The enormous distances between stars are not spaces entirely

A little bit of sentence correction and this question becomes as easy as clapping.
Notice that the author says:
If it were not for this material we would see no dark patches in the sky at night. The blue portion assumes that if it were not ture then this may happen. That implies that actually it is true.
The author then creates a situation that if it were not true then the sky would have been entirely covered with stars. Hence the first boldface is a clear stated fact.
The second is a consequence the author expects if the fact were not true.

Among the answer choices, C is the ideal answer.
Hope that helps.

@mun23: Do mention the source of the questions please. It helps the members to realize that they are practicing GMAT materials only.
Thanks

Here's my take
1st is Fact
2nd is Claim

Options A and D can be eliminated.
Now the argument states "if the 1st argument were not true than a conclusion could not have been arrived upon i.e. 2 nd statement could not have been arrived upon"
So the 2nd can not be a conclusion or consequence....its a cause and effect...
Hence only C remains.

marcab thanx edited it was typo

normally, bold phrase questions contain a main conclusion. I can not find one inhere

C...

1.first is a evidence/ data point/fact to disprove the second statement

2. if 1st is disproved results in....

OK, let’s try this one. Let’s begin dissecting the stimulus. What is the conclusion? It is actually the first boldface. The second boldface, will be then more of a prediction that the author holds. Let’s see what we have in the answer choices. ‘A’ says that the first is a suggestion, this is wrong. It is not a suggestion it is a fact. I don’t even have to keep reading the rest. ‘B’, the first is the main point the author wishes to make. This is true, we already identified this as the conclusion. It also says that the ‘second is a hypothetical result of accepting that point’. This is clearly not true. So ‘B’ is out. Now, let’s go for ‘D’. The first is a speculation. Again, this is a fact. It is not a speculation. So ‘D’ is out. Finally, ‘E’. ‘The first is a fact’, this is correct. The second is a ‘consequence of accepting this fact’. This second portion is obviously wrong. So ‘C’ must be the correct answer. Let’s make sure it makes sense. The first is a ‘fact’. This is true. The second is a result that the author would expect if the fact were not true. This is also correct.

Now, Role questions take some time specially the more ambiguous types such as these one. Note that we won’t always have clear synonyms of building blocks in our answer choices. Sometimes, we will have to distuinguish between ‘Fact’ and ‘Opinion/Speculation/Suggestion etc…. Also be sure to read the entire answer. We have to make sure that everything matches, since we have two boldface here, we must make sure that both of them are correctly described in the correct answer choice.

Hope it helps
Cheers!
J

First is a fact/data point - this cannot be disputed.
second is the author's opinion what would have been if the first statement had not been not true.

A - the author does not dispute the first statement.
B - the first is a fact, not a point/conclusion.
C - yes, first is a fact. the second is the result if that fact is not true. Correct.
D - first is not a speculation
E - the second is a consequence if the FACT is NOT true. so incorrect.

Dear experts
Please help in analysis st b / c & d
Chetan4u. Magoosh. Egmat.
As I am unable to differentiate between fact and speculation reasoning.
Thanks

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I don’t think any choices is correct cuz BF1 should be the conclusion(main point) but not a fact, otherwise there is no conclusion in the passage.

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