2 she is holding.


Consider the statement "A man is holding a violin whilst the woman plays it with the bow.". Based on this "The woman holds a guitar." a true statement? Yes, no, or I don't know?