Logical Reasoning

PT149 · S1 · Q2 Rose; Let's not see the movie

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Rose: Let’s not see the movie Winter Fields.

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Since Rose only made two claims, we can just ask ourselves which of them Chester seemed to misinterpret.

She said: Let's not see Winter Fields.

Did Chester misconstrue that one? No. He's correctly processing that. He's saying,

She also said: I caught a review in the local paper

Did Chester misconstrue that? Did he think that she meant caught, like a baseball that was thrown in your direction, rather than caught like "read"?

No, he seems to think she read a review, not grabbed an airborne review out of the air with her catcher's mitt.

Finally, Rose said: It was the worst review I've read in years

Did Chester misconstrue that?

Yes. She means by "worst review" = one of the most negative, scathing evaluations of a movie. I haven't seen a movie reviewer hate a movie that much in years.

Chester, meanwhile, thinks she means by "worst review" = wow that a poorly executed review by that movie critic. I've seen critics ineptly write a review, but this was the worst I've seen. It was written more poorly then anything I've read in years.

How do we know this is his interpretation? It's because he says, "nothing in that paper is particularly well-written".

She, of course, was never talking about how well-written the movie review was, so this comment will puzzle her. But he heard her saying,

He's like,

Goal

Look for "worst review".

2.

Chester's response suggests that he misinterpreted which one of the following expressions used by Rose?

  1. see the movie

    Unrelated to Goal

    We're looking for "worst review". Chester didn't misinterpret this phrase.

    1% picked this

  2. caught a review

    Unrelated to Goal

    We're looking for "worst review". Chester didn't misinterpret this phrase.

    8% picked this

  3. local paper

    Unrelated to Goal

    We're looking for "worst review". Chester didn't misinterpret this phrase.

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    worst review

    Why this is right

    Rose meant "this review had the most negative appraisal of a movie that I've seen in years". Chester heard, "this review was more poorly written than any I've read in years".

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

    88% picked this

  5. in years

    Unrelated to Goal

    We're looking for "worst review". Chester didn't misinterpret this phrase.

    1% picked this

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