At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its positio

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At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power,  allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed .

(A) allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed
(B) to allocate funds for victims in war crimes, and to sign the Treaty of San Francisco
(C) allocated funds for victims of war crimes, and signed the Treaty of San Francisco
(D) allocating funds for victims of war crimes, and signing the Treaty of San Francisco
(E) to allocate funds for victims of war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed

nverma · Answer

Parallelism case: Japan agreed to abandon....to allocate....and to sign...

OA plz.

seekmba · Answer

B is correct as it maintains parallelism.

Japan agreed.....to abandon, to allocate...., and to sign....

serhio · Answer

B is the answer because of parallelism

pdarun · Answer

I would say B is wrong because of victims   in   (should be  of ) war crimes. That leaves C,D and E.
Among these I see only C as || because of  agreed ,  allocated  and  signed

vageesh · Answer

Answer should be B.. PARALLELISM

nusmavrik · Answer

One hell of a question ! My gut feeling is B is wrong. Japan was not doing social service in the World War :-D

. Even if does its hard to digest that allocation of funds was result of the recanting the position - so I don't agree that ---> Japan agreed to abandon its position to allocate funds for victims in war crimes But still difficult to pin point the answer. IMO : C

kgarraway · Answer

C. Japan did 3 things.
1. Agreed to abandon
2. Allocated Funds
3. Signed.

Parallelism of the past tense verbs of Agreed, Allocated and Signed is necessary.

nusmavrik · Answer

But then there one more way to interpret the sentence with the base verb "agreed"

agreed to abandon
agreed to allocate funds
agreed to sign the treaty

This makes B as a contender.

onedayill · Answer

It has to be C.

B follows //sm -- but "victims in war " is wrong.

Lucky2783 · Answer

any luck on getting to OA ?
My answer is C and i see there is a chaos going on for correct answer to be C/B. please demystify.

AM2015 · Answer

I agree with onedayill.

1st split between "victims in war crimes" and "victims of war crimes". Here "victims of war crimes" is the correct form. So A and B eliminated.
2nd split is verb parallelism where C has parallel verb forms :  agreed  to abandon ...  allocated  funds ...  signed  the Treaty

At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power, allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed.
A) allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed
  --> "victims in war crimes" is incorrect. "was signed" is passive and is not parallel to agreed and allocated 
(B) to allocate funds for victims in war crimes, and to sign the Treaty of San Francisco
  --> "victims in war crimes" is incorrect. Otherwise verb form can be taken as parallel : agreed  to abandon  ...  to allocate  ...  to sign 
   --> The meaning is Japan "agreed" to do all 3 things.  
(C)allocated funds for victims of war crimes, and signed the Treaty of San Francisco
  --> CORRECT. The idiom "victims of war crimes" is correct. Parallel verb form :  agreed  to abandon ...  allocated  funds ...  signed  the Treaty
   --> The meaning here is Japan did 3 things : agreed to xyz, allocated xyz and signed treaty. So agreed on 1 thing and carried out the other 2.  
(D)allocating funds for victims of war crimes, and signing the Treaty of San Francisco
  --> Not parallel: agreed ... allocating ... signing 
(E) to allocate funds for victims of war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed
  --> Not parallel : agreed to ... to allocate ... passive signed

Also for the Idiom,  " Partners in Crime "  is correct while  " Victims in War "  is wrong.  " Victims of War " ,  " Victim of mugging " , etc are correct forms.

BillyZ · Answer

Could expert help to explain this question? Official answer is not submitted.

daagh · Answer

At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power,  allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed.

(A) allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed -----  Unparallel active and passive voice combo  
(B) to allocate funds for victims in war crimes, and to sign the Treaty of San Francisco --   ok on parallelism but wordy and idiom "in war" is inferior  
(C) allocated funds for victims of war crimes, and signed the Treaty of San Francisco -- --  better than B 
(D) allocating funds for victims of war crimes, and signing the Treaty of San Francisco ----  allocating funds and signing a treaty are not part of abandoning the imperial power. misused modfication  
(E) to allocate funds for victims of war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed --  unparallel.

guialain · Answer

Struggled to chose B or C.
I went for answer choice C because the style of choice B

Japan agreed to abandon (OK), means Japan accepted to abandon as requested made by ......
Japan agreed to allocate funds (Not correct in the context). No one requested that Japan "allocate funds". It was a deliberate action. So "agreed" is not required.
Japan agreed to sign (OK)

BillyZ · Answer

OFFICIAL SOLUTION

The answer to this question is (B) due to parallel structure rules:

Japan agreed
A. To abandon
B. To allocate and
C. To sign.

By using an infinitive for all three verbs, we assure they are parallel.

In choices (A) and (E), “was signed” is not parallel.
In choice (C), “allocated” and “signed” are not parallel with “to abandon.”
In choice (D), “allocating” and “signing” are not parallel with “to abandon.”

stne · Answer

Since you have the official solution , you must know the source . Can you please share the source? Thank you.

Edit :
B seems to be saying that because Japan wanted to allocate funds to victims and sign the Treaty of San Francisco that's why it decided to abandon its position as an imperial power. 
Logic wise this does not seem appropriate. 
Does not seem to be the intended meaning of the sentence.

Kinshook · Answer

At the completion of World War II, Japan agreed to abandon its position as an imperial power,  allocated funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco was signed .

agreed  to abandon ,  to allocate  and  to sign  are parallel in B

(A)  allocated  funds for victims in war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco  was signed 
(B)  to allocate  funds for victims in war crimes,  and to sign  the Treaty of San Francisco
(C)  allocated  funds for victims of war crimes, and  signed  the Treaty of San Francisco
(D)  allocating  funds for victims of war crimes, and  signing  the Treaty of San Francisco
(E)  to allocate  funds for victims of war crimes, and the Treaty of San Francisco  was signed

IMO B

RajdeepGM · Answer

If we consider Japan agreed to do the 3 things then of course B is right.

However if we consider "Agreed to abandon" as the first activity then the other two activities also then C is right here too.

kiranbhasker · Answer

Option B would have been the right answer if it said " victims of war crimes" but since it says Victims in War Crimes it is wrong.
Option C would definitely make more sense as an answer.

could anyone provide concrete justification as to how "victims in war crimes" is a valid usage in the context of this sentence.

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