Target Practice bank
All 45 entries rewritten for the evidence → READY → claim flow. Drafted by Claude on 7 Oct 2026 and waiting on your review. Each entry keeps its id, verdict, fault code and skill.
36 valid : 9 trap (the 4:1 contract). The text appears here as it does on the strip, with no wrapping quotes. Edit in Press Raven (guides/peregrine, family target-practice), then re-export.
TP-01TRAPR-FIG-UNSUPPORTED · problem-solving-data
EVIDENCEThe chart in the mayor's file tracks arrests from 2019 to 2023. The line falls every year.
CLAIMCrime in the city fell every year.
On a miss: The chart counts arrests, not crimes. Fewer arrests can mean less policing just as easily as less crime.
TP-02VALIDproblem-solving-data
EVIDENCEThe dock ledger shows 40 crates in March, 55 in April, and 70 in May.
CLAIMShipments rose each month from March to May.
On a miss: Each month is higher than the one before it, which is all the claim says.
TP-03TRAPF-POST-HOC · info-and-ideas
EVIDENCEThe Blue Lantern hired a new bartender in June. Its takings rose that same month.
CLAIMThe new bartender brought in the extra money.
On a miss: Two things happening in the same month does not make one the cause of the other. Summer crowds or a price change could explain it.
TP-04VALIDcraft-and-structure · hard
EVIDENCEThe usher kept the front row reserved for the jury.
CLAIMHere, “reserved” means set aside.
On a miss: The usher is holding seats, so the word means set aside. The shy sense of it does not fit a row of chairs.
Near miss: The everyday sense of the word is shy or quiet, so picking the other sense looks like reaching for the dictionary. In a sentence about seating, set aside is the meaning the sentence carries.
TP-05TRAPR-EXTREME · info-and-ideas
EVIDENCEIn all eight cases the bureau reviewed, the forger used the same green ink.
CLAIMThis forger always uses green ink.
On a miss: Eight reviewed cases are only eight cases. Always covers every forgery he has ever made, including the ones nobody has seen.
TP-06TRAPM-WRONG-TARGET · algebra · pairs with TP-22
EVIDENCEThe question: if 3x + 2 = 14, what is the value of 2x?
On a miss: x is 4, but the question asked for 2x. The answer it wants is 8.
TP-07VALIDcraft-and-structure
EVIDENCEThe detective's report cites two witness statements, then names the suspect in its last line.
CLAIMThe report gives its support before its conclusion.
On a miss: The witness statements come first and the accusation comes last, so the support does come before the conclusion.
TP-08TRAPR-SCOPE · info-and-ideas · pairs with TP-21
EVIDENCEBurglaries fell in the Harbor district after the new patrol route started.
CLAIMThe new route cut burglaries across the whole city.
On a miss: The evidence covers one district. Nothing in it says what happened anywhere else in the city.
TP-09VALIDproblem-solving-data
EVIDENCEThe graph of the casino's yearly profit climbs from 2010 to 2020, and no year is lower than the one before it.
CLAIMProfit in 2020 was higher than in 2010.
On a miss: The line climbs and never dips, so the last year ends above the first.
TP-10TRAPR-DETAIL-LIFT · info-and-ideas
EVIDENCEThe informant's note says the meeting was moved from the pier to the warehouse.
CLAIMThe meeting was at the pier.
On a miss: The claim borrows the note's words, but the note says the meeting moved away from the pier.
EVIDENCELab one and lab two each tested the powder against the same sample of plain flour.
CLAIMBoth labs used the same control.
On a miss: The plain flour is the comparison sample, and both labs used that same one.
TP-12TRAPR-EXTREME · info-and-ideas
EVIDENCEThe new lock held in every one of the twenty break-in tests its maker ran.
CLAIMNo one will ever pick this lock.
On a miss: Twenty tests by the maker show the lock is strong. Ever claims every attempt by anyone, forever, and twenty tests cannot show that.
TP-13TRAPF-CORRELATION · info-and-ideas · pairs with TP-23
EVIDENCEPrecincts with more streetlights report fewer muggings.
CLAIMAdding streetlights will reduce muggings.
On a miss: The two go together, but that does not show one causes the other. Richer neighborhoods could have both more lights and fewer muggings.
TP-14VALIDcraft-and-structure
EVIDENCEThe story opens with a page on the office: the rain, the desk, the unpaid bills. The argument starts on page two.
CLAIMThe setting comes before the conflict.
On a miss: The office is described on page one and the argument begins on page two, so the setting does come first.
EVIDENCEThe survey interviewed dockworkers, shop owners, police officers, and students from six neighborhoods.
CLAIMThe survey drew from more than one group of people.
On a miss: Four kinds of people from six neighborhoods is more than one group, and the claim asks for nothing beyond that.
