Logical Reasoning

PT136 · S2 · Q14 Only Canadian films are shown

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Only Canadian films are shown at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival.

Given

Only Canadian films LNFF → CF are shown at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival.

This year, most of the LNFF + WP -most↣ IFF + WP films that won prizes at that festival also won prizes at international film festivals.

14.

If the above statements are true, which one of the following statements must also be true?

  1. This year, most of the

    Unsupported Relationship

    The statements do not suggest how many Canadian films were shown at international film festivals. This assumes that few, if any, Canadian films other than the ones that won prizes were shown at international film festivals.

    6% picked this

  2. Most of the Canadian films

    Too Strong

    While the statements support the view that some of the Canadian films produced this year were shown at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival, it goes too far to say that most of them were.

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    Some of the films that

    Why this is right

    The second statement IFF + WP ↢some↣ LNFF can be reduced in many ways, but the way it applies to this answer is that some films that won prizes at international film festivals were at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival. Together with the first IFF + WP ↢some↣ LNFF statement implies that LNFF → CF some of the films that ჻ IFF + WP ↢some↣ CF won prizes at international film festivals were Canadian films.

    Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    90% picked this

  4. This year, not every film

    Unsupported Relationship

    Most of the films that won prizes at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival were shown at international film festivals. But that does not mean that some of those films were not shown at international film festivals. The idea of “most” includes the possibility of “all.”

    1% picked this

  5. This year, at least one

    Unsupported Relationship

    While it is implied that some of the films that won prizes at an international film festival were shown at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival, that does not mean that some of those films were not shown at the Lac Nichoutec Film Festival.

    1% picked this

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