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Must be true: At most one of the flagged comments included a personal attack.
Must be false: The first of the flagged comments included a personal attack.
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A certain website has rules regarding behavior in the comments section of that website. If a comment is flagged (judged to be inappropriate by one of the website's moderators) because it includes a personal attack on another person, the comment will be deleted and the commenter will be permanently banned from commenting on the website. If a comment is flagged merely because it includes inappropriate language, the comment will be deleted and the commenter will receive a warning. If a comment is flagged for any reason and the commenter has previously received a warning for a comment on this website, he or she will be permanently banned from commenting.
On the basis of these rules, a commenter, C, who had previously had one of his comments on the website flagged, was permanently banned after a second of C's comments on the website was flagged.
Based on the information provided, select for Must be true the statement about C's comments that must be true, and select for Must be false the statement about C's comments that must be false. Make only two selections, one in each column.
On the basis of these rules, a commenter, C, who had previously had one of his comments on the website flagged, was permanently banned after a second of C's comments on the website was flagged.
Based on the information provided, select for Must be true the statement about C's comments that must be true, and select for Must be false the statement about C's comments that must be false. Make only two selections, one in each column.
| Must be true | Must be false | |
| At most one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. | ||
| At least one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. | ||
| Neither of the flagged comments included a personal attack. | ||
| The first of the flagged comments included a personal attack. | ||
| The second of the flagged comments did not include a personal attack. |
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Must be true: At most one of the flagged comments included a personal attack.
Must be false: The first of the flagged comments included a personal attack.
15 Jul 2024, 06:48
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So, two cases:-
1) If a comment is flagged (judged to be inappropriate by one of the website's moderators) because it includes a personal attack on another person, the comment will be deleted and the commenter will be permanently banned from commenting on the website.
2) If a comment is flagged merely because it includes inappropriate language, the comment will be deleted and the commenter will receive a warning.
- If a comment is flagged for any reason and the commenter has previously received a warning for a comment on this website, he or she will be permanently banned from commenting.
1) First being personal attack - Immediate banning.
2) First being inappropriate language - warning. But a second warning would entail a ban irrespective of reason for being flagged.
Three ways for a person to get banned..
personal
language & then personal => L&P
language & then again language => L&L
C gets banned after second warning. So it is either L&P or L&L, and there is no other information to choose any one of these cases.
Now, let us look at the options
1. At most one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. - If it is L&L, the answer is Yes. If it is L&P, then too the answer is YES.
So, this MUST be always true.
2. At least one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. - If it is L&L, the answer is NO. If it is L&P, then the answer is YES.
So, will not fall in any of the MUST categories.
3. Neither of the flagged comments included a personal attack. - If it is L&L, the answer is YES. If it is L&P, then the answer is NO.
So, will not fall in any of the MUST categories.
4. The first of the flagged comments included a personal attack. - Both L&L and L&P give a NO. So, MUST not be true.
5. The second of the flagged comments did not include a personal attack. - If it is L&L, the answer is YES. If it is L&P, then the answer is NO.
So, will not fall in any of the MUST categories.
30 Oct 2024, 11:18
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1. Commenter C made 2 comments and the question asks us to find which statements about them must be true/false.
2. All of the statements are about which or how many comments included/not included a personal attack. Let's clarify this.
3. Comment 1 couldn't have included a personal attack, otherwise, they would've been banned and comment 2 wouldn't exist. Comment 2 could've included a personal attack. So, all together there were 0 or 1 personal attacks and it can only be in the 2nd comment.
4. Now let's consider the statements:
- At most one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. This must be true.
- At least one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. Here, if the 2nd comment had a personal attack, it would work, however the 2nd comment could also not include a personal attack. So, this statement is neither.
- Neither of the flagged comments included a personal attack. Similar to the previous statement, this is neither.
- The first of the flagged comments included a personal attack. This must be false.
- The second of the flagged comments did not include a personal attack. Here, the statement is practically identical to the 3rd statement. So, this statement is neither.
2. All of the statements are about which or how many comments included/not included a personal attack. Let's clarify this.
3. Comment 1 couldn't have included a personal attack, otherwise, they would've been banned and comment 2 wouldn't exist. Comment 2 could've included a personal attack. So, all together there were 0 or 1 personal attacks and it can only be in the 2nd comment.
4. Now let's consider the statements:
- At most one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. This must be true.
- At least one of the flagged comments included a personal attack. Here, if the 2nd comment had a personal attack, it would work, however the 2nd comment could also not include a personal attack. So, this statement is neither.
- Neither of the flagged comments included a personal attack. Similar to the previous statement, this is neither.
- The first of the flagged comments included a personal attack. This must be false.
- The second of the flagged comments did not include a personal attack. Here, the statement is practically identical to the 3rd statement. So, this statement is neither.
