@jaewill I had the same concern and sort of look at it this way, if the stimulus doesn't explicitly address or grant support in one direction or another (in this case, present time caring more or less about storytelling than in ancient times), than making a comparative judgement is an assumption that we are making beyond what is stated in the stimulus. I keep circling in my notes, when in doubt, ALWAYS go back to the stimulus.

One thing I noticed about this example is that the claim "All cats are mammals. Garfield is a cat." doesn't appear on its surface to be a conditional relationship the way the second example with downtown restaurants does. Just a note for consistency since this example of "X is Y." has been used elsewhere to demonstrate when something ISN'T a conditional relationship. I guess that's the point J.Y. is trying to make here but it honestly just makes me more confused because intuitively you can tell these arguments are different in form.