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"(S (NP (NNS Verbs)) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ different) (PP (IN from) (NP (NNS adjectives)))) (, ,) (ADVP (RB though)) (, ,) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (MD can) (RB not) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN modified) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (`` \") (RB very) (, \") (, ,) (`` \") (JJR more) (, \") ('' ,) (CC or) (`` \") ... | Verbs are different from adjectives, though, because they cannot be modified by "very", "more", or "most". For example, you can say "That is very interesting," so you know interesting is an adjective here. But you cannot say "My teacher is very interesting me in math" because in this sentence "interesting" is a verb. |
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"(S (S (NP (DT The) (JJ thick) (NN atmosphere)) (VP (VBZ has) (VP (VBN made) (S (NP (NP (PRP it))) (ADJP (JJ hard)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB see) (NP (DT the) (NN surface))))))))) (, ,) (CC and) (S (PP (IN until) (NP (DT the) (CD twenty) (HYPH -) (JJ first) (NN century))) (NP (JJ many) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD thought)... | The thick atmosphere has made it hard to see the surface, and until the twenty-first century many people thought things might live there. The pressure on Venus' surface is 92 times that of Earth. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Scientists)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (ADVP (NP (NP (NNS billions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS years)))) (RB ago)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN atmosphere)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP Venus)))) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB have) (VP (VBN been) (PP (IN like) (NP (NP (NNP Earth) (POS 's)) (NN atmosphere)))))))))... | Scientists believe that billions of years ago, the atmosphere of Venus could have been like Earth's atmosphere. There may have been lots of water on the surface of Venus. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NN prank)) (VP (VBZ works) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ takes) (NP (NN advantage)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS people) (POS 's)) (NN misunderstanding))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (VP (VP (VBG Calling) (NP (NN water)) (PP (IN by) (NP (DT an) (JJ unfamiliar) (NN name)))) (CC and) (VP (VBG m... | The prank works because it takes advantage of people's misunderstanding. Calling water by an unfamiliar name and making it sound like a harmful chemical can make people think it is dangerous. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NN Ice)) (VP (VBG floating) (PP (IN on) (NP (NN water))))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB also)) (NP (DT an) (NN oddity))) (. .))",
"(S (ADVP (RB Also)) (, ,) (S (NP (JJ hot) (NN water)) (VP (VBZ freezes) (ADVP (ADVP (RBR faster)) (PP (IN than) (ADJP (JJ cold)))))) (, ,) (CC and) (S (NP (DT no) (HYPH -) (NN ... | Ice floating on water is also an oddity. Also, hot water freezes faster than cold, and no-one knows why this is. Molecules of water can move up against the force of gravity (that is due to surface adhesion). |
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"(S (NP (PRP We)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (ADVP (RB exactly)) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNP Earth)) (VP (VBD came) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB have) (NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ much)) (NN water))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP It)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (ADVP (RB everywhere) (PP (IN in) (NP (D... | We do not know exactly how the Earth came to have so much water. It is everywhere in the Universe, but rarely in such quantity. |
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"(S (NP (PRP It)) (VP (VBD was) (ADVP (RB long)) (VP (VBN thought) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (NNP Earth) (POS ’s)) (NN water)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB come) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN planet) (POS ’s)) (NN region)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ protoplanetary) (NN disk))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (... | It was long thought that Earth’s water did not come from the planet’s region of the protoplanetary disk. Instead, it was thought that water and other volatiles must have been delivered to Earth from the outer Solar System later in its history. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Liquid) (NN water)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB sometimes)) (VP (VBN found) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ small) (NNS amounts))) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNP Mars))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Scientists)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (JJ liquid) (NN water)) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Enceladus) (, ,) (NNP T... | Liquid water is sometimes found in small amounts on Mars. Scientists believe that liquid water is in Enceladus, Titan, Europa and Ganymede. |
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"(S (ADVP (RB Here)) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN police) (NN action)) (CC or) (NP (JJ humanitarian) (NN intervention))) (PP (RB instead) (IN of) (NP (DT a) (NN war)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ... | Here it may be called a police action or humanitarian intervention instead of a war. Some people think it's still a war. |
