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Let X be a Polish space and Y be a separable metric space. For a fixed ξ < ω₁, consider a family $f_{α}: X → Y~(α<ω₁)$ of Baire-ξ functions. Answering a question of Tomasz Natkaniec, we show that if for a function f: X → Y, the set ${α < ω₁: f_{α}(x) ≠ f(x)}$ is finite for every x ∈ X, then f itself is necessarily Baire-ξ. The proof is based on a characterization of $Σ⁰_{η}$ sets which can be interesting in its own right.