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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Consumer advocate : there is no doubt that the government is responsible for the increased cost of gasoline, because the government's policies have significantly increased consumer demand for fuel, and as a result of increasing demand, the price of gasoline has risen steadily.\nPremise1: The government can bear responsibility for that which it indirectly causes.\nPremise2: Consumer demand for gasoline cannot increase without causing gasoline prices to increase.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Consumer advocate : there is no doubt that the government partly leads to the increased cost of gasoline, because the government's policies have significantly increased consumer demand for fuel, and as a result of increasing demand, the price of gasoline has risen steadily undoubtedly.",
"qtype": 0,
"id_string": "train_3968",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the consumer advocate's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Consumer demand for gasoline cannot increase without causing gasoline prices to increase.",
"O": "Premise1: The government can bear responsibility for that which it indirectly causes.",
"P": "Statement1: Consumer advocate : there is no doubt that the government is responsible for the increased cost of gasoline, because the government's policies have significantly increased consumer demand for fuel, and as a result of increasing demand, the price of gasoline has risen steadily."
}
},
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: To suit the needs of corporate clients, advertising agencies have successfully modified a strategy originally developed for political campaigns. Statement2: This strategy aims to provide clients with free publicity and air time by designing an advertising campaign that is controversial, thus drawing prime-time media coverage and evoking public comment by officials.\nPremise1: The usefulness of an advertising campaign is based solely on the degree to which the campaign's advertisements persuade their audiences.\nPremise2: Advertising agencies that specialize in campaigns for corporate clients are not usually chosen for political campaigns.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: To suit the needs of corporate clients, advertising agencies have successfully modified a strategy originally developed for political campaigns. Statement2: This strategy aims to provide clients with free publicity and air time by designing an advertising campaign that is controversial, thus drawing prime-time media coverage and evoking public comment by officials .often such advertising agencies are chosen as partners for political campaigns.",
"qtype": 3,
"id_string": "train_316",
"input_info": {
"Q": "The statements above, if true, most seriously undermine which one of the following assertions?",
"Om": "Premise2: Advertising agencies that specialize in campaigns for corporate clients are not usually chosen for political campaigns.",
"O": "Premise1: The usefulness of an advertising campaign is based solely on the degree to which the campaign's advertisements persuade their audiences.",
"P": "Statement1: To suit the needs of corporate clients, advertising agencies have successfully modified a strategy originally developed for political campaigns. Statement2: This strategy aims to provide clients with free publicity and air time by designing an advertising campaign that is controversial, thus drawing prime-time media coverage and evoking public comment by officials."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Consumer magazine : because front-loading washers use less water than top-loading washers, ordinary powder detergent does not dissolve readily in front-loading washers. Statement2: So, to get clothes really clean in a front-loading machine you need to use a detergent formulated especially for front-loading washers, instead of ordinary powder detergent.\nPremise1: A laundry detergent does not get clothes really clean in a washer unless it dissolves readily in it.\nPremise2: Washers that use more water get clothes cleaner than those that use less.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Consumer magazine : because front-loading washers use less water than top-loading washers, ordinary powder detergent can not play a great role in little water. Statement2: So, to get clothes really clean in a front-loading machine you need to wash them again.",
"qtype": 0,
"id_string": "train_4399",
"input_info": {
"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument in the consumer magazine?",
"Om": "Premise2: Washers that use more water get clothes cleaner than those that use less.",
"O": "Premise1: A laundry detergent does not get clothes really clean in a washer unless it dissolves readily in it.",
"P": "Statement1: Consumer magazine : because front-loading washers use less water than top-loading washers, ordinary powder detergent does not dissolve readily in front-loading washers. Statement2: So, to get clothes really clean in a front-loading machine you need to use a detergent formulated especially for front-loading washers, instead of ordinary powder detergent."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: The dean of computing must be respected by the academic staff and be competent to oversee the use of computers on campus. Statement2: The only deans whom academics respect are those who hold doctoral degrees, and only someone who really knows about computers can competently oversee the use of computers on campus. Furthermore, the board of trustees has decided that the dean of computing must be selected from among this university's staff. Statement3: Therefore, the dean of computing must be a professor from this university's computer science department.\nPremise1: Among this university's staff members with doctoral degrees, only those in the computer science department really know about computers.\nPremise2: At this university, every professor who holds a doctoral degree in computer science really knows about computers.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: The dean of computing must be respected by the academic staff and be competent to oversee the use of computers on campus. Statement2: The only deans whom academics respect are those who hold doctoral degrees, and only someone who really knows about computers can competently oversee the use of computers on campus. Furthermore, the board of trustees has decided that the dean of computing must be selected from among this university's staff. Statement4: Therefore, the dean of computing must be a professor from this university who holds a doctoral degree in computer science",
"qtype": 0,
"id_string": "train_2130",
"input_info": {
"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: At this university, every professor who holds a doctoral degree in computer science really knows about computers.",
"O": "Premise1: Among this university's staff members with doctoral degrees, only those in the computer science department really know about computers.",
"P": "Statement1: The dean of computing must be respected by the academic staff and be competent to oversee the use of computers on campus. Statement2: The only deans whom academics respect are those who hold doctoral degrees, and only someone who really knows about computers can competently oversee the use of computers on campus. Furthermore, the board of trustees has decided that the dean of computing must be selected from among this university's staff. Statement3: Therefore, the dean of computing must be a professor from this university's computer science department."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Consumer advocate : ephedra is a naturally occurring compound that some people use as a weight-loss aid. Statement2: Recently, the government prohibited the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra on the grounds that ephedra has been shown to have grave side effects. This prohibition is unreasonable. Statement3: Echinacea is another natural compound that has been shown to have side effects, yet echinacea is widely available at health food stores.\nPremise1: The side effects of echinacea and ephedra are comparably serious.\nPremise2: Before the prohibition, ephedra had been available in health food stores.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Consumer advocate : ephedra is a naturally occurring compound that some people use as a weight-loss aid. Statement2: Recently, the government prohibited the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra on the grounds that ephedra has not been shown whether to have grave side effects. This prohibition is unreasonable. Statement4: Echinacea is another natural compound that has been shown to have side effects, yet echinacea is widely available at health food stores.",
"qtype": 0,
"id_string": "train_1423",
"input_info": {
"Q": "The consumer advocate's argument depends on which of the following assumptions?",
"Om": "Premise2: Before the prohibition, ephedra had been available in health food stores.",
"O": "Premise1: The side effects of echinacea and ephedra are comparably serious.",
"P": "Statement1: Consumer advocate : ephedra is a naturally occurring compound that some people use as a weight-loss aid. Statement2: Recently, the government prohibited the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra on the grounds that ephedra has been shown to have grave side effects. This prohibition is unreasonable. Statement3: Echinacea is another natural compound that has been shown to have side effects, yet echinacea is widely available at health food stores."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Often patients with ankle fractures that are stable, and thus do not require surgery, are given follow-up x-rays because their orthopedists are concerned about possibly having misjudged the stability of the fracture. Statement2: When a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, however, all the fractures that had initially been judged stable were found to have healed correctly. Statement3: Therefore, it is a waste of money to order follow-up x-rays of ankle fracture initially judged stable.\nPremise1: X-rays of patients of many different orthopedists working in several hospitals were reviewed.\nPremise2: Doctors who are general practitioners rather than orthopedists are less likely than orthopedists to judge the stability of an ankle fracture correctly.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Often patients with ankle fractures that are stable, and thus do not require surgery, therefore, many general doctors do not order an x-ray to patients with stable ankle fractures in order to avoid wasting medical resources. Statement2: When a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, however, most of the fractures that had initially been judged stable were found to haven't healed correctly. Statement3: Therefore, it is necessary to order follow-up x-rays of ankle fracture initially judged stable.",
"qtype": 2,
"id_string": "train_594",
"input_info": {
"Q": "Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Doctors who are general practitioners rather than orthopedists are less likely than orthopedists to judge the stability of an ankle fracture correctly.",
"O": "Premise1: X-rays of patients of many different orthopedists working in several hospitals were reviewed.",
"P": "Statement1: Often patients with ankle fractures that are stable, and thus do not require surgery, are given follow-up x-rays because their orthopedists are concerned about possibly having misjudged the stability of the fracture. Statement2: When a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, however, all the fractures that had initially been judged stable were found to have healed correctly. Statement3: Therefore, it is a waste of money to order follow-up x-rays of ankle fracture initially judged stable."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: More and more law firms specializing in corporate taxes are paid on a contingency-fee basis. Statement2: Under this arrangement, if a case is won, the firm usually receives more than it would have received if it had been paid on the alternate hourly rate basis. If the case is lost, the firm receives nothing. Statement3: Most firms are likely to make more under the contingency-fee arrangement.\nPremise1: Since the majority of firms specialize in certain kinds of cases, they are able to assess accurately their chances of winning each potential case\nPremise2: Firms working under the contingency-fee arrangement take in fewer cases per year than do firms working under the hourly rate arrangement.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Less and less law firms specializing in corporate taxes are paid on a contingency-fee basis. Statement2: Under this arrangement, if a case is won, the firm usually receives more than it would have received if it had been paid on the alternate hourly rate basis. If the case is lost, the firm receives nothing. Statement4: Most firms are likely to make less under the contingency-fee arrangement.",
"qtype": 2,
"id_string": "train_3979",
"input_info": {
"Q": "Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the prediction above?",
"Om": "Premise2: Firms working under the contingency-fee arrangement take in fewer cases per year than do firms working under the hourly rate arrangement.",
"O": "Premise1: Since the majority of firms specialize in certain kinds of cases, they are able to assess accurately their chances of winning each potential case",
"P": "Statement1: More and more law firms specializing in corporate taxes are paid on a contingency-fee basis. Statement2: Under this arrangement, if a case is won, the firm usually receives more than it would have received if it had been paid on the alternate hourly rate basis. If the case is lost, the firm receives nothing. Statement3: Most firms are likely to make more under the contingency-fee arrangement."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: It is popularly believed that a poem has whatever meaning is assigned to it by the reader. Statement2: But objective evaluation of poetry is possible only if this popular belief is false ; for the aesthetic value of a poem can not be discussed unless it is possible for at least two readers to agree on the correct interpretation of the poem.\nPremise1: A given poem can be objectively evaluated only if the poem's aesthetic value can be discussed.\nPremise2: If two readers agree about the meaning of a given poem, that ensures that an objective evaluation of the poem can be made.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: It is popularly believed that a poem has whatever meaning is assigned to it by the reader. Statement2: But objective evaluation of poetry is possible only if this popular belief is false ; for the aesthetic value of a poem can be verified when it is possible for at least two readers to agree on the correct interpretation of the poem.",
"qtype": 0,
"id_string": "train_4104",
"input_info": {
"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: If two readers agree about the meaning of a given poem, that ensures that an objective evaluation of the poem can be made.",
"O": "Premise1: A given poem can be objectively evaluated only if the poem's aesthetic value can be discussed.",
"P": "Statement1: It is popularly believed that a poem has whatever meaning is assigned to it by the reader. Statement2: But objective evaluation of poetry is possible only if this popular belief is false ; for the aesthetic value of a poem can not be discussed unless it is possible for at least two readers to agree on the correct interpretation of the poem."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Critic : rock music is musically bankrupt and socially destructive, but at least the album covers of rock lps from the 1960s and 1970s often featured innovative visual art. Statement2: But now, since the success of digital music has almost ended the production of lps, rock music has nothing going for it.\nPremise1: Digital music is not distributed with accompanying innovative visual art.\nPremise2: Although very few lps are produced today, most of these are rock lps.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Critic : rock music is musically bankrupt and socially destructive, but at least the album covers of rock lps from the 1960s and 1970s often featured innovative visual art. Statement2: And now, although the success of digital music has almost ended the production of lps, rock music still has something going for it.",
"qtype": 0,
"id_string": "train_1182",
"input_info": {
"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the critic's argument relies?",
"Om": "Premise2: Although very few lps are produced today, most of these are rock lps.",
"O": "Premise1: Digital music is not distributed with accompanying innovative visual art.",
"P": "Statement1: Critic : rock music is musically bankrupt and socially destructive, but at least the album covers of rock lps from the 1960s and 1970s often featured innovative visual art. Statement2: But now, since the success of digital music has almost ended the production of lps, rock music has nothing going for it."
