--- title: Famous discoveries told as stories — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chemistry description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / Famous discoveries told as stories # Famous discoveries told as stories The 15 questions of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t1/) — Leo: "Fleming made penicillin into a medicine the very next week". What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t2/) — A cartoon alchemist turns a lead pipe into gold with a potion. What's true? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t3/) — "Archimedes ran naked down the street shouting Eureka, that's history innit". What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t4/) — If Mendeleev hadn't left gaps in his table, what would have been harder? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t5/) — A burnt log seems to "disappear" into a small pile of ash. What would Lavoisier say? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t6/) — Gran: "fizzy drinks were invented by a drinks factory". Who really made the first soda water? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t7/) — Miners long ago lit their way with open flames. Why was that so dangerous? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t8/) — "Rosalind Franklin got loads of credit for DNA right away". What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t9/) — Your mate: "rubber's always been bouncy and fine, nobody had to invent anything". What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t10/) — Why is it worth telling the true story of a discovery, not just the legend? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t11/) — "Marie Curie's old notebooks are just paper, read them anywhere". What's true? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/e1/) — Identify the substance whose discovery is attributed to the observation by Alexander Fleming of mould upon a neglected culture dish in 1928. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of Antoine Lavoisier? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/e3/) — It is given that Dmitri Mendeleev left vacant positions within his periodic table. Ascertain the purpose of the said vacancies. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the endeavours of the alchemists. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [34. Water: the most amazing liquid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/34-water-amazing-liquid/) - next →: [36. Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/) - ↑ back to [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/)