#major_premise__majorpremise__major_premiss__majorpremis  the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
  supertype:  premise__premiss__premis  a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
  part of:  syllogism
  part:  major_term__majorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
  part:  middle_term  the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

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