question in book:
One of the following sentences is nonsensical. Which one is it?
Options:
- Sentence A: "Old books are as good as new books"
- Sentence B: "Old books are worse than new books"

standard solution:
Old books are not as good as the new books.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Which of these sentences doesn't make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "He did a portrait painting on water"
- Sentence B: "he did a portrait painting on paper"

[Student] A solid surface is needed to paint a portrait on.
The answer is Sentence A.

Teacher: Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I pulled my hippo out of my pocket to take a picture."
- Sentence B: "I pulled my camera out of my pocket to take a picture."

Student: A hippo cannot take pictures or fit into someone's pocket.
The answer is Sentence A.

question in book:
Which of these sentences doesn't make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "She met her brother at a fancy restaurant."
- Sentence B: "She met her Tiger at a fancy restaurant."

standard solution:
People usually don't own tigers, and restaurants never would let one in.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "My father married my mother in his mother's womb"
- Sentence B: "My father married my mother in the church"

[Student] Weddings do not take place in a mother's womb.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Of the following two sentences, which one is against common sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "flash memory is a digital recording medium"
- Sentence B: "mouse is a digital recording medium"

[Student]
A computer mouse is not a tool for digital recording.
The answer is Sentence B.