Question: European starlings are birds that take over the nests of other birds. When they move into an area, starlings reproduce quickly. Taking over the nests of other birds most likely increases the number of starlings by helping them to do what?
Answer: compete for resources
Hypothesis: as starlings sucessfully compete for resources, the population of starlings increases
Supporting facts: sent1: to be used for something means to be required by that something sent2: if something is required for something else then that something allows that something else sent3: if a starling takes a resource from another animal then that starling competes for resources sucessfully sent4: to help / to benefit means to be of use sent5: the ability to do means be able to do sent6: quickly means in a short period of time sent7: if an organism survives competition for resources then this organism will survive / reproduce for natural selection sent8: increase means more sent9: to be dependent on something means to depend on that something sent10: making something requires resources sent11: starlings take nests from other birds sent12: pollination requires pollinators / pollinating animals sent13: the ability to access / to acquire / to find resources has a positive impact on an organism 's survival / health sent14: helping means something can be done / completed more easily / better sent15: if something has a positive impact on something else then increasing the amount of that something has a positive impact on that something else sent16: if an organism can compete for resources then more resources will become available to that organism sent17: having a positive impact on reproduction increases the chance of reproduction sent18: a nest is a kind of resource for a bird sent19: as available resources increases , the population of an organism using those resources will increase sent20: a bird is a pollinating animal sent21: using resources decreases those resources sent22: to be used for something means to help to do that something sent23: help means advantage sent24: if something has the ability to do something else , then that something can do that something else sent25: a starling is a kind of animal
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] starlings take nests from other birds [AND] a nest is a kind of resource for a bird [INFER] int1: starlings take resources from other birds by taking nests from other birds [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] if a starling takes a resource from another animal then that starling competes for resources sucessfully [INFER] int2: starlings successfully compete for resources by taking over the nests of other birds [BECAUSE] a starling is a kind of animal [INFER] int3: a starling is a kind of organism [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] if an organism can compete for resources then more resources will become available to that organism [INFER] int4: if a starling can compete for resources then more resources will become available to that starling [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int4 [INFER] int5: more resources become available to starlings as they sucessfully compete for resources [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] as available resources increases , the population of an organism using those resources will increase [INFER] int6: as available resources increase, the population of starlings using those resources will increase [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: as starlings sucessfully compete for resources, the population of starlings increases