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"(S (PP (IN At) (NP (DT that) (NN time))) (NP (JJS most) (JJ Chinese) (NNS people)) (VP (MD could) (RB not) (VP (VB read) (CC or) (VB write) (ADVP (RB at) (RB all)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN government)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NNPS People) (POS 's)) (NNP Republic)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP China)... | At that time most Chinese people could not read or write at all. The government of the People's Republic of China thought that the Traditional characters were very hard to understand. They also thought that if they made the characters simpler more people could learn how to read and write. Today, many people in China ca... |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NN difference)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ important)) (PP (IN on) (NP (DT a) (NN computer)))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (CD one) (NN thing))) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NN computer)) (VP (MD will) (RB not) (VP (VB do) (NP (NN arithmetic)) (PP (IN with) (NP (DT the) (NN letter) (NNP O))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN ... | The difference is important on a computer. For one thing, a computer will not do arithmetic with the letter O, because it does not know that it should have been a zero. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NN zinc)) (VP (MD can) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN electroplated) (PP (IN on) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (NN metal))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NN Dipping)) (VP (VP (VBZ lasts) (ADVP (RBR longer))) (CC but) (VP (VBZ has) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ patchy) (NN surface)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (NP... | The zinc can also be electroplated on to the metal. Dipping lasts longer but has a patchy surface that some do not think looks nice. It is also used in motorboats and pipelines to slow rusting. |
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"(S (PP (IN Despite) (NP (JJ many) (NNS attempts))) (, ,) (NP (PRP we)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (ADVP (RB really)) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (NP (DT the) (NN advantage)) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN of) (S (VP (VBG having) (NP (DT those) (JJ characteristic) (NNS stripes)))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (S (NP (EX Th... | Despite many attempts, we do not really know what the advantage is of having those characteristic stripes. There are different species and sub-species of zebra, and they all have stripes so, think scientists, it must be important. |
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"(S (CC But) (NP (NNS others)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN copyright) (NNS laws)) (VP (VBP make) (S (NP (NP (PRP it))) (ADJP (JJR harder)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ creative)))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (PP (IN Without) (NP (NN copyright))) (, ,) (NP (JJ other) (NNS people)) (VP (MD could... | But others believe that copyright laws make it harder to be creative. Without copyright, other people could reuse existing work, and copyright law often stops that. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (CD 1519))) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Spanish) (NN explorer)) (NP (NNP Hernán) (NNP Cortés))) (VP (VBD came) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNP Mexico)))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (DT The) (NNPS Aztecs)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (DT the) (VBN returned) (NNP Quetzalcoatl))))))) (, ,) ... | In 1519 the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés came to Mexico. The Aztecs thought he was the returned Quetzalcoatl, so they did not want to fight against him. Cortes allied himself with the enemies of the Aztecs. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Conservatives)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (NP (NNP Juarez)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (ADJP (RB too) (JJ much)) (NN power)))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (CD 1876))) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VP (VBD ousted) (NP (PRP him))) (, ,) (CC and) (VP (VBD made) (S (NP (NP (NNP Porfirio) (NNP Díaz)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT ... | Conservatives thought Juarez had too much power. In 1876 they ousted him, and made Porfirio Díaz, a general who had won a battle against the French, president. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Chinese) (NNS people)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBD knew) (NP (PRP it)) (PP (IN from) (ADVP (RB long) (RB ago)))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NNP China) (CC and) (NNP Tibet))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (S (VP (VBG using) (NP (NN mercury)))) (VP (MD would) (VP (VB make) (S (NP (... | Chinese people also knew it from long ago. In China and Tibet, people thought using mercury would make them live longer and have better health. One of China's emperors, Qín Shǐ Huáng Dì, is said to have been buried in a tomb with rivers of flowing mercury. |
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"(S (NP (RB Not) (DT all) (NNS historians)) (VP (VBP agree) (PP (IN on) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNP Cold) (NNP War)) (VP (VBD ended)))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD ended) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNP Berlin) (NNP Wall)) (VP (VB... | Not all historians agree on when the Cold War ended. Some think it ended when the Berlin Wall fell. Others think it ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. |
