Claim: "If a text includes the word Sic, the author will revise that text in the second edition."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The word "Sic" implies a recognized mistake, but not a mistake that will be changed.
**Q**
Does the following sentence make sense?
"Larry Bird hates the sound of balls dribbling."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
no
I think this sentence is false because it is contradictory of the professional life he chose to live with basketball.
Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"Cartagena, Colombia exists on the Caribbean sea."
yes
Cartagena, Colombia is right by the Caribbean Sea in South America.
**Q**
Is the following sentence factually correct?
"John D. Rockefeller applied some of his wealth to charitable causes."
Options:
- yes
- no
**A**
yes
John D. Rockefeller is known as a philanthropist as well as a businessman.
Does the following sentence make sense?
"The University of Pennsylvania established itself in 1840."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
The University of Pennsylvania was actually founded 100 years before in 1740.
Is the following statement true?
"Sun Tzu thought about how war should be conducted."
yes
Sun Tzu was a political theorist known for thinking about war strategy.