}
},
{
"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Music critic : fewer and fewer musicians are studying classical music, decreasing the likelihood that those with real aptitude for such music will be performing it. Audiences who hear these performances will not appreciate classical music's greatness and will thus decamp to other genres. Statement2: So to maintain classical music's current meager popularity, we must encourage more young musicians to enter the field.\nPremise1: Most people who appreciate classical music come to do so through old recordings rather than live performances.\nPremise2: It is possible to enjoy the music in a particular genre even when it is performed by musicians who are not ideally suited for that genre.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Music critic : fewer and fewer musicians that are suitable for classical music genres are studying classical music. Audiences who hear these live performances will not appreciate classical music's greatness and will thus decamp to other genres. Statement3: So to maintain live performances of classical music's current meager popularity, we must encourage more young musicians that are suitable for classical music genres to enter the field.",
"qtype": 3,
"id_string": "train_2941",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, most weakens the music critic's reasoning?",
"Om": "Premise2: It is possible to enjoy the music in a particular genre even when it is performed by musicians who are not ideally suited for that genre.",
"O": "Premise1: Most people who appreciate classical music come to do so through old recordings rather than live performances.",
"P": "Statement1: Music critic : fewer and fewer musicians are studying classical music, decreasing the likelihood that those with real aptitude for such music will be performing it. Audiences who hear these performances will not appreciate classical music's greatness and will thus decamp to other genres. Statement2: So to maintain classical music's current meager popularity, we must encourage more young musicians to enter the field."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the darfir republic's currency, the pundra, was weak : its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and darfir's exports were up substantially. Statement2: Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.\nPremise1: After several decades of operating well below peak capacity, darfir's manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels.\nPremise2: A sharp improvement in the efficiency of darfir's manufacturing plants would make darfir's products a bargain on world markets even without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the darfir republic's currency, the pundra, was weak : its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and darfir's exports were up substantially. But imports of darfur have fallen sharply. Statement3: Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, provides the government with the strongest grounds to doubt that the politicians' recommendation, if followed, will achieve its aim?",
"Om": "Premise2: A sharp improvement in the efficiency of darfir's manufacturing plants would make darfir's products a bargain on world markets even without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.",
"O": "Premise1: After several decades of operating well below peak capacity, darfir's manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels.",
"P": "Statement1: Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the darfir republic's currency, the pundra, was weak : its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and darfir's exports were up substantially. Statement2: Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Educator : some experimental educational programs, based on the principle that children's first education should take place at home, instruct parents in how to be their child's\" first teacher. This shows that these programs are successful and should be expanded. Statement2: The school performance of the children in these programs is better than average.\nPremise1: Most of the parents participating in the programs have prior experience as educators.\nPremise2: Some children who did not participate in the programs performed exceptionally well in school.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Educator : some experimental educational programs, based on the principle that children's first education should take place at home, instruct parents without educational experience in how to be their child's\" first teacher. This shows that these programs are successful and should be expanded. Statement3: The school performance of the children in these programs is better than average.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the educator's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Some children who did not participate in the programs performed exceptionally well in school.",
"O": "Premise1: Most of the parents participating in the programs have prior experience as educators.",
"P": "Statement1: Educator : some experimental educational programs, based on the principle that children's first education should take place at home, instruct parents in how to be their child's\" first teacher. This shows that these programs are successful and should be expanded. Statement2: The school performance of the children in these programs is better than average."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Super express shipping company has implemented a new distribution system that can get almost every package to its destination the day after it is sent. The company worries that this more efficient system will result in lower sales of its premium next-day delivery service, because its two day service will usually arrive the following day anyway. Statement2: The company plans to encourage sales of its next-day service by intentionally delaying delivery of its two-day packages so that they will not be delivered the following day, even if the package arrives at its destination city in time for next-day delivery.\nPremise1: Deliberate delay of packages will not affect the company's image in a way that significantly reduces its ability to attract and retain customers\nPremise2: The overnight service is too expensive to be attractive to most customers currently\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Super express shipping company has paused to implemente a new distribution system that can get almost every package to its destination the day after it is sent. The company worries that this more efficient system will result in lower sales of its premium next-day delivery service, because its two day service will usually arrive the following day anyway. Statement3: The company plans to encourage sales of its next-day service by stopping accelerating delivery of its two-day packages so that they will not be delivered the following day, leaving the package arriving at its destination city overnight for next-day delivery.",
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"Q": "The company's plan assumes that",
"Om": "Premise2: The overnight service is too expensive to be attractive to most customers currently",
"O": "Premise1: Deliberate delay of packages will not affect the company's image in a way that significantly reduces its ability to attract and retain customers",
"P": "Statement1: Super express shipping company has implemented a new distribution system that can get almost every package to its destination the day after it is sent. The company worries that this more efficient system will result in lower sales of its premium next-day delivery service, because its two day service will usually arrive the following day anyway. Statement2: The company plans to encourage sales of its next-day service by intentionally delaying delivery of its two-day packages so that they will not be delivered the following day, even if the package arrives at its destination city in time for next-day delivery."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: The photographs that the store developed were quite unsatisfactory. Statement2: The customer claims to have handled the film correctly. Neither the film nor the camera was defective. If a store does not process pictures properly, the customer is owed a refund, so if the customer's claim is correct, the store owes her a refund.\nPremise1: If neither the film nor the camera was defective, and the customer handled the film correctly, then the store processed it improperly.\nPremise2: If the customer handled the film incorrectly, that is what caused the photographs that the store developed to be unsatisfactory.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: The photographs that the store developed were quite unsatisfactory. Statement2: The customer doesn't claim to have handled the film correctly. The camera wasn't defective. If a store claims to have processed pictures properly, the customer is not owed a refund, so if the store's claim is correct, the store doesn't owe her a refund.",
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"Q": "The argument relies on assuming which one of the following?",
"Om": "Premise2: If the customer handled the film incorrectly, that is what caused the photographs that the store developed to be unsatisfactory.",
"O": "Premise1: If neither the film nor the camera was defective, and the customer handled the film correctly, then the store processed it improperly.",
"P": "Statement1: The photographs that the store developed were quite unsatisfactory. Statement2: The customer claims to have handled the film correctly. Neither the film nor the camera was defective. If a store does not process pictures properly, the customer is owed a refund, so if the customer's claim is correct, the store owes her a refund."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Human intelligence is not possible without human emotions. Statement2: A computer is something that can never have emotions, so for that reason alone a computer will never be able to display intelligence.\nPremise1: Being intelligent requires the capacity to have emotions.\nPremise2: Someone or something is intelligent only if it can identify its emotions.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Human intelligence is not possible without identifying their emotions. Statement2: A computer is something that can never indentify emotions, so for that reason alone a computer will never be able to display intelligence.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: Someone or something is intelligent only if it can identify its emotions.",
"O": "Premise1: Being intelligent requires the capacity to have emotions.",
"P": "Statement1: Human intelligence is not possible without human emotions. Statement2: A computer is something that can never have emotions, so for that reason alone a computer will never be able to display intelligence."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: The miscarriage of justice in the barker case was due to the mistaken views held by some of the forensic scientists involved in the case, who believed that they owed allegiance only to the prosecuting lawyers. Statement2: Justice was thwarted because these forensic scientists failed to provide evidence impartially to both the defense and the prosecution. Statement3: Hence it is not forensic evidence in general that should be condemned for this injustice.\nPremise1: Most forensic scientists acknowledge a professional obligation to provide evidence impartially to both the defense and the prosecution.\nPremise2: Many instances of injustice in court cases are not of the same type as that which occurred in the barker case.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: The miscarriage of justice in the barker case was due to the mistaken views held by some of the forensic scientists involved in the case, who believed that they owed allegiance only to the prosecuting lawyers. Statement2: Justice was thwarted because these forensic scientists failed to provide evidence impartially to both the defense and the prosecution. Statement3: Hence this injustice must be in other cases too, because these forensic scientists have provided much evidence for them.",
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"id_string": "train_3914",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Many instances of injustice in court cases are not of the same type as that which occurred in the barker case.",
"O": "Premise1: Most forensic scientists acknowledge a professional obligation to provide evidence impartially to both the defense and the prosecution.",
"P": "Statement1: The miscarriage of justice in the barker case was due to the mistaken views held by some of the forensic scientists involved in the case, who believed that they owed allegiance only to the prosecuting lawyers. Statement2: Justice was thwarted because these forensic scientists failed to provide evidence impartially to both the defense and the prosecution. Statement3: Hence it is not forensic evidence in general that should be condemned for this injustice."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Naturalist : sent2: the recent claims that the tasmanian tiger is not extinct are false. Statement2: The tasmanian tiger's natural habitat was taken over by sheep farming decades ago, resulting in the animal's systematic elimination from the area. Since then naturalists working in the region have discovered no hard evidence of its survival, such as carcasses or tracks. Statement3: In spite of alleged sightings of the animal, the tasmanian tiger no longer exists.\nPremise1: The tasmanian tiger did not move and adapt to a different region in response to the loss of habitat.\nPremise2: Every naturalist working in the tasmanian tiger's natural habitat has looked systematically for evidence of the tiger's survival.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Naturalist : Statement2: The recent claims that the tasmanian tiger is not extinct are false. Statement3: The tasmanian tiger's natural habitat was taken over by sheep farming decades ago, resulting in the animal's systematic elimination from the area. Since then naturalists working in the region have discovered no hard evidence of its survival, such as carcasses or tracks and the tasmanian tiger couldn't move and adapt to a different region in response to the loss of habitat. Statement5: In spite of alleged sightings of the animal, the tasmanian tiger no longer exists.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the naturalist's argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: Every naturalist working in the tasmanian tiger's natural habitat has looked systematically for evidence of the tiger's survival.",
"O": "Premise1: The tasmanian tiger did not move and adapt to a different region in response to the loss of habitat.",
"P": "Statement1: Naturalist : sent2: the recent claims that the tasmanian tiger is not extinct are false. Statement2: The tasmanian tiger's natural habitat was taken over by sheep farming decades ago, resulting in the animal's systematic elimination from the area. Since then naturalists working in the region have discovered no hard evidence of its survival, such as carcasses or tracks. Statement3: In spite of alleged sightings of the animal, the tasmanian tiger no longer exists."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Tax reformer : the proposed tax reform legislation is being criticized by political groups on the right for being too specific and by political groups on the left for being too vague. Statement2: Since one and the same statement can not be both too specific and too vague, the criticisms just go to show that the legislation is framed just as it should be.\nPremise1: The proposed legislation is not made up of a set of statements some of which are overly specific and some of which are overly vague.\nPremise2: The proposed legislation as it is framed was not meant to satisfy either political groups on the right or political groups on the left.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Tax reformer : the proposed tax reform legislation is being criticized by political groups on the right for being too specific and by political groups on the left for being too vague. Statement2: Since one and the same statement can not be both too specific and too vague, the criticisms just go to show that the legislation satisfy political groups just as it should be.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: The proposed legislation as it is framed was not meant to satisfy either political groups on the right or political groups on the left.",
"O": "Premise1: The proposed legislation is not made up of a set of statements some of which are overly specific and some of which are overly vague.",
"P": "Statement1: Tax reformer : the proposed tax reform legislation is being criticized by political groups on the right for being too specific and by political groups on the left for being too vague. Statement2: Since one and the same statement can not be both too specific and too vague, the criticisms just go to show that the legislation is framed just as it should be."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: If one wants to succeed, then one should act as though one were genuinely confident about one's abilities, even if one actually distrusts one's skills. Statement2: Success is much more easily obtained by those who genuinely believe themselves capable of succeeding than by those filled with self-doubts.\nPremise1: Genuine confidence is often a by-product of pretended self-confidence.\nPremise2: Those who convince others that they are capable of succeeding usually have few self-doubts.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: If one wants to succeed, then one should act as though one were genuinely confident about one's abilities, this will allow others to believe that they can succeed, and in this way gets more resources that are conducive to success. Statement2: Success is much more easily obtained by those who genuinely believe themselves capable of succeeding than by those filled with self-doubts.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Those who convince others that they are capable of succeeding usually have few self-doubts.",
"O": "Premise1: Genuine confidence is often a by-product of pretended self-confidence.",
"P": "Statement1: If one wants to succeed, then one should act as though one were genuinely confident about one's abilities, even if one actually distrusts one's skills. Statement2: Success is much more easily obtained by those who genuinely believe themselves capable of succeeding than by those filled with self-doubts."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: A company has developed a new sensing device that, according to the company's claims, detects weak, ultralow-frequency electromagnetic signals associated with a beating heart. These signals, which pass through almost any physical obstruction, are purportedly detected by the device even at significant distances. Statement2: Therefore, if the company 's claims are true, their device will radically improve emergency teams ability to locate quickly people who are trapped within the wreckage of collapsed buildings.\nPremise1: The device gives a distinctive reading when the signals it detects come from human beings rather than from any other living beings.\nPremise2: Ultralow-frequency signals are not the only electromagnetic signals that can pass through almost any physical obstruction.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: A company has developed a new sensing device that, according to the company's claims, detects weak, ultralow-frequency electromagnetic signals associated with a beating heart. But signals, which don't pass through all physical obstruction, are purportedly detected by the device only at very close distances. Statement3: Therefore, if the company 's claims are true, their equipment will be updated more comprehensively to improve detection rates in accidents and find people trapped in buildings faster.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Ultralow-frequency signals are not the only electromagnetic signals that can pass through almost any physical obstruction.",