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"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (DT a) (JJ long) (NN time))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN believed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (DT a) (JJ great) (NN continent)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ far) (RB south)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP Earth)))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP ... | For a long time, people had believed that there was a great continent in the far south of Earth. They thought this "Terra Australis" would "balance" the lands in the north like Europe, Asia and North Africa. People have believed this from the times of Ptolemy (1st century AD). |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT the) (JJ late) (JJ 17th) (NN century))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD discovered) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (NNP South) (NNP America)) (CC and) (NP (NNP Australia))) (VP (VP (VBD were) (RB not) (NP (NP (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ mythical) (`` \") (NNP Antarctica))))) (. \"))... | In the late 17th century, people discovered that South America and Australia were not part of the mythical "Antarctica". However, geographers still believed that Antarctica was much bigger than it really was. |
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"(S (S (NP (NNP Shackleton)) (VP (VBD turned) (ADVP (RB back)) (ADVP (RB quite) (RB close) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (NN pole)))))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (RB late) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN season)))))) (CC and) (S (NP (NNS supplies)) (VP (VBD were) (ADJP (JJ low))))) (. .))",
"... | Shackleton turned back quite close to the pole, but it was late in the season and supplies were low. He knew that he would be risking the lives of his men, so he turned back. |
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"(S (NP (CD One) (NN man)) (VP (VP (VBD collapsed)) (CC and) (VP (VBD died)) (SBAR (IN while) (S (VP (VBG walking))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP Oates)) (VP (VBD knew) (SBAR (SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ frostbitten) (NNS feet)) (VP (MD could) (RB not) (VP (VB carry) (NP (PRP him)) (ADVP (RB back)) (PP (IN to) (NP (NN ... | One man collapsed and died while walking. Oates knew his frostbitten feet could not carry him back to base, and that he might delay his companions and risk their lives. He committed suicide by walking out of their tent into the cold. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Next) (NN spring)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (CD three) (NNS bodies)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN tent)))) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN found) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN team)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ main) (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN expedition)))))) (: -) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) ... | Next spring, the three bodies in the tent were found by a team from the main part of the expedition - who had spent the winter in the expeditions's hut by the sea. Scott's letters to his wife, written in the tent when he knew he was going to die, have just (Jan 2007) been made public. |
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"(S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When)) (S (NP (DT an) (NN animal)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN killed) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT a) (NN hunt))))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN thanked) (ADVP (RB respectfully)) (PP (IN for) (S (VP (VBG offering) (NP (PRP itself)) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (NN hunter)))))))) (. .))",
"(S... | When an animal was killed in a hunt, it was thanked respectfully for offering itself to the hunter. They believed it intended to provide itself as a gift towards the survival of the hunter and his children. Their gratitude was deeply sincere and is an important aspect of their belief system. |
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"(S (S (NP (NP (NNS Children) (CC and) (NNS infants)) (PP (IN under) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS ages)) (PP (IN of) (NP (CD 5)))))) (VP (VBD became) (NP (NP (JJ easy) (NNS victims)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN hypothermia)))))) (, ,) (CC and) (S (SBAR (IN if) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD were) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB die))))))) (,... | Children and infants under the ages of 5 became easy victims of hypothermia, and if they were to die, their mothers would weight the children's corpses with stones and wrap them in fishnets before placing the bodies through holes in the ice. The mothers believed the children's souls were being offered to the god Phallu... |
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"(S (NP (NP (CD One)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP them)))) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (S (NP (NNP Bootstrap) (NNP Protocol))) (-LRB- -LRB-) (VP (ADVP (RB usually)) (VP (VBN shortened) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNP BOOTP))))) (-RRB- -RRB-))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (DT The) (NN device)) (SBAR (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (V... | One of them is called Bootstrap Protocol (usually shortened to BOOTP). The device that needs a new address, does not know what network it is in, so it uses an IP address of all zeroes (0.0.0.0) which it sends as a broadcast to the current network, on a special port. In addition, it sends the MAC address of the network ... |
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"(S (PP (IN To) (NP (PRP them))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (NNP Aegean) (NNP Sea)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN division)) (PP (IN between) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NNP Balkan) (NNP Peninsula)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Europe)))) (CC and) (NP (NP (NNP Asia) (NNP Minor)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Asia)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (ADV... | To them, the Aegean Sea was the division between the Balkan Peninsula in Europe and Asia Minor in Asia. North of the Sea of Marmara, the Greeks thought the lands on the western side of the Black Sea was Europe and the eastern side was Asia. The ancient Greeks did not know very much about the lands north of the Black Se... |
