question in book:
Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "Humans can explore the universe with the ship."
- Sentence B: "Humans can explore the universe with the spaceship."

standard solution:
Ships can only sail on water, not into space.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "He felt very hot, so he put on his coat."
- Sentence B: "He felt very hot, so he took off his coat."

[Student] The coat can keep warm and will not be worn when it is hot.
The answer is Sentence A.

Teacher: Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "He made roast chicken his dinner."
- Sentence B: "He used the oven as his dinner."

Student: One cannot eat an oven for dinner. They can use it to cook.
The answer is Sentence B.

question in book:
Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "The soldiers were praised for their disloyalty to their country"
- Sentence B: "The soldiers were praised for their loyalty to their country"

standard solution:
People are not praised for disloyalty; only loyalty.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Which of the following two sentences does not make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "My son got a high grade, so he studied really hard"
- Sentence B: "My son studied so hard, so he got a high grade"

[Student] If a person gets a high grade he/she studies as usual.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "he didn't know the new word, so went to a dictionary"
- Sentence B: "he didn't know the new word, so went to play basketball"

[Student]
When someone doesn't know a word they look it up in a dictionary and don't play basketball.
The answer is Sentence B.