"O": "Premise1: The device gives a distinctive reading when the signals it detects come from human beings rather than from any other living beings.",
"P": "Statement1: A company has developed a new sensing device that, according to the company's claims, detects weak, ultralow-frequency electromagnetic signals associated with a beating heart. These signals, which pass through almost any physical obstruction, are purportedly detected by the device even at significant distances. Statement2: Therefore, if the company 's claims are true, their device will radically improve emergency teams ability to locate quickly people who are trapped within the wreckage of collapsed buildings."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Virginia and her brother william disagree over when their father was born : virginia claims it was in 1935 and william claims it was in 1933. sent2: the hospital where their father was born has no records for 1933 but has complete records for 1935 -- records that do not include a birth record for their father. Statement2: Therefore, he must have been born in 1933.\nPremise1: Either virginia's claim or william's claim is correct.\nPremise2: Virginia and william know the day and the month of their father's birth.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Virginia and her brother william disagree over the year their father was born : virginia claims it was in 1935 and william claims it was in 1933. Statement2: The hospital where their father was born has no records for 1933 but has complete records for 1935 -- records that do not include a birth record for their father. Statement3: Therefore, he might have been born in 1933.",
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"Q": "The argument depends on which of the following assumptions?",
"Om": "Premise2: Virginia and william know the day and the month of their father's birth.",
"O": "Premise1: Either virginia's claim or william's claim is correct.",
"P": "Statement1: Virginia and her brother william disagree over when their father was born : virginia claims it was in 1935 and william claims it was in 1933. sent2: the hospital where their father was born has no records for 1933 but has complete records for 1935 -- records that do not include a birth record for their father. Statement2: Therefore, he must have been born in 1933."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Human skin gives off an array of gaseous substances, including carbon dioxide and lactic acid, both of which attract mosquitoes. However, neither of these two substances, whether alone or combined with one another, will attract mosquitoes as much as a bare human arm will, even in complete darkness, where a mosquito has no visual cues. Statement2: Therefore, some other gaseous substance given off by human skin also attracts mosquitoes.\nPremise1: Mosquitoes are not attracted to humans by body heat.\nPremise2: Human skin gives off gaseous substances in greater amounts during the day than during the night.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Human skin gives off an array of gaseous substances, including carbon dioxide and lactic acid, both of which attract mosquitoes. However, neither of these two substances, whether alone or combined with one another, will attract mosquitoes as much as a bare human arm will, . Statement3: Meanwhile, some other gaseous substance given off by human skin also attracts mosquitoes mosquitoes have visual cues even in complete darkness, and are more likely to target human skin during the day.",
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"Q": "The reasoning in the argument requires which one of the following assumptions?",
"Om": "Premise2: Human skin gives off gaseous substances in greater amounts during the day than during the night.",
"O": "Premise1: Mosquitoes are not attracted to humans by body heat.",
"P": "Statement1: Human skin gives off an array of gaseous substances, including carbon dioxide and lactic acid, both of which attract mosquitoes. However, neither of these two substances, whether alone or combined with one another, will attract mosquitoes as much as a bare human arm will, even in complete darkness, where a mosquito has no visual cues. Statement2: Therefore, some other gaseous substance given off by human skin also attracts mosquitoes."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Downtown petropolis boasted over 100 large buildings 5 years ago. Statement2: Since then, 60 of those buildings have been demolished. Statement3: Since the number of large buildings in a downtown is an indicator of the economic health of that downtown, it is clear that downtown petropolis is in a serious state of economic decline.\nPremise1: Significantly fewer than 60 new large buildings have been built in downtown petropolis during the past 5 years.\nPremise2: Most of the buildings demolished during the past 5 years were torn down because they were structurally unsound.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Downtown petropolis boasted over 100 large buildings 5 years ago. Statement2: Since then, 60 of those buildings have been demolished. Statement3: Since whether the structure of large buildings is sound or not in a downtown is an indicator of the economic health of that downtown, it is clear that downtown petropolis is in a serious state of economic decline.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Most of the buildings demolished during the past 5 years were torn down because they were structurally unsound.",
"O": "Premise1: Significantly fewer than 60 new large buildings have been built in downtown petropolis during the past 5 years.",
"P": "Statement1: Downtown petropolis boasted over 100 large buildings 5 years ago. Statement2: Since then, 60 of those buildings have been demolished. Statement3: Since the number of large buildings in a downtown is an indicator of the economic health of that downtown, it is clear that downtown petropolis is in a serious state of economic decline."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Acme's bank loan must be immediately repaid in full if acme's earnings fall below $ 1 million per year. If acme has to repay the entire loan immediately, it will have to declare bankruptcy. Statement2: Acme had seemed safe from bankruptcy, having reported annual earnings of well over $ 1 million in each year it has had the bank loan. Statement3: However, acme has now admitted overstating its earnings for last year, so it will have to declare bankruptcy.\nPremise1: Acme's earnings for last year, when accurately stated, are below $1 million\nPremise2: Acme has other debts besides the bank loan\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Acme's bank loan must be immediately repaid in full if acme's debts more than $ 1 million per year. If acme has to repay the entire loan immediately, it will have to declare bankruptcy. Statement3: Acme had seemed safe from bankruptcy, having reported annual debts is not over $ 1 million in each year it has had the bank loan. Statement4: However, acme has now admitted not stating its total debts for last year, so it will have to declare bankruptcy.",
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"id_string": "train_548",
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"Q": "The argument requires the assumption that",
"Om": "Premise2: Acme has other debts besides the bank loan",
"O": "Premise1: Acme's earnings for last year, when accurately stated, are below $1 million",
"P": "Statement1: Acme's bank loan must be immediately repaid in full if acme's earnings fall below $ 1 million per year. If acme has to repay the entire loan immediately, it will have to declare bankruptcy. Statement2: Acme had seemed safe from bankruptcy, having reported annual earnings of well over $ 1 million in each year it has had the bank loan. Statement3: However, acme has now admitted overstating its earnings for last year, so it will have to declare bankruptcy."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Economist : in today's post-industrial economy, higher education is essential for achieving prosperity. Statement2: Without a college degree or higher, citizens do not have access to the highest quartile of salaries, and only individuals earning salaries in this highest quartile have enough disposable income to buy real estate and invest in long term assets.\nPremise1: Prosperity has to include ownership of real estate or long term assets.\nPremise2: All the jobs in the highest quartile of salaries require skills that are always covered as part of a college education\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Economist : in today's post-industrial economy, higher education is essential for achieving prosperity. Statement2: Without a college degree or higher, citizens do not have access to work skills for the highest quartile of salaries, and only individuals earning salaries in this highest quartile have enough disposable income to achieve prosperity.",
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"id_string": "train_1851",
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"Q": "The argument assumes that",
"Om": "Premise2: All the jobs in the highest quartile of salaries require skills that are always covered as part of a college education",
"O": "Premise1: Prosperity has to include ownership of real estate or long term assets.",
"P": "Statement1: Economist : in today's post-industrial economy, higher education is essential for achieving prosperity. Statement2: Without a college degree or higher, citizens do not have access to the highest quartile of salaries, and only individuals earning salaries in this highest quartile have enough disposable income to buy real estate and invest in long term assets."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Companies wishing to boost sales of merchandise should use in-store displays to catch customers'attention. Statement2: According to a marketing study, today's busy shoppers have less time for coupon-clipping and pay little attention to direct-mail advertising ; instead, they make two-thirds of their buying decisions on the spot at the store.\nPremise1: In-store displays that catch customers' attention increase the likelihood that customers will decide on the spot to buy the company's merchandise.\nPremise2: Coupons and direct-mail advertising were at one time more effective means of boosting sales of merchandise than they are now.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Companies wishing to boost sales of merchandise should use in-coupon-clipping and mail advertising to catch customers'attention this has been an effective sales tool in the past. Statement2: According to a marketing study, today's busy shoppers have less time for coupon-clipping and pay little attention to direct-mail advertising ; instead, they make two-thirds of their buying decisions on the spot at the store.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption that the argument requires?",
"Om": "Premise2: Coupons and direct-mail advertising were at one time more effective means of boosting sales of merchandise than they are now.",
"O": "Premise1: In-store displays that catch customers' attention increase the likelihood that customers will decide on the spot to buy the company's merchandise.",
"P": "Statement1: Companies wishing to boost sales of merchandise should use in-store displays to catch customers'attention. Statement2: According to a marketing study, today's busy shoppers have less time for coupon-clipping and pay little attention to direct-mail advertising ; instead, they make two-thirds of their buying decisions on the spot at the store."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Art critic : nowadays, museum visitors seldom pause to look at a work of art for even a full minute. Statement2: They look, perhaps take a snapshot, and move on. Statement3: This tells us something about how our relationship to art has changed over time. People have become less willing to engage with works of art than they once were.\nPremise1: The amount of time spent looking at a work of art is a reliable measure of engagement with that work\nPremise2: Visitors would enjoy their museum experiences more if they took more time with individual works of art\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Art critic : nowadays, museum visitors seldom pause to look at a work of art for even a full minute. Statement2: They look, perhaps take a snapshot, and move on. Statement3: This tells us something about how our relationship to art has changed over time. People have become less willing to enjoy their museum experiences than they once were.",
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"Q": "The art critic's argument depends on the assumption that",
"Om": "Premise2: Visitors would enjoy their museum experiences more if they took more time with individual works of art",
"O": "Premise1: The amount of time spent looking at a work of art is a reliable measure of engagement with that work",
"P": "Statement1: Art critic : nowadays, museum visitors seldom pause to look at a work of art for even a full minute. Statement2: They look, perhaps take a snapshot, and move on. Statement3: This tells us something about how our relationship to art has changed over time. People have become less willing to engage with works of art than they once were."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Critic : people today place an especially high value on respect for others ; yet, in their comedy acts, many of today's most popular comedians display blatant disrespect for others. But when people fail to live up to the very ideals they hold in highest esteem, exaggeration of such failings often forms the basis of successful comedy. Statement2: Thus the current popularity of comedians who display disrespect in their acts is hardly surprising.\nPremise1: People who value an ideal especially highly do not always succeed in living up to this ideal.\nPremise2: People today fail to live up to their own ideals more frequently than was the case in the past.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Critic : people today place an especially high value on respect for others ; yet, in their comedy acts, many of today's most popular comedians display blatant disrespect for others. But when people fail to live up to the very ideals they hold in highest esteem, exaggeration of such failings often forms the basis of successful comedy. Statement3: Thus people today tend to create more successful comedies but fail to live up to their ideals.",
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"Q": "The critic's argument depends on which one of the following assumptions?",
"Om": "Premise2: People today fail to live up to their own ideals more frequently than was the case in the past.",
"O": "Premise1: People who value an ideal especially highly do not always succeed in living up to this ideal.",
"P": "Statement1: Critic : people today place an especially high value on respect for others ; yet, in their comedy acts, many of today's most popular comedians display blatant disrespect for others. But when people fail to live up to the very ideals they hold in highest esteem, exaggeration of such failings often forms the basis of successful comedy. Statement2: Thus the current popularity of comedians who display disrespect in their acts is hardly surprising."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Politician : a major social problem is children hurting other children. The results of a recent experiment by psychologists establish that watching violent films is at least partly responsible for this aggressive behavior. Statement2: The psychologists conducted an experiment in which one group of children watched a film of people punching bobo the clown dolls. A second group of children was not shown the film. Afterward, both groups of children played together in a room containing a bobo doll. Most of the children who had seen the film punched the bobo doll, while most of the other children did not.\nPremise1: The children who had been shown the film were found to be no more likely than the children who had not been shown the film to punch other children.\nPremise2: Some children who had not been shown the film imitated the behavior of those who had been shown the film and who punched the doll.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Politician : a major social problem is children hurting other children. The results of a recent experiment by psychologists establish that watching violent films is the only reason for this aggressive behavior. Statement3: The psychologists conducted an experiment in which one group of children watched a film of people punching bobo the clown dolls. A second group of children was not shown the film. Afterward, both groups of children played together in a room containing a bobo doll. Most of the children who had seen the film punched the bobo doll, while most of the other children did not.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the politician's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Some children who had not been shown the film imitated the behavior of those who had been shown the film and who punched the doll.",
"O": "Premise1: The children who had been shown the film were found to be no more likely than the children who had not been shown the film to punch other children.",
"P": "Statement1: Politician : a major social problem is children hurting other children. The results of a recent experiment by psychologists establish that watching violent films is at least partly responsible for this aggressive behavior. Statement2: The psychologists conducted an experiment in which one group of children watched a film of people punching bobo the clown dolls. A second group of children was not shown the film. Afterward, both groups of children played together in a room containing a bobo doll. Most of the children who had seen the film punched the bobo doll, while most of the other children did not."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Margaret came home after a long day of work to find her front door open and her waste basket knocked over with all of the contents strewn about the kitchen floor. Statement2: She believes that her dog must have knocked it over in search for some food scraps to eat, but this belief can not be correct. Statement3: Her husband took the dog with him to work all day.\nPremise1: Margaret's husband brought the dog home on his lunch break.\nPremise2: Margaret's husband accidently knocked it over on his way out the door this morning.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Margaret came home after a long day of work to find her front door closed but her waste basket knocked over with all of the contents strewn about the kitchen floor. A regular deratization is arranged in her family. Statement2: She believes that her husband must have knocked it over, but this belief can not be correct. Statement3: Her husband took the dog with him to work all day without coming back in the midway.",