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"(S (NP (NN Pop) (NN music)) (VP (VBD came) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (NML (NNP Rock) (CC and) (NNP Roll)) (NN movement)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ early) (NNS 1950s)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (NN record) (NNS companies)) (VP (VBD recorded) (NP (NP (NNS songs)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (... | Pop music came from the Rock and Roll movement of the early 1950s, when record companies recorded songs that they thought that teenagers would like. Pop music usually uses musical from the other types of music that are popular at the time. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN goal)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ general) (NNS semantics)))) (VP (VBZ is) (SBAR (IN for) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (IN that) (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (PRP we)) (VP (VP (VBP simplify) (NP (NN something)) (, ,) (PP (CC either) (ADVP (RB mentally)) (CC or) (PP (... | The goal of general semantics is for people to know that when we simplify something, either mentally or in language, that simplification is not the same thing as the thing simplified. How people understand reality is not the same as what reality is because people do not know everything about reality. |
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"(S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When)) (S (NP (DT the) (NN email)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN opened))))) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NN request)) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN sent) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN server)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ has) (NP (DT that) (NN picture))))))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB get) (NP (DT ... | When the email is opened, a request will be sent to the server that has that picture to get the image. If they get this request, then they know that you read their email, which could cause a person to receive even more email spam. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Scientists)) (VP (MD can) (RB not) (VP (VB predict) (NP (DT an) (NN earthquake)) (SBAR (IN before) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ happens)))))) (. .))",
"(S (CC But) (NP (PRP we)) (VP (VBP do) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where)) (S (NP (NNS earthquakes)) (VP (MD might) (VP (VB happen) (PP (IN in) (NP... | Scientists cannot predict an earthquake before it happens. But we do know where earthquakes might happen in the future, like close to fault lines. An earthquake under the ocean can create a tsunami, this can create just as much destruction as the earthquake itself. |
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"(S (NP (NN Anthropology)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (ADJP (JJ biological) (CC and) (JJ historical)) (JJ social) (NN science)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ helps) (S (NP (PRP us)) (VP (VB learn) (SBAR (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (NP (NNS groups)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS people)))) (VP (VBP are) (NP (DT th... | Anthropology is a biological and historical social science that helps us learn how groups of people are the same, and how they are different in all parts of the world. Anthropologists do research in many places and study how people live now and how they may have lived in the past. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Archaeologists)) (VP (VBP look) (PP (IN at) (NP (NP (NNS things)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (NP (JJ past) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD left) (ADVP (RB behind))))))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD lived)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP look) (... | Archaeologists look at things that past people left behind to know how they lived. They look at tools, bones, and past houses to see how people in the past are not the same as people that live today. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Linguistic) (NN anthropology)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBZ studies) (SBAR (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (NN language)) (VP (VBZ changes) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think))))))) (CC and) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP change) (NP (NN language))))))) (. .)... | Linguistic anthropology also studies how language changes what people think and how people change language. No two people talk the same way, so linguistic anthropologists want to know why that happens. |
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"(S (NP (NN Education)) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN about) (NP (VBG learning) (NNS skills) (CC and) (NN knowledge)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP It)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBZ means) (S (VP (VBG helping) (NP (NNS people)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VP (VB learn) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB do) (NP (NNS things)))... | Education is about learning skills and knowledge. It also means helping people to learn how to do things and support them to think about what they learn. It's also important for educators to teach ways to find and use information. |
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"(S (PP (IN Through) (NP (NN education))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN knowledge)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN society)) (, ,) (NP (NN country)) (, ,) (CC and) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN world)))))) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN passed) (PRT (RP on)) (PP (PP (IN from) (NP (NN generation))) (PP (IN to) (NP (NN generation)))))) ... | Through education, the knowledge of society, country, and of the world is passed on from generation to generation. This may include education in morality, for example learning how to act as loyal, honest and effective citizen. |
