Jade's mom told her they were going outside in the rain and needed a bumbershoot. Jade had never heard the word bumbershoot before, but she knew the word umbrella. Jade tries to figure out what the new word means, and eventually she decides that a bumbershoot must be an umbrella. Jade must abandon her ???______________ to reach this conclusion.

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Jade must abandon her mutual exclusivity bias, which is the assumption that each object has only one label. She learns that "bumbershoot" and "umbrella" can refer to the same object.

Jade's Mom Told Her They Were Going Outside in the Rain