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"Q": "The stated argument requires which of the following assumptions?",
"Om": "Premise2: Margaret's husband accidently knocked it over on his way out the door this morning.",
"O": "Premise1: Margaret's husband brought the dog home on his lunch break.",
"P": "Statement1: Margaret came home after a long day of work to find her front door open and her waste basket knocked over with all of the contents strewn about the kitchen floor. Statement2: She believes that her dog must have knocked it over in search for some food scraps to eat, but this belief can not be correct. Statement3: Her husband took the dog with him to work all day."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Editorial : despite the fact that recent military success has made the prime minister personally popular, her party will lose the next election unless the economy is no longer in recession ; the electorate will blame the state of the economy on her, even though she is hardly responsible for it and her policies will be beneficial in the long run.\nPremise1: The prime minister's party will not win the next election if the electorate believes the prime minister is responsible for a continuing recession.\nPremise2: The prime minister's party will win the next election if the economy shows some signs of recovery from the recession at the time of the election.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Editorial : despite the fact that recent military success has made the prime minister personally popular, her party will lose the next election unless the economy shows some signs of recovery from the recession at the time of the election. ; the electorate will blame the state of the economy on her, even though she is hardly responsible for it and her policies will be beneficial in the long run.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the editorial's argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: The prime minister's party will win the next election if the economy shows some signs of recovery from the recession at the time of the election.",
"O": "Premise1: The prime minister's party will not win the next election if the electorate believes the prime minister is responsible for a continuing recession.",
"P": "Statement1: Editorial : despite the fact that recent military success has made the prime minister personally popular, her party will lose the next election unless the economy is no longer in recession ; the electorate will blame the state of the economy on her, even though she is hardly responsible for it and her policies will be beneficial in the long run."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Advertisement : the new reflex computer represents a conceptual advance. Statement2: Unlike traditional computers, the reflex has a built-in monitoring function that continuously checks all other computer operations and lets you know if they are malfunctioning in any way, thus preventing the loss of data. Statement3: With the reflex, therefore, you'll never lose data again!\nPremise1: The monitoring function of the reflex is not subject to frequent unpredictable malfunctioning.\nPremise2: The reflex computer continues to process data while it is warning of a malfunction.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Advertisement : the new reflex computer represents a conceptual advance. Statement2: Unlike traditional computers, the reflex has a built-in monitoring function that continuously,stably and efficiently checks all other computer operations and processes data and lets you know if they are malfunctioning in any way, thus preventing the loss of data. Statement3: With the reflex, even though the monitoring function of the reflex is subject to frequent unpredictable malfunctioning, you'll never lose data again!",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the advertisement's argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: The reflex computer continues to process data while it is warning of a malfunction.",
"O": "Premise1: The monitoring function of the reflex is not subject to frequent unpredictable malfunctioning.",
"P": "Statement1: Advertisement : the new reflex computer represents a conceptual advance. Statement2: Unlike traditional computers, the reflex has a built-in monitoring function that continuously checks all other computer operations and lets you know if they are malfunctioning in any way, thus preventing the loss of data. Statement3: With the reflex, therefore, you'll never lose data again!"
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Therapist : cognitive psychotherapy focuses on changing a patient's conscious beliefs. Statement2: Thus, cognitive psychotherapy is likely to be more effective at helping patients overcome psychological problems than are forms of psychotherapy that focus on changing unconscious beliefs and desires, since only conscious beliefs are under the patient's direct conscious control.\nPremise1: It is difficult for any form of psychotherapy to be effective without focusing on mental states that are under the patient's direct conscious control.\nPremise2: Psychological problems are frequently caused by unconscious beliefs that could be changed with the aid of psychotherapy.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Therapist : cognitive psychotherapy focuses on changing a patient's conscious beliefs. Statement2: But, cognitive psychotherapy is likely to be less effective at helping patients overcome psychological problems than the forms of psychotherapy that focus on changing unconscious beliefs and desires, since only conscious beliefs are under the patient's direct conscious control.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the therapist's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Psychological problems are frequently caused by unconscious beliefs that could be changed with the aid of psychotherapy.",
"O": "Premise1: It is difficult for any form of psychotherapy to be effective without focusing on mental states that are under the patient's direct conscious control.",
"P": "Statement1: Therapist : cognitive psychotherapy focuses on changing a patient's conscious beliefs. Statement2: Thus, cognitive psychotherapy is likely to be more effective at helping patients overcome psychological problems than are forms of psychotherapy that focus on changing unconscious beliefs and desires, since only conscious beliefs are under the patient's direct conscious control."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: A scientific study provides evidence that crows are capable of recognizing threatening people and can even pass their concerns on to other crows. Statement2: Researchers wearing rubber caveman masks trapped wild crows and then released them in the same area. Years later, people wearing the same masks near where the crows had been trapped were shrieked at and dive-bombed by crows.\nPremise1: Some of the crows that shrieked at and dive-bombed people wearing the masks were not among the crows that had been trapped\nPremise2: Even in places where crows have never been captured, most crows will shriek at and dive-bomb people wearing caveman masks\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: A scientific study provides evidence that crows are capable of recognizing threatening people but it's hard to say if they can even pass their concerns on to other crows. Statement2: Researchers wearing rubber caveman masks trapped wild crows and then released them in the same area. Years later, people wearing the same masks near where the crows had been trapped were shrieked at and dive-bombed by crows. Crows rarely leave their fixed living area.",
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"Q": "The argument depends on the assumption that",
"Om": "Premise2: Even in places where crows have never been captured, most crows will shriek at and dive-bomb people wearing caveman masks",
"O": "Premise1: Some of the crows that shrieked at and dive-bombed people wearing the masks were not among the crows that had been trapped",
"P": "Statement1: A scientific study provides evidence that crows are capable of recognizing threatening people and can even pass their concerns on to other crows. Statement2: Researchers wearing rubber caveman masks trapped wild crows and then released them in the same area. Years later, people wearing the same masks near where the crows had been trapped were shrieked at and dive-bombed by crows."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Physiological research has uncovered disturbing evidence linking a number of structural disorders to jogging. Among the ailments seemingly connected with this now-popular sport are spinal disk displacements, stress fractures of the feet and ankles, knee and hip joint deterioration, and tendonitis. Statement2: Furthermore, these injuries do not occur exclusively among beginning runners -- veteran joggers suffer an equal percentage of injuries. Statement3: What the accumulating data suggest is that the human anatomy is not able to withstand the stresses of jogging.\nPremise1: The link between jogging and certain structural disorders appears to be a causal one.\nPremise2: The jogger's level of experience is a factor determining the likelihood of a jogging injury.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Physiological research has uncovered disturbing evidence linking a number of structural disorders to jogging. Among the ailments seemingly connected with this now-popular sport are spinal disk displacements, stress fractures of the feet and ankles, knee and hip joint deterioration, and tendonitis. Statement3: Furthermore, these injuries do not occur exclusively among beginning runners -- but veteran joggers suffer an less percentage of injuries. Statement4: What the accumulating data suggest is that the human anatomy of beginning runners is not able to withstand the stresses of jogging.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption of the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: The jogger's level of experience is a factor determining the likelihood of a jogging injury.",
"O": "Premise1: The link between jogging and certain structural disorders appears to be a causal one.",
"P": "Statement1: Physiological research has uncovered disturbing evidence linking a number of structural disorders to jogging. Among the ailments seemingly connected with this now-popular sport are spinal disk displacements, stress fractures of the feet and ankles, knee and hip joint deterioration, and tendonitis. Statement2: Furthermore, these injuries do not occur exclusively among beginning runners -- veteran joggers suffer an equal percentage of injuries. Statement3: What the accumulating data suggest is that the human anatomy is not able to withstand the stresses of jogging."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Sent1:\" life expectancy\" is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. Statement1: In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in north america was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years. Statement2: Thus, in those days, people must have been considered old at an age that we now consider the prime of life.\nPremise1: Most of the gains in life expectancy in the last 150 years have come from reductions in the number of infants who die in their first year of life.\nPremise2: Many of the people who live to an advanced age today do so only because of medical technology that was unknown in the nineteenth century.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: \" life expectancy\" is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. Statement2: In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in north america was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years .compared to the 19th century, modern medical technology is better. Statement3: Thus, in those days, people may have been considered old at an age that we now consider the prime of life.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, undermines the argument above?",
"Om": "Premise2: Many of the people who live to an advanced age today do so only because of medical technology that was unknown in the nineteenth century.",
"O": "Premise1: Most of the gains in life expectancy in the last 150 years have come from reductions in the number of infants who die in their first year of life.",
"P": "Sent1:\" life expectancy\" is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. Statement1: In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in north america was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years. Statement2: Thus, in those days, people must have been considered old at an age that we now consider the prime of life."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Some political thinkers hope to devise a form of government in which every citizen's rights are respected. But such a form of government is impossible. Statement2: For any government must be defined and controlled by laws that determine its powers and limits ; and it is inevitable that some individuals will learn how to interpret these laws to gain a greater share of political power than others have.\nPremise1: In any form of government, if anybody gains a greater share of political power than others have, then somebody's rights will be violated.\nPremise2: A government can ensure that every citizen's rights are respected by keeping the citizens ignorant of the laws.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Some political thinkers hope to devise a form of government in which every citizen's rights are respected. And such a form of government is not impossible. Statement3: For any government must be defined and controlled by laws that determine its powers and limits ; to keep the citizens ignorant of the laws can avoid that some individuals will learn how to interpret these laws to gain a greater share of political power than others have.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: A government can ensure that every citizen's rights are respected by keeping the citizens ignorant of the laws.",
"O": "Premise1: In any form of government, if anybody gains a greater share of political power than others have, then somebody's rights will be violated.",
"P": "Statement1: Some political thinkers hope to devise a form of government in which every citizen's rights are respected. But such a form of government is impossible. Statement2: For any government must be defined and controlled by laws that determine its powers and limits ; and it is inevitable that some individuals will learn how to interpret these laws to gain a greater share of political power than others have."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Anthropological studies indicate that distinct cultures differ in their moral codes. Statement2: Thus, as long as there are distinct cultures, there are no values shared across cultures.\nPremise1: As a result of advancing technology and global communication, we will someday all share the same culture and the same values.\nPremise2: Although specific moral values differ across cultures, more general moral principles, such as \"friendship is good,\" are common to all cultures.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Anthropological studies indicate that distinct cultures differ in their moral codes. Statement2: Thus, as long as there are distinct cultures there wont' be fully communications between cultrues and, there are only a few values shared across cultures.",
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"Q": "Each of the following, if true, would weaken the argument except:",
"Om": "Premise2: Although specific moral values differ across cultures, more general moral principles, such as \"friendship is good,\" are common to all cultures.",
"O": "Premise1: As a result of advancing technology and global communication, we will someday all share the same culture and the same values.",
"P": "Statement1: Anthropological studies indicate that distinct cultures differ in their moral codes. Statement2: Thus, as long as there are distinct cultures, there are no values shared across cultures."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Insurers and doctors are well aware that the incidence of lower-back injuries among office workers who spend long hours sitting is higher than that among people who regularly do physical work of a type known to place heavy stresses on the lower back. Statement2: This shows that office equipment and furniture are not properly designed to promote workers'health.\nPremise1: Consistent physical exercise is one of the most effective ways to prevent or recover from lower-back injuries.\nPremise2: When they are at home, laborers and office workers tend to spend similar amounts of time sitting.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Insurers and doctors are well aware that the incidence of lower-back injuries among office workers who spend long hours sitting is higher than that among people who regularly do physical work of a type known to place heavy stresses on the lower back. Statement2: This shows that long hours of sitting at work is the biggest cause of damage to workers' lower back health.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the reasoning above?",
"Om": "Premise2: When they are at home, laborers and office workers tend to spend similar amounts of time sitting.",
"O": "Premise1: Consistent physical exercise is one of the most effective ways to prevent or recover from lower-back injuries.",
"P": "Statement1: Insurers and doctors are well aware that the incidence of lower-back injuries among office workers who spend long hours sitting is higher than that among people who regularly do physical work of a type known to place heavy stresses on the lower back. Statement2: This shows that office equipment and furniture are not properly designed to promote workers'health."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Correctly measuring the productivity of service workers is complex. Statement2: Consider, for example, postal workers : they are often said to be more productive if more letters are delivered per postal worker. What if more letters are lost or delayed per worker at the same time that more are delivered? Statement3: But is this really true?\nPremise1: The quality of services rendered can appropriately be ignored in computing productivity.\nPremise2: The delivery of letters is the primary activity of the postal service.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Correctly measuring the productivity of service workers is complex. Statement2: Consider, for example, postal workers : they are often said to be more productive if more letters are delivered per postal worker. But what if people didn't need to deliver more letters? What if people need more delivery of newspapers or other items? Statement3: But is this really true?",
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"Q": "The objection implied above to the productivity measure described is based on doubts about the truth of which of the following statements?",
"Om": "Premise2: The delivery of letters is the primary activity of the postal service.",
"O": "Premise1: The quality of services rendered can appropriately be ignored in computing productivity.",
"P": "Statement1: Correctly measuring the productivity of service workers is complex. Statement2: Consider, for example, postal workers : they are often said to be more productive if more letters are delivered per postal worker. What if more letters are lost or delayed per worker at the same time that more are delivered? Statement3: But is this really true?"
