Consider the thinking of the royal family in Hans Christian Andersen’s story The Princess and the Pea , as reported here: “Now they knew she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty quilts! Only a real princess could be so sensitive". Does this constitute an argument? What is its conclusion?

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Consider the thinking of the royal family in Hans Christian Andersen’s story  The Princess and the Pea , as reported here: “Now they knew she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty quilts! Only a real princess could be so sensitive".   Does this constitute an argument? What is its conclusion?

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It is an argument, and the conclusion is "she was a real princess"

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It is an argument, and the conclusion is "they knew she was a real princess".

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Not an argument.

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It is an argument, and the conclusion is "Only a real princess could be so sensitive".

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