Question: Some schools have programs to recycle paper products such as student papers, newspapers, and cardboard boxes. Which of these statements describes a positive effect of recycling paper products?
Answer: Fewer trees need to be cut.
Hypothesis: a positive effect of recycling paper is that it causes fewer trees to be cut
Supporting facts: sent1: helping something has a positive impact on that something sent2: creating paper requires cutting down trees sent3: cutting down trees has a negative impact on an ecosystem / organisms living in an ecosystem sent4: fewer means a decreased amount sent5: trees are a kind of resource sent6: recyclability is a property of a material and includes ordered values of nonrecyclable / recyclable sent7: decomposition is when a decomposer recycles / returns nutrients / nitrogen from dead organisms to the soil by eating those dead organisms sent8: recycling means reusing sent9: recycling means using over again sent10: cutting down a forest means cutting down the trees in that forest sent11: an impact is a kind of effect sent12: paper is recyclable sent13: a positive impact is a benefit sent14: recycling is similar to reusing sent15: recycling reduces the resources needed to make something sent16: cutting means changing the object from a whole into smaller pieces sent17: decreasing something negative has a positive impact on a thing sent18: fewer means a reduced amount sent19: using resources decreases those resources sent20: using less of a resource has a positive impact on the resource sent21: recyclable means a material can be recycled / reused many times sent22: to recycle means return sent23: if a resource is limited in supply then that resource should be recycled sent24: cutting down trees in a forest causes the number of trees to decrease in that forest sent25: if something is required to create something else then that something is needed to make that something else
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] creating paper requires cutting down trees [AND] if something is required to create something else then that something is needed to make that something else [INFER] int1: cut trees are needed to make paper [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] trees are a kind of resource [INFER] int2: cut trees are a kind of resource that are needed to make paper [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] recycling reduces the resources needed to make something [INFER] int3: recycling paper reduces the amount of trees that need to be cut [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] fewer means a reduced amount [INFER] int4: recycling paper causes fewer trees to be cut [BECAUSE] decreasing something negative has a positive impact on a thing [AND] cutting down trees has a negative impact on an ecosystem / organisms living in an ecosystem [INFER] int5: decreasing the amount of trees cut has a postive impact on an ecosystem [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] fewer means a decreased amount [INFER] int6: cutting fewer trees has a positive impact on the environment [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: recycling paper has a positive impact on an ecosystem by causing fewer trees to be cut [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] an impact is a kind of effect [INFER] int8: a positive effect of recycling paper is that it causes fewer trees to be cut