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Sparva, unlike treland's other provinces, requires automobile insurers to pay for any medical treatment sought by someone who has been involved in an accident ; in the other provinces, insurers pay for nonemergency treatment only if they preapprove the treatment. Statement2: Clearly, sparva's less restrictive policy must be the explanation for the fact that altogether insurers there pay for far more treatments after accidents than insurers in other provinces, even though sparva does not have the largest population.\nPremise1: There are fewer traffic accidents annually in sparva than in any of the provinces of comparable or greater population.\nPremise2: The cost of medical care in sparva is higher than the national average.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Sparva, unlike treland's other provinces, requires automobile insurers to pay for any medical treatment sought by someone who has been involved in an accident ; in the other provinces, insurers pay for nonemergency treatment only if they preapprove the treatment. Statement2: But, sparva's more restrictive policy must be the explanation for the fact that altogether insurers there pay for far less treatments after accidents than insurers in other provinces, and also sparva does have the largest population.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: The cost of medical care in sparva is higher than the national average.",
"O": "Premise1: There are fewer traffic accidents annually in sparva than in any of the provinces of comparable or greater population.",
"P": "Statement1: Sparva, unlike treland's other provinces, requires automobile insurers to pay for any medical treatment sought by someone who has been involved in an accident ; in the other provinces, insurers pay for nonemergency treatment only if they preapprove the treatment. Statement2: Clearly, sparva's less restrictive policy must be the explanation for the fact that altogether insurers there pay for far more treatments after accidents than insurers in other provinces, even though sparva does not have the largest population."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Guidebook writer : i have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Statement2: Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built subsequently.\nPremise1: The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished.\nPremise2: The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Guidebook writer : i have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the hotels is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Statement2: Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically used more durable,stable and solid material than carpenters who have worked on hotels built subsequently.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the guidebook writer's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930.",
"O": "Premise1: The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished.",
"P": "Statement1: Guidebook writer : i have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Statement2: Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built subsequently."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: The principal of school x has proposed a plan that would add an hour-long study period to the end of the school day. Statement2: She claims that the extension would improve the school 's average score on the math section of the state assessment by allowing students more time to complete math homework that they would n't otherwise have time to complete.\nPremise1: The core components of school x's math curriculum are not aligned with the topics tested on the state math assessment.\nPremise2: Administrators from neighboring school y recently implemented a school day extension and have seen no significant improvement in student test scores on the state assessment.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: The principal of school x has proposed a plan that would add an hour-long study period to the end of the school day. Statement2: She claims that the extension would significantly improve the school 's average score of the state assessment by allowing students more time to complete homework that they would n't otherwise have time to complete.",
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"Q": "Which of the following statements, if true, would most weaken the argument presented above?",
"Om": "Premise2: Administrators from neighboring school y recently implemented a school day extension and have seen no significant improvement in student test scores on the state assessment.",
"O": "Premise1: The core components of school x's math curriculum are not aligned with the topics tested on the state math assessment.",
"P": "Statement1: The principal of school x has proposed a plan that would add an hour-long study period to the end of the school day. Statement2: She claims that the extension would improve the school 's average score on the math section of the state assessment by allowing students more time to complete math homework that they would n't otherwise have time to complete."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: It has been said that authors who write in order to give pleasure can not impart to their readers the truth of their subject matter. That claim can not be true. Statement2: If it were, one could determine the truthfulness of a book simply by looking at its sales figures. If the book were very popular, one could reasonably conclude that it gave people pleasure and therefore that at least some of what is written in the book is not true.\nPremise1: A book will not give its readers pleasure unless it was intended by its author to have that effect.\nPremise2: In many cases, a book's readers are unconcerned about the truth of the book's contents.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: It has been said that authors who write in order to give pleasure can not impart to their readers the truth of their subject matter. That claim can be true. Statement3: Because, one could determine the truthfulness of a book by looking at its sales figures. If the book were very popular, one could reasonably conclude that it gave people pleasure and therefore that at least some of what is written in the book is not true.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: In many cases, a book's readers are unconcerned about the truth of the book's contents.",
"O": "Premise1: A book will not give its readers pleasure unless it was intended by its author to have that effect.",
"P": "Statement1: It has been said that authors who write in order to give pleasure can not impart to their readers the truth of their subject matter. That claim can not be true. Statement2: If it were, one could determine the truthfulness of a book simply by looking at its sales figures. If the book were very popular, one could reasonably conclude that it gave people pleasure and therefore that at least some of what is written in the book is not true."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Economist : in free market systems, the primary responsibility of corporate executives is to determine a nation's industrial technology, the pattern of work organization, location of industry, and resource allocation. They also are the decision makers, though subject to significant consumer control, on what is to be produced and in what quantities. Statement2: In short, a large category of major decisions is turned over to business executives. Statement3: Thus, business executives have become public officials.\nPremise1: Making decisions about patterns of work organization, resource allocation, and location of industry is not the core of a public official's job.\nPremise2: What a country produces and in what quantities is not always completely controlled by corporate executives.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Economist : in free market systems, the primary responsibility of corporate executives is to determine a nation's industrial technology, the pattern of work organization, location of industry, and resource allocation. They also are the decision makers, though subject to significant consumer control, on what is to be produced and in what quantities. Statement3: In short, a large category of major decisions is turned over to business executives. Statement4: Thus, business executives have become decision-maker for national production.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the economist's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: What a country produces and in what quantities is not always completely controlled by corporate executives.",
"O": "Premise1: Making decisions about patterns of work organization, resource allocation, and location of industry is not the core of a public official's job.",
"P": "Statement1: Economist : in free market systems, the primary responsibility of corporate executives is to determine a nation's industrial technology, the pattern of work organization, location of industry, and resource allocation. They also are the decision makers, though subject to significant consumer control, on what is to be produced and in what quantities. Statement2: In short, a large category of major decisions is turned over to business executives. Statement3: Thus, business executives have become public officials."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Statistics from the national booksellers association indicate that during the last five years most bookstores have started to experience declining revenues from the sale of fiction, despite national campaigns to encourage people to read more fiction. Statement2: Therefore, these reading campaigns have been largely unsuccessful.\nPremise1: Mail order book clubs have enjoyed substantial growth in fiction sales throughout the last five years.\nPremise2: During the last five years the most profitable items in bookstores have been newspapers and periodicals rather than novels.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Statistics from the national booksellers association indicate that during the last five years most bookstores have started to experience declining revenues from the sale of fiction, despite national campaigns to encourage people to read more print products. Statement2: Therefore, these reading campaigns have been largely unsuccessful.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: During the last five years the most profitable items in bookstores have been newspapers and periodicals rather than novels.",
"O": "Premise1: Mail order book clubs have enjoyed substantial growth in fiction sales throughout the last five years.",
"P": "Statement1: Statistics from the national booksellers association indicate that during the last five years most bookstores have started to experience declining revenues from the sale of fiction, despite national campaigns to encourage people to read more fiction. Statement2: Therefore, these reading campaigns have been largely unsuccessful."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: J.j. thomson, the discoverer of the electron and a recipient of the nobel prize in physics, trained many physicists, among them seven nobel prize winners, 32 fellows of the royal society of london, and 83 professors of physics. Statement2: This shows that the skills needed for creative research can be taught and learned.\nPremise1: At least one of the eminent scientists trained by j. j. thomson was not a creative researcher before coming to study with him.\nPremise2: Scientists who go on to be the most successful researchers often receive their scientific education in classes taught by renowned research scientists.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: J.j. thomson, the discoverer of the electron and a recipient of the nobel prize in physics, trained many physicists, among them seven nobel prize winners, 32 fellows of the royal society of london, and 83 professors of physics. Statement2: This shows that scientific education is necessary to become a successful researcher.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: Scientists who go on to be the most successful researchers often receive their scientific education in classes taught by renowned research scientists.",
"O": "Premise1: At least one of the eminent scientists trained by j. j. thomson was not a creative researcher before coming to study with him.",
"P": "Statement1: J.j. thomson, the discoverer of the electron and a recipient of the nobel prize in physics, trained many physicists, among them seven nobel prize winners, 32 fellows of the royal society of london, and 83 professors of physics. Statement2: This shows that the skills needed for creative research can be taught and learned."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Auditor : xyz, a construction company, purchased 20 new trucks 3 years ago, and there is no record of any of those trucks being sold last year. Statement2: Records indicate, however, that xyz sold off all of its diesel-powered trucks last year. Statement3: We can thus conclude that none of the 20 trucks purchased 3 years ago were diesel powered.\nPremise1: None of the 20 trucks was sold before last year.\nPremise2: All of the trucks that xyz sold last year were diesel powered.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Auditor : xyz, a construction company, had 20 trucks, and there is no record of any of those trucks being sold before last year. Statement2: Records indicate, however, that xyz sold off all of its 20 trucks last year. Statement3: We can thus conclude that the 20 trucks were diesel powered.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the auditor's reasoning?",
"Om": "Premise2: All of the trucks that xyz sold last year were diesel powered.",
"O": "Premise1: None of the 20 trucks was sold before last year.",
"P": "Statement1: Auditor : xyz, a construction company, purchased 20 new trucks 3 years ago, and there is no record of any of those trucks being sold last year. Statement2: Records indicate, however, that xyz sold off all of its diesel-powered trucks last year. Statement3: We can thus conclude that none of the 20 trucks purchased 3 years ago were diesel powered."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Old rose varieties have less vibrant colors than modern rose varieties, but are superior in fragrance. Statement2: This situation has arisen because the modern rose varieties were developed to meet customer demand and marketed mainly through catalogs : colors, but not fragrances, can be photographed.\nPremise1: Breeding roses to enhance one trait often has unanticipated consequences for other traits.\nPremise2: People in earlier times would have found the vibrant colors of modern roses too harsh.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Old rose varieties have less vibrant colors than modern rose varieties. Statement2: This situation has arisen because the modern rose varieties were developed to meet customer demand and modern customers prefer more vibrant colors than old customers.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the support for the causal claim made above?",
"Om": "Premise2: People in earlier times would have found the vibrant colors of modern roses too harsh.",
"O": "Premise1: Breeding roses to enhance one trait often has unanticipated consequences for other traits.",
"P": "Statement1: Old rose varieties have less vibrant colors than modern rose varieties, but are superior in fragrance. Statement2: This situation has arisen because the modern rose varieties were developed to meet customer demand and marketed mainly through catalogs : colors, but not fragrances, can be photographed."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Psychologist : it is well known that becoming angry often induces temporary incidents of high blood pressure. Statement2: A recent study further showed, however, that people who are easily angered are significantly more likely to have permanently high blood pressure than are people who have more tranquil personalities. Statement3: Coupled with the long-established fact that those with permanently high blood pressure are especially likely to have heart disease, the recent findings indicate that heart disease can result from psychological factors.\nPremise1: The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.\nPremise2: Those who are easily angered are less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease than are other people.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Psychologist : it is well known that becoming angry often only induces temporary incidents of high blood pressure. Statement2: A recent study further showed, however, that people who are easily angered are significantly less likely to have permanently high blood pressure than are people who have more tranquil personalities. Statement3: Coupled with the long-established fact that those with permanently high blood pressure are especially likely to have heart disease, the recent findings indicate that heart disease can not result from psychological factors.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Those who are easily angered are less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease than are other people.",
"O": "Premise1: The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.",
