question in book:
Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I ate because I was hungry"
- Sentence B: "I ate because I was nauseous"

standard solution:
Being nauseous would make one not want to eat.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Which of the following two sentences does not make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "If you want to set a cup on a table then you should have a tree."
- Sentence B: "If you want to set a cup on a table then you should have a table."

[Student] You can't set a cup on a tree.
The answer is Sentence A.

Teacher: One of the following sentences is nonsensical. Which one is it?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I rode a beaver to work."
- Sentence B: "I rode the bus to work."

Student: A beaver is too small to be ridden.
The answer is Sentence A.

question in book:
One of the following sentences is nonsensical. Which one is it?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I like to golf in space with my friends"
- Sentence B: "I like to play poker with my friends"

standard solution:
There is no gavity in space so golf is not possible.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "I appear to have dropped my pen"
- Sentence B: "I appear to have dropped my elephant"

[Student] A elephant is too heavy to be carried and dropped.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "Oscar got a flat emotion"
- Sentence B: "Oscar got a flat tire."

[Student]
An emotion is not an object to be flat.
The answer is Sentence A.