TP-16TRAPF-AFFIRM-RESULT · algebra
EVIDENCEThe safe's code solves 2n + 6 = 20. The rookie wrote 2n = 20 + 6 and got n = 13, a whole number.
CLAIMSince 13 came out clean, the rookie's setup was right.
On a miss: A tidy answer does not prove the setup. The rookie added 6 when it should have been subtracted, and the code is 7.
TP-17VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard
EVIDENCEThe bureau randomly assigned half its new agents to a tutoring course. The tutored half scored higher on the exam.
CLAIMThe course raised the agents' scores.
On a miss: Random assignment made the two halves alike except for the course, so the course is what explains the difference.
Near miss: Scored higher after looks like the post hoc tell, so the reflex is to fire. Random assignment is the one condition that licenses the causal read.
TP-18VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard
EVIDENCEThe fingerprint test was run six times on the glass. All six runs matched the suspect.
CLAIMEvery run on the glass matched the suspect.
On a miss: Every sounds like an overreach, but it covers only the six runs, and all six matched.
Near miss: Absolute words are usually the mark of an overreach. This one is bounded to the six runs actually done, which is exactly what was observed.
TP-19VALIDproblem-solving-data · hard
EVIDENCEThe bar chart shows the club sold 200 bottles in May and 400 in June.
CLAIMSales doubled from May to June.
On a miss: 400 is twice 200. The claim says exactly what the chart shows and nothing more.
Near miss: Arguing from a figure to a conclusion is the usual figure trap. This one goes no further than the figure does.
TP-20VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard
EVIDENCEThe question asks why the clerk lied. The passage says he lied to protect his brother.
CLAIMHe lied to protect his brother.
On a miss: Repeating the passage is a trap only when the words do not answer the question. These words answer it directly.
Near miss: Repeating the passage word for word is the Echo's whole habit, so it reads as a con. Here the repeated words are the answer to the question asked.
TP-21VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard · pairs with TP-08
EVIDENCEBurglaries fell in the Harbor district after the new patrol route started.
CLAIMAt least one district saw fewer burglaries.
On a miss: Harbor is one district and burglaries fell there. The claim asks for no more than that.
Near miss: The same evidence as the citywide con, so the reflex is to fire again. This claim generalizes to nothing, which is the minimum the evidence supports.
TP-22VALIDalgebra · hard · pairs with TP-06
EVIDENCEThe question: if 3x + 2 = 14, what is x? The rookie solved it, got 4, then reread the question.
CLAIMThe rookie's answer of 4 is what the question wants.
On a miss: The question asks for x, and x is 4. Rereading the question is the check that catches a wrong target.
Near miss: It opens exactly like the wrong-target con. This time the question asks for x, and the reread confirms it.
TP-23VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard · pairs with TP-13
EVIDENCEPrecincts with more streetlights report fewer muggings.
CLAIMMore lights go with fewer muggings, but that alone does not prove the lights did it.
On a miss: The claim reports the link and stops short of cause. That is exactly what the evidence supports.
Near miss: Correlation plus the word prove is the standard bait. This claim names the limit instead of crossing it.
TP-24VALIDproblem-solving-data · hard
EVIDENCEThe chart's vertical axis starts at 40. May's bar reaches 42 and June's reaches 44.
CLAIMThe chart makes June's rise look bigger than it is.
On a miss: 42 to 44 is a rise of under 5 percent, but on an axis starting at 40, June's bar is drawn twice as tall.
Near miss: It sounds like an accusation against the figure, which pattern-matches to a misread. It is a correct reading of a cut-off axis.
TP-25VALIDproblem-solving-data · hard
EVIDENCEThe bureau asked twelve of the three hundred party guests whether they trusted the host. Nine said no.
CLAIMTwelve guests is too few to speak for the whole party.
On a miss: Twelve out of three hundred is a small sample. Holding the result loosely is the right response, not a mistake.
Near miss: Any sentence pairing a sample size with a conclusion invites suspicion. Sizing confidence to the sample is the correct move.
TP-26VALIDexpression-of-ideas
EVIDENCEFirst sentence: The alibi checked out. Second sentence: The ticket stub was dated a day late.
CLAIMA contrast word, such as however, belongs between them.
On a miss: The second sentence undercuts the first, so the link between them has to signal contrast.
TP-27VALIDcraft-and-structure · hard
EVIDENCEHer reserved manner won the jury over: she never raised her voice, and she never missed a fact.
CLAIMHere, “reserved” means quiet and restrained.
On a miss: The sentence describes how she carried herself, and she never raised her voice. Quiet and restrained is the sense that fits.
Near miss: If you know the word can mean set aside, the quiet sense can look like the lazy reading. Here it describes a manner, so the everyday sense is the right one.
TP-28VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard
EVIDENCEThe columnist argues the docks are safe, then mentions a police study counting forty assaults there last year.