"P": "Statement1: Psychologist : it is well known that becoming angry often induces temporary incidents of high blood pressure. Statement2: A recent study further showed, however, that people who are easily angered are significantly more likely to have permanently high blood pressure than are people who have more tranquil personalities. Statement3: Coupled with the long-established fact that those with permanently high blood pressure are especially likely to have heart disease, the recent findings indicate that heart disease can result from psychological factors."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: If a person chooses to walk rather than drive, there is one less vehicle emitting pollution into the air than there would be otherwise. Statement2: Therefore if people would walk whenever it is feasible for them to do so, then pollution will be greatly reduced.\nPremise1: People sometimes drive when it is feasible to walk instead.\nPremise2: Taking public transportation rather than driving is not always feasible.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: If a person chooses to take public transportation rather than drive, there is one less vehicle emitting pollution into the air than there would be otherwise. Statement2: Therefore if people would take public transportation whenever it is feasible for them to do so, then pollution will be greatly reduced.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: Taking public transportation rather than driving is not always feasible.",
"O": "Premise1: People sometimes drive when it is feasible to walk instead.",
"P": "Statement1: If a person chooses to walk rather than drive, there is one less vehicle emitting pollution into the air than there would be otherwise. Statement2: Therefore if people would walk whenever it is feasible for them to do so, then pollution will be greatly reduced."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Researcher : people are able to tell whether a person is extroverted just by looking at pictures in which the person has a neutral expression. Statement2: Since people are also able to tell whether a chimpanzee behaves dominantly just by looking at a picture of the chimpanzee's expressionless face, and since both humans and chimpanzees are primates, we conclude that this ability is probably not acquired solely through culture but rather as a result of primate biology.\nPremise1: Extroversion in people and dominant behavior in chimpanzees are both indicators of a genetic predisposition to assertiveness.\nPremise2: People are generally unable to judge the dominance of bonobos, which are also primates, by looking at pictures of them.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Researcher : people are able to tell whether a person is extroverted just by looking at pictures in which the person has a neutral expression. Statement2: Since people can not able to tell whether a chimpanzee behaves dominantly just by looking at a picture of the chimpanzee's expressionless face, and since both humans and chimpanzees are primates, we conclude that this ability is probably acquired through culture instead of a result of primate biology.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the researcher's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: People are generally unable to judge the dominance of bonobos, which are also primates, by looking at pictures of them.",
"O": "Premise1: Extroversion in people and dominant behavior in chimpanzees are both indicators of a genetic predisposition to assertiveness.",
"P": "Statement1: Researcher : people are able to tell whether a person is extroverted just by looking at pictures in which the person has a neutral expression. Statement2: Since people are also able to tell whether a chimpanzee behaves dominantly just by looking at a picture of the chimpanzee's expressionless face, and since both humans and chimpanzees are primates, we conclude that this ability is probably not acquired solely through culture but rather as a result of primate biology."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Businessman : sales are the most important part of any business. Statement2: Marketing and communications are never as effective as a strong sales team. Statement3: Persuasive salesmen can sell as many units of an inferior product as average salesmen with better quality products. Statement4: Our company should eliminate every department except the sales team.\nPremise1: The sales team's effectiveness depends on contributions from the other departments.\nPremise2: The company would be better off with only a sales team.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Businessman : sales are the most important part of any business. Statement2: Marketing and communications are never better than a strong sales team. Statement3: Persuasive salesmen can sell as many units of an inferior product as average salesmen with better quality products. Statement4: Our company should eliminate every department except the sales team.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the businessman's argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: The company would be better off with only a sales team.",
"O": "Premise1: The sales team's effectiveness depends on contributions from the other departments.",
"P": "Statement1: Businessman : sales are the most important part of any business. Statement2: Marketing and communications are never as effective as a strong sales team. Statement3: Persuasive salesmen can sell as many units of an inferior product as average salesmen with better quality products. Statement4: Our company should eliminate every department except the sales team."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Although there is no record of poet edmund spenser 's parentage, we do know that as a youth spenser attended the merchant tailors'school in london for a period between 1560 and 1570. records from this time indicate that the merchant tailors'guild then had only three members named spenser : robert spenser, listed as a gentleman ; nicholas spenser, elected the guild 's warden in 1568 ; and john spenser, listed as a\" journeyman cloth-maker. \" Statement2: Of these, the last was likely the least affluent of the three-and most likely edmund 's father, since school accounting records list edmund as a scholar who attended the school at a reduced fee.\nPremise1: The merchant tailors' school did not reduce its fees for the children of the more affluent guild members.\nPremise2: Anybody in sixteenth century london who made clothing professionally would have had to be a member of the merchant tailors' guild.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Although there is no record of poet edmund spenser 's parentage, we do know that as a youth spenser attended the merchant tailors'school in london for a period between 1560 and 1570. records from this time indicate that the merchant tailors'guild then had only three members named spenser : robert spenser, listed as a gentleman ; nicholas spenser, elected the guild 's warden in 1568 ; and john spenser, listed as a\" journeyman cloth-maker. \" Statement3: Of these, the last was most likely edmund 's father, since he made clothing professionally.",
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"Q": "Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: Anybody in sixteenth century london who made clothing professionally would have had to be a member of the merchant tailors' guild.",
"O": "Premise1: The merchant tailors' school did not reduce its fees for the children of the more affluent guild members.",
"P": "Statement1: Although there is no record of poet edmund spenser 's parentage, we do know that as a youth spenser attended the merchant tailors'school in london for a period between 1560 and 1570. records from this time indicate that the merchant tailors'guild then had only three members named spenser : robert spenser, listed as a gentleman ; nicholas spenser, elected the guild 's warden in 1568 ; and john spenser, listed as a\" journeyman cloth-maker. \" Statement2: Of these, the last was likely the least affluent of the three-and most likely edmund 's father, since school accounting records list edmund as a scholar who attended the school at a reduced fee."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: The legislature of the philippines voted recently to abolish the death penalty. In contrast, the death penalty remains legal in the united states. Statement2: The difference in the legality of capital punishment demonstrates that the majority of american citizens believe in the death penalty, while the majority of filipino citizens do not.\nPremise1: The legal status of capital punishment in the united states and the philippines aligns with how the majority of citizens in those respective countries view the death penalty.\nPremise2: There are not strong voices opposing the death penalty in the united states.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: The legislature of the philippines voted recently to abolish the death penalty. In contrast, the death penalty remains legal in the united states. Statement3: The difference in the legality of capital punishment demonstrates that all american citizens believe in the death penalty, while the majority of filipino citizens do not.",
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"Q": "Which of the following is an assumption upon which the above argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: There are not strong voices opposing the death penalty in the united states.",
"O": "Premise1: The legal status of capital punishment in the united states and the philippines aligns with how the majority of citizens in those respective countries view the death penalty.",
"P": "Statement1: The legislature of the philippines voted recently to abolish the death penalty. In contrast, the death penalty remains legal in the united states. Statement2: The difference in the legality of capital punishment demonstrates that the majority of american citizens believe in the death penalty, while the majority of filipino citizens do not."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Robin : when a region's economy is faltering, many people lose their jobs. Statement2: As a result, spending on consumer goods declines, leading in turn to more lost jobs and a worsening of the economy. Statement3: Eventually, the economy becomes so bad that prices collapse ; the lower prices encourage people to increase spending on consumer goods, and this higher spending results in economic improvement. Statement4: Terry : sent5: people can not increase their spending if they have no jobs and no money for anything other than basic necessities, so price collapses can not lead to economic improvement.\nPremise1: Even people who do not lose their jobs spend less in bad economic times and thus have savings available to spend when prices collapse.\nPremise2: People who have lost their jobs must continue to buy some basic goods such as food, even during bad economic times.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Robin : when a region's economy is faltering, many people lose their jobs. Statement2: As a result, spending on consumer goods declines, leading in turn to more lost jobs and a worsening of the economy. Statement3: Eventually, the economy becomes so bad that prices collapse ; the lower prices encourage people to increase spending on consumer goods, and this higher spending results in economic improvement. Statement4: Terry : Statement5: People can not increase their spending if they have no jobs and no money for consumer goods, so price collapses can not lead to economic improvement.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most undermines terry's objection to robin's analysis?",
"Om": "Premise2: People who have lost their jobs must continue to buy some basic goods such as food, even during bad economic times.",
"O": "Premise1: Even people who do not lose their jobs spend less in bad economic times and thus have savings available to spend when prices collapse.",
"P": "Statement1: Robin : when a region's economy is faltering, many people lose their jobs. Statement2: As a result, spending on consumer goods declines, leading in turn to more lost jobs and a worsening of the economy. Statement3: Eventually, the economy becomes so bad that prices collapse ; the lower prices encourage people to increase spending on consumer goods, and this higher spending results in economic improvement. Statement4: Terry : sent5: people can not increase their spending if they have no jobs and no money for anything other than basic necessities, so price collapses can not lead to economic improvement."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Opponents of peat harvesting in this country argue that it would alter the ecological balance of our peatrich wetlands and that, as a direct consequence of this, much of the country's water supply would be threatened with contamination. But this can not be true, for in ireland, where peat has been harvested for centuries, the water supply is not contaminated. Statement2: We can safely proceed with the harvesting of peat.\nPremise1: The original ecology of the peat-harvesting areas of ireland was virtually identical to that of the undisturbed wetlands of this country.\nPremise2: The activities of other industries in coming years are likely to have adverse effects on the water supply of this country.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Opponents of peat harvesting in this country argue that it would alter the ecological balance of our peatrich wetlands and that, as a direct consequence of this, much of the country's water supply would be threatened with contamination. This can be true, for in ireland, where peat has been harvested for centuries, the water supply is t contaminated. Statement3: We can not safely proceed with the harvesting of peat.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: The activities of other industries in coming years are likely to have adverse effects on the water supply of this country.",
"O": "Premise1: The original ecology of the peat-harvesting areas of ireland was virtually identical to that of the undisturbed wetlands of this country.",
"P": "Statement1: Opponents of peat harvesting in this country argue that it would alter the ecological balance of our peatrich wetlands and that, as a direct consequence of this, much of the country's water supply would be threatened with contamination. But this can not be true, for in ireland, where peat has been harvested for centuries, the water supply is not contaminated. Statement2: We can safely proceed with the harvesting of peat."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Older united states automobiles have been identified as contributing disproportionately to global air pollution. The requirement in many jurisdictions that automobiles pass emission-control inspections has had the effect of taking many such automobiles out of service in the united states, as they fail inspection and their owners opt to buy newer automobiles. Statement2: Thus the burden of pollution such older united states automobiles contribute to the global atmosphere will be gradually reduced over the next decade.\nPremise1: There is a thriving market for used older united states automobiles that are exported to regions that have no emission-control regulations.\nPremise2: Even if all the older automobiles in the united states were retired from service, air pollution from united states automobiles could still increase if the total number of automobiles in use should increase significantly.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Older united states automobiles have been identified as contributing disproportionately to global air pollution. The requirement in many jurisdictions that automobiles pass emission-control inspections has had the effect of taking many such automobiles out of service in the united states, as they fail inspection and their owners opt to buy newer automobiles. Statement3: Thus the burden of pollution such united states automobiles contribute to the global atmosphere will be gradually reduced over the next decade.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Even if all the older automobiles in the united states were retired from service, air pollution from united states automobiles could still increase if the total number of automobiles in use should increase significantly.",
"O": "Premise1: There is a thriving market for used older united states automobiles that are exported to regions that have no emission-control regulations.",
"P": "Statement1: Older united states automobiles have been identified as contributing disproportionately to global air pollution. The requirement in many jurisdictions that automobiles pass emission-control inspections has had the effect of taking many such automobiles out of service in the united states, as they fail inspection and their owners opt to buy newer automobiles. Statement2: Thus the burden of pollution such older united states automobiles contribute to the global atmosphere will be gradually reduced over the next decade."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Builder : within ten years, most of the new homes constructed in north america will have steel frameworks rather than wood ones. Statement2: After all, two-by-fours and two-by-sixes -- the sizes of lumber most commonly used in home construction -- are deteriorating in quality and increasing in cost, while environment-friendly steel is decreasing in cost. In addition, unlike wood, steel will not warp, rot, or split.\nPremise1: Training home construction workers to work with steel is very costly.\nPremise2: Steel-framed homes do not have to be treated with pesticides or other chemicals that can contribute to indoor air pollution.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Builder : within ten years, most of the new homes constructed in north america will still have wood frameworks rather than steel ones. Statement2: Because two-by-fours and two-by-sixes -- the sizes of lumber most commonly used in home construction -- are improving in quality so that it decreases in long-term cost, while environment-friendly steel is only decreasing in short-term cost. In addition, like steel, good wood will not warp, rot, or split.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the builder's reasoning?",
"Om": "Premise2: Steel-framed homes do not have to be treated with pesticides or other chemicals that can contribute to indoor air pollution.",
