In this task you will be given a claim and a perspective. You should determine whether that perspective supports or undermines the claim. If the perspective could possibly convince someone with different view, it is supporting, otherwise it is undermining.

Q: claim: Pay state school teachers based on merit.
 perspective: Teachers will have an incentive to improve their teaching.

A: support
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Q: claim: The development of genetically modified organisms have to be banned.
 perspective: Genetically modified organisms can solve the problem of food supply in the developing world. 

A: undermine
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Q: claim: We should allow death penalty for the worst of the worst criminals.
 perspective: Too many innocents killed

A:
undermine
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