CLAIMThe columnist cites evidence that cuts against her own argument.
On a miss: Forty assaults undercuts a claim that the docks are safe. Writers often raise counterevidence before answering it.
Near miss: It sounds like a misreading, because writers are expected to cite support. Raising counterevidence is ordinary practice in an argument.
TP-29VALIDproblem-solving-data · hard
EVIDENCEBoth witnesses' heights were measured with the same tape at the same station.
CLAIMOn height, the two measurements can be fairly compared.
On a miss: The same tape at the same station removes one source of difference. The claim limits itself to that one point.
Near miss: Fairly compared reads like an overreach. On height fences the claim to the one thing a shared measurement settles.
TP-30VALIDinfo-and-ideas · hard
EVIDENCEThe clipping reads: the council vote on the casino license failed, six to three.
CLAIMThe casino license vote failed.
On a miss: The clipping states it outright. Repeating a stated fact is correct when the question asks what the text says.
Near miss: Restating the text looks like the lift. Reporting what a passage states is the answer when the question asks for a stated detail.
TP-31VALIDexpression-of-ideas
EVIDENCEOption A: He left. Option B: He left the room and departed. Both are grammatical, and the question asks for the most concise.
CLAIMOption A is the better choice.
On a miss: B says left and departed, which repeats itself. When the meaning is equal, the shorter option wins.
TP-32VALIDstandard-english
EVIDENCEThe ransom note reads: Because the money was late; the dog stayed with us.
CLAIMThe semicolon in the note is wrong.
On a miss: Because the money was late cannot stand alone as a sentence, and a semicolon needs a full sentence on each side.
EVIDENCEThe lock opens when x² = 2x + 8. The four choices are −4, −3, 2, and 4.
CLAIMTesting each choice in the equation will find the answer.
On a miss: Plugging in works here: 4 gives 16 on both sides, and no other choice does. Testing the options is a sound route when they are given.
EVIDENCEQuestion 7 asks what the witness believed. Question 8 asks which line best supports the answer to question 7.
CLAIMQuestions 7 and 8 should be answered together.
On a miss: Question 8 depends on question 7. Reading the pair together lets the evidence check the answer.
TP-35VALIDcraft-and-structure
EVIDENCEThe confession reads: I was there. I saw the car. I heard the shot. I ran.
CLAIMThe confession is four sentences long.
On a miss: Each of the four statements ends with its own full stop, so the confession is four sentences.
EVIDENCEThe surveillance began on the first of January and ended on the thirtieth of June.
CLAIMThe surveillance lasted about six months.
On a miss: January through June is six months.
TP-37VALIDstandard-english
EVIDENCEThe collection of stolen rings is locked in the evidence room.
CLAIMThe subject of the sentence is “collection.”
On a miss: The collection is what is locked away, which is why the verb is the singular is.
EVIDENCEThe warehouse floor is a rectangle 30 feet long and 20 feet wide.
CLAIMWalking its full edge once covers 100 feet.
On a miss: The perimeter is 2 × (30 + 20), which is 100 feet.
TP-39VALIDcraft-and-structure
EVIDENCEThe account begins: I never trusted the landlord, and I told him so the day I moved in.
CLAIMThe account is told in the first person.
On a miss: The narrator speaks as I, so the account is in the first person.
TP-40VALIDproblem-solving-data
EVIDENCEThe table lists rainfall at the harbor for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
CLAIMThe table covers four years.
On a miss: 2019 through 2022 is four years.
TP-41VALIDcraft-and-structure
EVIDENCEParagraph one argues the harbor needs more police. Paragraph two opens: Critics say more patrols only move crime elsewhere.
CLAIMThe second paragraph introduces a counterargument.
On a miss: The critics push against paragraph one's argument, so paragraph two raises a counterargument.
EVIDENCEOn the map grid, the getaway car passed (1, 2) and then (3, 8).
CLAIMThe slope of its path between those points is 3.
On a miss: The rise is 8 − 2 = 6 and the run is 3 − 1 = 2, and 6 ÷ 2 is 3.
TP-43VALIDstandard-english
EVIDENCEThe note reads: The safe was open; the cash was gone.
CLAIMThe semicolon in the note is used correctly.
On a miss: Each side is a full sentence on its own, and a semicolon can join two of those.
TP-44VALIDstandard-english
EVIDENCEThe note reads: It's clear the gang changed its meeting place.
CLAIMThe note uses both “it's” and “its” correctly.
On a miss: It's stands for it is, and its shows the meeting place belongs to the gang. Both fit.
TP-45VALIDproblem-solving-data
EVIDENCEIn the bureau's test of a truth serum, one group got the serum and the other got salt water.
CLAIMThe salt-water group was the control.
On a miss: The group that got no real treatment is the comparison group, which makes it the control.