"O": "Premise1: Training home construction workers to work with steel is very costly.",
"P": "Statement1: Builder : within ten years, most of the new homes constructed in north america will have steel frameworks rather than wood ones. Statement2: After all, two-by-fours and two-by-sixes -- the sizes of lumber most commonly used in home construction -- are deteriorating in quality and increasing in cost, while environment-friendly steel is decreasing in cost. In addition, unlike wood, steel will not warp, rot, or split."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: People who have political power tend to see new technologies as a means of extending or protecting their power, whereas they generally see new ethical arguments and ideas as a threat to it. Statement2: Therefore, technical ingenuity usually brings benefits to those who have this ingenuity, whereas ethical inventiveness brings only pain to those who have this inventiveness.\nPremise1: Politically powerful people tend to reward those who they believe are useful to them and to punish those who they believe are a threat.\nPremise2: New technologies are often used by people who strive to defeat those who currently have political power.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: People who have political power tend to see new ethical arguments and ideas as a means of extending or protecting their power, whereas they generally see new technologies as a threat to it. Statement2: Therefore, technical ingenuity usually brings pain to those who have this ingenuity, whereas ethical inventiveness brings benefits to those who have this inventiveness.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: New technologies are often used by people who strive to defeat those who currently have political power.",
"O": "Premise1: Politically powerful people tend to reward those who they believe are useful to them and to punish those who they believe are a threat.",
"P": "Statement1: People who have political power tend to see new technologies as a means of extending or protecting their power, whereas they generally see new ethical arguments and ideas as a threat to it. Statement2: Therefore, technical ingenuity usually brings benefits to those who have this ingenuity, whereas ethical inventiveness brings only pain to those who have this inventiveness."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: When amphibians first appeared on earth millions of years ago, the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating earth's atmosphere was much greater than it is today. Statement2: Therefore, current dramatic decreases in amphibian populations can not be the result of recent increases in ultraviolet radiation penetrating earth's atmosphere.\nPremise1: The eggs of modern amphibians are not significantly more vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation than the eggs of the first amphibians were.\nPremise2: Modern amphibians are not as likely as the first amphibians were to live in habitats that shield them from ultraviolet radiation.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: When amphibians first appeared on earth millions of years ago, the amount of ultraviolet radiation in their habitats was much fewer than it is today. Statement2: Therefore, current dramatic decreases in amphibian populations can be the result of recent increases in ultraviolet radiation penetrating earth's atmosphere, which leads to increases in ultraviolet radiation in habitats.",
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"Q": "Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: Modern amphibians are not as likely as the first amphibians were to live in habitats that shield them from ultraviolet radiation.",
"O": "Premise1: The eggs of modern amphibians are not significantly more vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation than the eggs of the first amphibians were.",
"P": "Statement1: When amphibians first appeared on earth millions of years ago, the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating earth's atmosphere was much greater than it is today. Statement2: Therefore, current dramatic decreases in amphibian populations can not be the result of recent increases in ultraviolet radiation penetrating earth's atmosphere."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 strengthens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 strengthens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to strengthens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Psychiatrist : in treating first-year students at this university, i have noticed that those reporting the highest levels of spending on recreation score at about the same level on standard screening instruments for anxiety and depression as those reporting the lowest levels of spending on recreation. Statement2: This suggests that the first-year students with high levels of spending on recreation could reduce that spending without increasing their anxiety or depression.\nPremise1: Among adults between the ages of 40 and 60, increased levels of spending on recreation are strongly correlated with decreased levels of anxiety and depression.\nPremise2: Several of the psychiatrist's patients who are first-year students at the university have reduced their spending on recreation from very high levels to very low levels without increasing their anxiety or depression.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Psychiatrist : in treating first-year students at this university, i have noticed that those reporting the highest levels of spending on recreation score at about the lower level on standard screening instruments for anxiety and depression as those reporting the lowest levels of spending on recreation. Statement2: This suggests that the first-year students with high levels of spending on recreation could reduce that spending but with increasing their anxiety or depression.",
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"Q": "Each of the following, if true, strengthens the psychiatrist's argument except:",
"Om": "Premise2: Several of the psychiatrist's patients who are first-year students at the university have reduced their spending on recreation from very high levels to very low levels without increasing their anxiety or depression.",
"O": "Premise1: Among adults between the ages of 40 and 60, increased levels of spending on recreation are strongly correlated with decreased levels of anxiety and depression.",
"P": "Statement1: Psychiatrist : in treating first-year students at this university, i have noticed that those reporting the highest levels of spending on recreation score at about the same level on standard screening instruments for anxiety and depression as those reporting the lowest levels of spending on recreation. Statement2: This suggests that the first-year students with high levels of spending on recreation could reduce that spending without increasing their anxiety or depression."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Scientist : there is a lot of concern that human behavior may be responsible for large-scale climate change. Statement2: But this should be seen as more of an opportunity than a problem. Statement3: If human behavior is responsible for climate change, then we can control future climate change to make it less extreme than previous climate shifts.\nPremise1: Human beings can control the aspects of their behavior that have an impact on climate change.\nPremise2: At least some previous large-scale climate changes have been caused by human behavior.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Scientist : there is a lot of concern that human behavior may be responsible for large-scale climate change. Statement2: But this should be seen as more of an opportunity than a problem. Statement3: If human behavior is responsible for climate change, then we can control future climate change to make it less extreme than previous climate shifts due to human behaviour",
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"Q": "The scientist's argument requires assuming which one of the following?",
"Om": "Premise2: At least some previous large-scale climate changes have been caused by human behavior.",
"O": "Premise1: Human beings can control the aspects of their behavior that have an impact on climate change.",
"P": "Statement1: Scientist : there is a lot of concern that human behavior may be responsible for large-scale climate change. Statement2: But this should be seen as more of an opportunity than a problem. Statement3: If human behavior is responsible for climate change, then we can control future climate change to make it less extreme than previous climate shifts."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: More and more computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering are being produced, and it is thus increasingly unnecessary for practicing engineers to have a thorough understanding of fundamental mathematical principles. Statement2: Consequently, in training engineers who will work in industry, less emphasis should be placed on mathematical principles, so that space in the engineering curriculum will be available for other important subjects.\nPremise1: The effective use of computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering requires an understanding of mathematical principles.\nPremise2: Development of composites and other such new materials has meant that the curriculum for engineers who will work in industry must allow time for teaching the properties of these materials.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: More and more computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering are being produced, however, it is thus increasingly necessary for practicing engineers to have a thorough understanding of fundamental mathematical principles in order to solve practical problems in engineering. Statement2: Consequently, in training engineers who will work in industry, more emphasis should be placed on mathematical principles, so there's no need to set aside time for other important subjects.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument given for the recommendation above?",
"Om": "Premise2: Development of composites and other such new materials has meant that the curriculum for engineers who will work in industry must allow time for teaching the properties of these materials.",
"O": "Premise1: The effective use of computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering requires an understanding of mathematical principles.",
"P": "Statement1: More and more computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering are being produced, and it is thus increasingly unnecessary for practicing engineers to have a thorough understanding of fundamental mathematical principles. Statement2: Consequently, in training engineers who will work in industry, less emphasis should be placed on mathematical principles, so that space in the engineering curriculum will be available for other important subjects."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Chef : this mussel recipe's first step is to sprinkle the live mussels with cornmeal. Statement2: The cornmeal is used to clean them out : they take the cornmeal in and eject the sand that they contain. Statement3: But i can skip this step, because the mussels available at seafood markets are farm raised and therefore do not contain sand.\nPremise1: The mussels the chef is using for the mussel recipe came from a seafood market.\nPremise2: The chef's mussel recipe was written before farm-raised mussels became available.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Chef : this mussel recipe's first step is to sprinkle the live mussels with cornmeal. Statement2: The cornmeal is used to clean them out : they take the cornmeal in and eject the sand that they contain. Statement3: But i can skip this step today, because the mussels available at seafood markets are farm raised and therefore do not contain sand.but in the past mussel recipes, live mussels were required to spit sand.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the chef's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: The chef's mussel recipe was written before farm-raised mussels became available.",
"O": "Premise1: The mussels the chef is using for the mussel recipe came from a seafood market.",
"P": "Statement1: Chef : this mussel recipe's first step is to sprinkle the live mussels with cornmeal. Statement2: The cornmeal is used to clean them out : they take the cornmeal in and eject the sand that they contain. Statement3: But i can skip this step, because the mussels available at seafood markets are farm raised and therefore do not contain sand."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Drama critic : audiences will enjoy warner's latest play, about the disintegration of a family, because of the superb acting. Statement2: The chemistry between the actors could not be more intense, and ziegler, who plays the child, captures convincingly the guilt and despair experienced as the family members grow more estranged from each other.\nPremise1: The plot of the play is similar in some respects to plots of warner's other works.\nPremise2: Generally, audiences enjoy romantic comedies but find tragedies upsetting.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Drama critic : audiences will not enjoy warner's latest play, because of the disintegration of a family, even with the superb acting. Statement2: The chemistry between the actors could not be more intense, and ziegler, who plays the child, captures convincingly the guilt and despair experienced as the family members grow more estranged from each other.",
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"Q": "Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument except:",
"Om": "Premise2: Generally, audiences enjoy romantic comedies but find tragedies upsetting.",
"O": "Premise1: The plot of the play is similar in some respects to plots of warner's other works.",
"P": "Statement1: Drama critic : audiences will enjoy warner's latest play, about the disintegration of a family, because of the superb acting. Statement2: The chemistry between the actors could not be more intense, and ziegler, who plays the child, captures convincingly the guilt and despair experienced as the family members grow more estranged from each other."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: In a study of the effect of radiation from nuclear weapons plants on people living in areas near them, researchers compared death rates in the areas near the plants with death rates in areas that had no such plants. Statement2: Finding no difference in these rates, the researchers concluded that radiation from the nuclear weapons plants poses no health hazards to people living near them.\nPremise1: Exposure to nuclear radiation can cause many serious diseases that do not necessarily result in death.\nPremise2: Nuclear power plants were not included in the study.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: In a study of the effect of radiation from nuclear weapons plants on people living in areas near them, researchers compared death rates in the areas near the plants with death rates in areas that had no such plants. Statement2: Finding no difference in these rates, the researchers concluded that nuclear radiation poses no health hazards to people living near them.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the researchers' argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Nuclear power plants were not included in the study.",
"O": "Premise1: Exposure to nuclear radiation can cause many serious diseases that do not necessarily result in death.",
"P": "Statement1: In a study of the effect of radiation from nuclear weapons plants on people living in areas near them, researchers compared death rates in the areas near the plants with death rates in areas that had no such plants. Statement2: Finding no difference in these rates, the researchers concluded that radiation from the nuclear weapons plants poses no health hazards to people living near them."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: When a certain gland becomes cancerous in humans, it produces high levels of a particular protein. Statement2: A blood test can determine the level of this protein well before a cancer of the gland could be detected by other means. Statement3: Some doctors recommend that aggressive anticancer treatment should be begun as early as possible for anyone who is tested and is found to have high levels of the protein.\nPremise1: Enlargement of the gland, a common condition infrequently associated with cancer, results in high levels of the protein.\nPremise2: The blood test for the protein has been in use for some time to monitor the condition of patients who have been diagnosed as having cancer of the gland.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: When a certain gland becomes cancerous in humans, it produces high levels of a particular protein. Statement2: A blood test can determine the level of this protein well before a cancer of the gland could be detected by other means. Statement3: Some doctors recommend that since such blood tests are new to the markett other protein tests are available .",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the doctors' recommendation?",
"Om": "Premise2: The blood test for the protein has been in use for some time to monitor the condition of patients who have been diagnosed as having cancer of the gland.",
"O": "Premise1: Enlargement of the gland, a common condition infrequently associated with cancer, results in high levels of the protein.",
