Question: Which event would most likely cause a rapid extinction of organisms?
Answer: a large asteroid impact
Hypothesis: an asteroid impact would cause a rapid extinction of organisms
Supporting facts: sent1: to do something forcibly can mean to do something rapidly sent2: an organism is a living thing sent3: ability is a property of things and includes ordered values of able / unable / can / cannot sent4: to cause an event is similar to being involved in that event sent5: a disruption is a kind of change sent6: killing means changing a living thing from alive to dead by harming sent7: an asteroid impact is a kind of event sent8: objects colliding can cause changes to those objects sent9: an asteroid is a kind of object sent10: an impact can mean the result of two objects forcibly colliding sent11: to impact means to affect sent12: an ecosystem contains large numbers of living organisms sent13: hypothesis means scientific guess about the cause and effect of an event sent14: to prevent the occurence of an event means to decrease the occurence of the event sent15: impact means effect sent16: organisms mean life sent17: a cause of something is a reason for that something sent18: to cause an event means to make that event more likely sent19: if something causes a process then that something is required for that process sent20: may happen means having a chance of happening sent21: an ecosystem is a kind of object sent22: if an event is required for a process then that event must occur before that process can occur sent23: to cause means to result in sent24: a disruption of an ecosystem can cause an extinction sent25: more likely means increased likelihood
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] to do something forcibly can mean to do something rapidly [AND] a disruption of an ecosystem can cause an extinction [INFER] int1: a forcible disruption of an ecosystem can cause a rapid extinction [BECAUSE] an impact can mean the result of two objects forcibly colliding [AND] an asteroid is a kind of object [INFER] int2: an impact can mean the result of an asteroid and another object forcibly colliding [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] an asteroid impact is a kind of event [INFER] int3: an asteroid impact is a kind of event where an asteriod forcibly collides with another object [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] an ecosystem is a kind of object [INFER] int4: an asteriod impact can be a kind of event where an asteroid forcibly collides with an ecosystem [BECAUSE] a disruption is a kind of change [AND] objects colliding can cause changes to those objects [INFER] int5: objects colliding can disrupt those objects [BECAUSE] an ecosystem is a kind of object [AND] an asteroid is a kind of object [INFER] int6: an asteriod and an ecosystem are kinds of objects [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: an asteroid and an ecosystem colliding can disrupt that asteroid and ecosystem [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int7 [INFER] int8: an asteriod impact can be a kind of event where an asteroid forcibly disrupts an ecosystem [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] an ecosystem contains large numbers of living organisms [INFER] int9: an asteroid impact can be a kind of event where an asteroid forcibly disrupts an ecosystem and the organisms in it [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int9 [INFER] int10: an asteroid impact would cause a rapid extinction of organisms