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title: Explorers, scientists and inventors — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Myths
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 20 «Explorers, scientists and inventors» of the myths 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.
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# Explorers, scientists and inventors

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The 14 questions of lesson 20 «Explorers, scientists and inventors» of the myths course of Mova's primary school with their options, 76 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/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t1/) — "einstein failed maths so school doesn't matter innit" What's the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t2/) — Mrs Brown says sailors feared falling off the flat Earth. How could you raise it politely? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t3/) — In a cartoon, an apple bonks Newton's head and a light bulb appears. What's closer to the real story? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t4/) — What would have happened if the Americas had not been there? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t5/) — "Edison invented light bulbs, end of" Which is the fairest answer? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t6/) — Rory's poster says "Columbus discovered America". What is missing? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t7/) — "galileo invented the telescope, duh" What would you say? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t8/) — Martha says Marie Curie discovered radioactivity alone. Which is fairer? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t9/) — Kayden wants to copy Franklin and fly a kite in a thunderstorm. What do you say? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/t10/) — "disney's frozen in a freezer under disneyland, 100% true" How could you check? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/e1/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the prevailing understanding of the Earth's shape among educated Europeans in the fifteenth century. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/e2/) — Identify the individual to whom the discovery of radioactivity in the year 1896 is properly attributed. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of Galileo Galilei in respect of the telescope? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/e4/) — It is given that the Wright brothers achieved a flight in the year 1903. Determine the distinction properly ascribed to that flight. — wrong ✗ · exam

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