Total Destruction Overclaim
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 2 active questions. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL2
Example wrong choices
20225_potluck_stoop_smoke · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because arson requires the entire cottage to be destroyed.
Why it's attractive
It reaches the correct result by demanding more than the rule requires.
Why it's wrong
It reaches the correct result by demanding more than the rule requires.
20225_potluck_stoop_smoke · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because soot marks on a dwelling are enough burning.
Why it's attractive
It treats visible soot as the completed burning element.
Why it's wrong
It treats visible soot as the completed burning element.
20225_potluck_stoop_smoke · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because Martha intended to damage the cottage.
Why it's attractive
It uses Martha's purpose to skip the completed-result element.
Why it's wrong
It uses Martha's purpose to skip the completed-result element.
21165_hillside_hospitality_cottage · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because a title owner can never commit arson of her own property.
Why it's attractive
The word never is too broad once another person has the dwelling possession.
Why it's wrong
The word never is too broad once another person has the dwelling possession.
21165_hillside_hospitality_cottage · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because arson requires a purpose to kill the person living there.
Why it's attractive
The choice imports a homicide-purpose requirement into an arson call.
Why it's wrong
The choice imports a homicide-purpose requirement into an arson call.
21165_hillside_hospitality_cottage · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because arson requires the entire dwelling to burn down.
Why it's attractive
The choice turns some burning into complete destruction.
Why it's wrong
The choice turns some burning into complete destruction.
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