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ID: DSAT-RW-71
Section: Digital SAT Reading & Writing (RW) - Broadly Reading - Information and Ideas
Topic: Command of Evidence – Textual
Difficulty level: Hard

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Many archivists note that arranging and describing collections depends not only on cataloging rules, but also on donor relations, privacy assessment, and context gained during onsite appraisal. In a recent study, researchers trained a language model on thousands of finding aids and found that it could draft folder-level descriptions about as accurately as expert archivists. Some archivists worry they may be replaced, but the researchers claim that outcome is unlikely.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers' claim?

AIn the study, the model produced folder descriptions substantially faster than archivists, cutting processing time across multiple repositories while maintaining similar accuracy on benchmark sets, enabling institutions to clear backlogs more efficiently.

BIn the study, both the model and the archivists failed to reliably describe newly acquired items that lacked dates, names, or prior inventories, yielding inconsistent folder summaries and many requests for additional context.

CA fieldwide survey reported that negotiating donor restrictions, assessing privacy risks, making appraisal decisions, and physically stabilizing materials require onsite expertise and ethical judgment that automated drafting tools cannot replicate or assume.

DA fieldwide survey found limited staff training and inconsistent infrastructure for automated description tools, meaning adoption would be slow and uneven even where interest exists, especially in underfunded archives with minimal technical support.

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