Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below.Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
The UK is a world leader in developing cultivated meat and the approval of a cultivated pet food is an important milestone.
If we’re to realise the full potential benefits of cultivated meat the government must invest in research and infrastructure.
The first UK applications for cultivated meat produced for humans remain under assessment with the Food Standards Agency.
The previous UK government had been looking at fast-tracking the approval of cultivated meat for human consumption.
It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture.
It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture.
The correct option is: "It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture."
To identify the odd sentence, let us analyze the context and thematic connection of the five sentences:
1. "The UK is a world leader in developing cultivated meat and the approval of a cultivated pet food is an important milestone."
2. "If we’re to realise the full potential benefits of cultivated meat the government must invest in research and infrastructure."
3. "The first UK applications for cultivated meat produced for humans remain under assessment with the Food Standards Agency."
4. "The previous UK government had been looking at fast-tracking the approval of cultivated meat for human consumption."
5. "It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture."
Step 1: Identify the common theme of the majority of the sentences
Sentences 1, 2, 3, and 4 focus on the context of cultivated meat development, regulatory processes, government policies, and assessment applications specifically within the United Kingdom (UK).
Step 2: Establish the logical flow of the coherent paragraph
- Sentence 1 introduces the UK's leadership role in cultivated meat and mentions a recent milestone (the approval of cultivated pet food).
- Sentences 3 and 4 build on the approval theme by discussing cultivated meat for human consumption in the UK (the applications under assessment with the Food Standards Agency and the previous government's interest in fast-tracking approvals).
- Sentence 2 concludes the argument by stating what the UK government must do (invest in research and infrastructure) to fully realize the benefits of this technology.
Step 3: Analyze why the correct option is the odd sentence
Sentence 5, "It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture," is the odd-one-out for the following reasons:
- The pronoun "It" at the start of Sentence 5 lacks a direct and clear grammatical antecedent that fits seamlessly into the flow established by the other sentences.
- Unlike the other four sentences, which discuss the specific UK regulatory framework, application statuses, and government policies, Sentence 5 shifts focus to a broad generalization about the environmental benefits of innovation in animal agriculture. Therefore, it does not fit into the coherent UK-focused narrative.