"P": "Statement1: When a certain gland becomes cancerous in humans, it produces high levels of a particular protein. Statement2: A blood test can determine the level of this protein well before a cancer of the gland could be detected by other means. Statement3: Some doctors recommend that aggressive anticancer treatment should be begun as early as possible for anyone who is tested and is found to have high levels of the protein."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: In north america there has been an explosion of public interest in, and enjoyment of, opera over the last three decades. Statement2: The evidence of this explosion is that of the 70 or so professional opera companies currently active in north america, 45 were founded over the course of the last 30 years.\nPremise1: There were fewer than 45 professional opera companies that had been active 30 years ago and that ceased operations during the last 30 years.\nPremise2: All of the 70 professional opera companies are commercially viable operations.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: In north america there has been an explosion of public interest in, and enjoyment of, opera over the last three decades. Statement2: The evidence of this explosion is that of the 70 or so professional opera companies currently profit in north america, 45 were founded over the course of the last 30 years.",
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"Q": "The reasoning above assumes which one of the following?",
"Om": "Premise2: All of the 70 professional opera companies are commercially viable operations.",
"O": "Premise1: There were fewer than 45 professional opera companies that had been active 30 years ago and that ceased operations during the last 30 years.",
"P": "Statement1: In north america there has been an explosion of public interest in, and enjoyment of, opera over the last three decades. Statement2: The evidence of this explosion is that of the 70 or so professional opera companies currently active in north america, 45 were founded over the course of the last 30 years."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: When a society undergoes slow change, its younger members find great value in the advice of its older members. But when a society undergoes rapid change, young people think that little in the experience of their elders is relevant to them, and so do not value their advice. Statement2: Thus, we may measure the rate at which a society is changing by measuring the amount of deference its younger members show to their elders.\nPremise1: The deference young people show to their elders varies according to how much the young value their elders' advice.\nPremise2: How much deference young people show to their elders depends on how much of the elders' experience is practically useful to them.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: When a society undergoes slow change, its younger members find great value in the advice of its older members. But when a society undergoes rapid change, young people think that little in the experience of their elders is relevant to them, and so do not value their advice. Statement3: Thus, we may measure how much of the elders' experience is practically useful by measuring the amount of deference its younger members show to their elders.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: How much deference young people show to their elders depends on how much of the elders' experience is practically useful to them.",
"O": "Premise1: The deference young people show to their elders varies according to how much the young value their elders' advice.",
"P": "Statement1: When a society undergoes slow change, its younger members find great value in the advice of its older members. But when a society undergoes rapid change, young people think that little in the experience of their elders is relevant to them, and so do not value their advice. Statement2: Thus, we may measure the rate at which a society is changing by measuring the amount of deference its younger members show to their elders."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: In 1955, legislation in a certain country gave the government increased control over industrial workplace safety conditions. Among the high-risk industries in that country, the likelihood that a worker will suffer a serious injury has decreased since 1955. sent3: the legislation, therefore, has increased overall worker safety within high-risk industries.\nPremise1: Because of technological innovation, most workplaces in the high-risk industries do not require as much unprotected interaction between workers and heavy machinery as they did in 1955.\nPremise2: The number of work-related injuries occurring within industries not considered high-risk has increased annually since 1955.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: In 1955, legislation in a certain country gave the government increased control over industrial workplace safety conditions. Among all industries in that country, the likelihood that a worker will suffer a serious injury has decreased since 1955. Statement3: The legislation, therefore, has increased overall worker safety within all industries.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the argument above?",
"Om": "Premise2: The number of work-related injuries occurring within industries not considered high-risk has increased annually since 1955.",
"O": "Premise1: Because of technological innovation, most workplaces in the high-risk industries do not require as much unprotected interaction between workers and heavy machinery as they did in 1955.",
"P": "Statement1: In 1955, legislation in a certain country gave the government increased control over industrial workplace safety conditions. Among the high-risk industries in that country, the likelihood that a worker will suffer a serious injury has decreased since 1955. sent3: the legislation, therefore, has increased overall worker safety within high-risk industries."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: The indonesian mimic octopus is able to camouflage itself from predators by blending into the background. Sometimes, though, even when a predator is nearby, the mimic octopus takes on a color pattern that is not present in the immediate environment. Statement2: A marine biologist of cephalopods claims that this behavior is a sign of an octopus engaging in play, meaning that the behavior does not confer any specific advantage.\nPremise1: The color pattern an indonesian mimic octopus assumes when a predator is nearby, but that does not match its immediate environment, has been found to parallel that of various jellyfish venomous to the octopus's predators.\nPremise2: The indonesian mimic octopus engages in other forms of behavior that seem to serve no purpose, yet several marine biologists are reluctant to describe such behavior as play.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: The indonesian mimic octopus is able to camouflage itself from predators by blending into the background. Sometimes, though, even when a predator is nearby, the mimic octopus takes on a color pattern that is not present in the immediate environment. Statement3: A marine biologist of cephalopods claims that this behavior is not a sign of an octopus engaging in play, meaning that the behavior confers some specific advantages.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, would most call in to doubt the marine biologist's claim?",
"Om": "Premise2: The indonesian mimic octopus engages in other forms of behavior that seem to serve no purpose, yet several marine biologists are reluctant to describe such behavior as play.",
"O": "Premise1: The color pattern an indonesian mimic octopus assumes when a predator is nearby, but that does not match its immediate environment, has been found to parallel that of various jellyfish venomous to the octopus's predators.",
"P": "Statement1: The indonesian mimic octopus is able to camouflage itself from predators by blending into the background. Sometimes, though, even when a predator is nearby, the mimic octopus takes on a color pattern that is not present in the immediate environment. Statement2: A marine biologist of cephalopods claims that this behavior is a sign of an octopus engaging in play, meaning that the behavior does not confer any specific advantage."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Journalist : the advice of social scientists is frequently overlooked by politicians making social policy. Statement2: Because it is not unreasonable to discount scientific assertions backed by weak evidence, politicians should not generally be criticized for ignoring social science, for social scientists, unlike physical scientists, seldom agree on the claims made even within their own specialty.\nPremise1: The failure of scientists to agree that a claim within their specialty is true can indicate that the evidence for the claim is not strong.\nPremise2: Politicians should follow the advice of experts on issues about which those experts agree among themselves.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Journalist : the advice of social scientists is frequently overlooked by politicians making social policy. Statement2: Because it is not unreasonable to discount scientific assertions, politicians should not generally be criticized for ignoring social science, unless social scientists agree on the same claim, for social scientists, unlike physical scientists, seldom agree on the claims made even within their own specialty.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption required by the journalist's argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Politicians should follow the advice of experts on issues about which those experts agree among themselves.",
"O": "Premise1: The failure of scientists to agree that a claim within their specialty is true can indicate that the evidence for the claim is not strong.",
"P": "Statement1: Journalist : the advice of social scientists is frequently overlooked by politicians making social policy. Statement2: Because it is not unreasonable to discount scientific assertions backed by weak evidence, politicians should not generally be criticized for ignoring social science, for social scientists, unlike physical scientists, seldom agree on the claims made even within their own specialty."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: After the first bite, the mystery recipe contest judge has detected cumin, red pepper flakes, and lemon grass in the winning dish. These seasonings have a tendency to be potent, producing distinct flavors. Statement2: Since the quantity of any seasoning in a recipe depends directly on how potent that seasoning tastes in the dish, the judge has determined that the dish contains cumin, lemon grass, and red pepper flakes, in order of decreasing relative quantity.\nPremise1: The bite that the judge took was representative of the whole dish.\nPremise2: The winning dish contains at least one other seasoning ingredient besides cumin, lemon grass, and red pepper flakes.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: After the first bite, the mystery recipe contest judge has detected cumin, red pepper flakes, and lemon grass in the winning dish. These seasonings have a tendency to be potent, producing distinct flavors but they wonder where the sweet comes from.. Statement3: Since the quantity of any seasoning in a recipe depends directly on how potent that seasoning tastes in the dish, the judge has determined that the dish contains cumin, lemon grass, and red pepper flakes, in order of decreasing relative quantity.",
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"Q": "The judge's argument relies on which of the following assumptions?",
"Om": "Premise2: The winning dish contains at least one other seasoning ingredient besides cumin, lemon grass, and red pepper flakes.",
"O": "Premise1: The bite that the judge took was representative of the whole dish.",
"P": "Statement1: After the first bite, the mystery recipe contest judge has detected cumin, red pepper flakes, and lemon grass in the winning dish. These seasonings have a tendency to be potent, producing distinct flavors. Statement2: Since the quantity of any seasoning in a recipe depends directly on how potent that seasoning tastes in the dish, the judge has determined that the dish contains cumin, lemon grass, and red pepper flakes, in order of decreasing relative quantity."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 weakens the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 weakens the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to weakens the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews. Statement2: However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government's effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.\nPremise1: A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in kernland off their land and into the cities.\nPremise2: Buying unprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processors in kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, cashew processors in kernland would be less profitable. Statement3: However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government's effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.",
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"Q": "Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?",
"Om": "Premise2: Buying unprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processors in kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices.",
"O": "Premise1: A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in kernland off their land and into the cities.",
"P": "Statement1: Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews. Statement2: However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government's effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Thirty years ago, the percentage of the british people who vacationed in foreign countries was very small compared with the large percentage of the british population who travel abroad for vacations now. Foreign travel is, and always has been, expensive from britain. Statement2: Therefore, british people must have, on average, more money to spend on vacations now than they did 30 years ago.\nPremise1: If more of the british people of 30 years ago had had enough money to vacation abroad, more would have done so.\nPremise2: If the percentage of british people vacationing abroad was lower 30 years ago, then the british people of 30 years ago must have spent more money on domestic vacations.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Thirty years ago, the percentage of the british people who vacationed in foreign countries was very small compared with the large percentage of the british population who travel abroad for vacations now and the british never stop taking holidays.. foreign travel is, in recent years, expensive from britain. Statement3: Therefore, british people must have, on average, more money to spend on vacations abroad now than they did 30 years ago.",
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"Q": "The argument requires assuming which one of the following?",
"Om": "Premise2: If the percentage of british people vacationing abroad was lower 30 years ago, then the british people of 30 years ago must have spent more money on domestic vacations.",
"O": "Premise1: If more of the british people of 30 years ago had had enough money to vacation abroad, more would have done so.",
"P": "Statement1: Thirty years ago, the percentage of the british people who vacationed in foreign countries was very small compared with the large percentage of the british population who travel abroad for vacations now. Foreign travel is, and always has been, expensive from britain. Statement2: Therefore, british people must have, on average, more money to spend on vacations now than they did 30 years ago."
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"instruction": "In the following, you will see an argument and 2 premises, where Premise 1 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a necessary assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a necessary assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added. ",
"input": "Argument: Statement1: Young people believe efforts to reduce pollution, poverty, and war are doomed to failure. This pessimism is probably harmful to humanity's future, because people lose motivation to work for goals they think are unrealizable. Statement2: We must do what we can to prevent this loss of motivation and therefore must enable our children to believe that better futures are possible.\nPremise1: Enabling people to believe that better futures are possible will help prevent the loss of motivation that results from pessimistic beliefs about the future.\nPremise2: If future generations believe that the future can be better, then pollution, poverty, and war will be eliminated.\n\nPlease write the modified argument below: ",
"output": "Statement1: Young people believe efforts to reduce pollution, poverty, and war are doomed to failure. This pessimism is probably harmful to humanity's future, because people lose motivation to work for goals they think are unrealizable. Statement3: We must do what we can to prevent this loss of motivation because the fact is that believing success will lead to success.",
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"Q": "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?",
"Om": "Premise2: If future generations believe that the future can be better, then pollution, poverty, and war will be eliminated.",
"O": "Premise1: Enabling people to believe that better futures are possible will help prevent the loss of motivation that results from pessimistic beliefs about the future.",
"P": "Statement1: Young people believe efforts to reduce pollution, poverty, and war are doomed to failure. This pessimism is probably harmful to humanity's future, because people lose motivation to work for goals they think are unrealizable. Statement2: We must do what we can to prevent this loss of motivation and therefore must enable our children to believe that better futures are possible."