Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was strongly favoured to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature but the Nobel organisers were later quoted as saying that they would have been "too predictable, too popular."
Salman Rushdie won the Nobel Prize.
Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was strongly favoured to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature but the Nobel organisers were later quoted as saying that they would have been "too predictable, too popular."

Based on the evidence paragraph above what can we conclude about the claim "Salman Rushdie won the Nobel Prize."?

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Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was strongly favoured to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature but the Nobel organisers were later quoted as saying that they would have been "too predictable, too popular."

Based on the evidence paragraph above what can we conclude about the claim "Salman Rushdie won the Nobel Prize."?

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 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough information
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