Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT123 S3 Q3 Explanation

Carolyn: The artist Marc Quinn

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TopicsAgree/Disagree

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Stimulus

Carolyn: The artist Marc Quinn has displayed, behind a glass plate, biologically replicated fragments of Sir John Sulston’s DNA, calling it a “conceptual portrait” of Sulston. But to be a recognizable resemblance to its subject.

Arnold: I disagree. Quinn’s conceptual portrait is a maximally realistic portrait, for it holds actual instructions Sulston was created.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
3.

The dialogue provides most support for the claim that Carolyn and Arnold disagree over whether the object described by Quinn as a conceptual portrait

Answer choices

  1. Out of Scope2% picked this

    should be considered to be

    Out of Scope: considered art Unsupported Disagree Position The discussion is about whether or not this can properly be called a portrait, not about whether it can properly be called art. We might think to ourselves, "well aren't portraits by definition art? So if someone believes it's a portrait, then don't they believe it's art?" Yes, we might be able to tolerate that common sense leap from what's said on the page (if this were our best available answer). But the person saying it isn't a portrait isn't committing to the idea that it isn't art. There are tons of things that aren't portraits but are still art. So we couldn't say that Carolyn thinks this DNA representation isn't art.

  2. Both Agree1% picked this

    should be considered to be Quinn’s

    Both Carolyn and Arnold would both agree that the object should be considered to be Quinn’s work.

  3. Half Scope19% picked this

    bears a recognizable resemblance to

    Carolyn would disagree with this statement, but Arnold does not address it.

  4. Half Scope1% picked this

    contains instructions according to which Sulston

    Arnold would agree with this statement, but Carolyn does not address it.

  5. Correct76% picked this

    is actually a portrait of

    Why this is right

    Arnold would agree with this statement, while Carolyn would disagree with it.

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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