question in book:
Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "You should get a riding license if you want to ride a bike."
- Sentence B: "You should get a driving license if you want to drive a car."

standard solution:
A license is not required in order to ride a bike.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Which of these sentences doesn't make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "A scientist planned to go to the space by Rocket"
- Sentence B: "A scientist planned to go to the space by bus"

[Student] A bus drives on the road, it does not go to space.
The answer is Sentence B.

Teacher: Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "She danced with a whale."
- Sentence B: "She danced with a man."

Student: Whales do not have legs and thus can not dance or even walk.
The answer is Sentence A.

question in book:
One of the following sentences is nonsensical. Which one is it?
Options:
- Sentence A: "She dyed her hair purple."
- Sentence B: "She died her hair purple."

standard solution:
Dyed means color was changed. Died means something is no longer alive.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Of the following two sentences, which one is against common sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "He put some petrol to put out the fire"
- Sentence B: "He put some water to put out the fire"

[Student] Petrol is gasoline and would increase the fire, not put it out.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Which of the following two sentences does not make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "Angela called the commercials because she was at risk"
- Sentence B: "Angela called the police because she was at risk"

[Student]
You can call an entity and a commercial is not an entity.
The answer is Sentence A.