"Ann loves Mary but not Kate."= "Ann loves Mary but Kate does not."?

[Uncanny]

What is the probability of "Ann loves Mary but not Kate." being interpreted as "Ann loves Mary but Kate does not." ? Does prosody change anything here?

 

[Piscean]

Pretty low.

Where did you see this sentence?

 

[Rover_KE]

When you tell us where you saw this sentence, please tell us how you think prosody might affect the interpretation?

 

[emsr2d2]

What is the probability of "Ann loves Mary but not Kate no full stop here" being interpreted as "Ann loves Mary but Kate does not no full stop here"?

 

[jutfrank]

Does prosody change anything here?

Yes, it changes everything. If there's any way that it means Kate doesn't love Mary it would have to come from prosody, given no contextual clues.