EASY · CASE FILE

The badge in the photograph

Easy · RIVER FESTIVAL

A volunteer’s festival jacket was photographed from front and back. Three helpers describe features of that same unchanged jacket. Use the labelled original photographs, not assumptions about mirrored selfies.

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Your assignment

Inspect, test and record the finding. What does the verified record establish?

The source records are verified and their stated conditions apply to every account.
Find the account contradicted by a record. A contradiction alone does not establish wrongdoing.

People and accounts

Yuri Lane

Festival helper

“Its sleeves were green.”

Seth Dale

Festival helper

“The gold star was on the front of this jacket.”

Talia Reed

Festival helper

“The gold star was on its back.”

Case records

Read each record on its own terms. A claim made by a person is different from a fact established by an independent record.

DESK RECORD

The festival programme

The programme lists music and food stalls. It contains no jacket photograph.

LOCATION SKETCH

The volunteer map

A map marks the help desk and the stage.

LABELLED PHOTO SHEET

Front and back, unmirrored

The original unmirrored front photo shows a plain front with no emblem. The back photo shows a gold star. The sleeves are green in both photographs.

This is a verified source record for this case. Compare its stated facts with the exact question.

Questions to resolve

Whose description puts a feature on the wrong side?

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Build your finding

Compare the records with each account. Work out what the evidence establishes, then separate that finding from anything it does not prove.

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