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"(S (NP (NN Unschooling)) (VP (VBZ is) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (NNS kids)) (VP (VP (VBP learn) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP go))))) (CC and) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB go) (PP (IN to) (NP (JJ traditional) (NN school) (NNS buildings))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (ADVP (RB Instead)) (, ,) (NP (PRP ... | Unschooling is when kids learn as they go and do not go to traditional school buildings. Instead, they go on websites, play games, or engage in normal hobbies and learn along the way. |
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"(S (SBAR (IN Before) (S (NP (DT a) (NN soldier)) (VP (VBZ joins) (NP (DT the) (NN army))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP he)) (VP (MD must) (VP (VB qualify) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (PP (IN in) (NP (PRP it))) (ADVP (RB first))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT The) (NN person)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN put) (PP (IN through) (NP (NNS t... | Before a soldier joins the army, he must qualify to be in it first. The person is put through tests, so that the army will know if the recruit can do it or not. This is sometimes called 'boot camp'. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Alexandru) (NNP Ioan) (NNP Cuza)) (VP (VBD walked) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (JJ cautious) (NNS steps)) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD was) (RB not) (VP (VBG proclaiming) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN declaration)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN independence)))) (ADVP (RB immediately)) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (... | Alexandru Ioan Cuza walked with cautious steps he was not proclaiming a declaration of independence immediately because he knew it would bring a new war. Instead he let Moldavia and Wallachia merged in the United Principalities of the Ottoman Empire and increasing self-government to a greater degree. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS people)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD protested))))) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB recognize) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS results)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN election)))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBD was) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (IN that... | The people who protested did not recognize the results of the election. This was because they thought that members of the National Salvation Front were communists. More and more people protested, and it became a demonstration – a very big protest. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT the) (JJ same) (NN way))) (, ,) (NP (NP (NNS products)) (VP (VBN made) (PP (IN in) (NP (CD one) (NN member) (NN country))))) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN sold) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT any) (JJ other) (NN member) (NN country))) (PP (IN without) (NP (DT any) (NML (NML (JJ special) (NNS permis... | In the same way, products made in one member country can be sold in any other member country without any special permissions or extra taxes. For this reason, the members agree rules on product safety - they want to know that a product made in another country will be as safe as it would be if it had been made in their o... |
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"(S (ADVP (RB However)) (, ,) (SBAR (SBAR (IN since) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN been) (NP (JJ many) (JJ political) (NNS problems)) (VBG happening) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Turkey))) (ADVP (RB recently)) (, ,) (PP (ADVP (RB especially)) (IN with) (NP (NP (NP (NNP President) (NNP Edrogan) (POS 's)) (NN ar... | However, since there have been many political problems happening in Turkey recently, especially with President Edrogan's arresting of tens of thousands of political rivals since the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, it is unlikely that it would be allowed to part of the EU anytime soon because EU members believe th... |
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"(S (NP (PRP She)) (VP (VBD spent) (NP (PRP$ her) (JJ first) (NNS years)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN care)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ Serbian) (NNS grandparents))))) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP$ her) (NN father) (NNP Albert)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB want) (S (NP (PRP her)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN... | She spent her first years in the care of Serbian grandparents because her father Albert did not want her to be brought to Switzerland, where he had a job offer at the patent office. Some historians believe she died from scarlet fever. |
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"(S (NP (JJ General) (NN relativity)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBD set) (NP (DT the) (NN stage)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (NN cosmology)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (NNS theories)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN structure)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ our) (NN universe))))) (PP (PP (IN at) (NP (JJ large) (NNS distances))) (CC and)... | General relativity also set the stage for cosmology (theories of the structure of our universe at large distances and over long times). Einstein thought that the universe may curve a little bit in both space and time, so that the universe always had existed and always will exist, and so that if an object moved through ... |
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"(S (NP (PRP He)) (ADVP (RB even)) (VP (VBD changed) (NP (PRP$ his) (NNS equations)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB include) (NP (DT a) (`` \") (JJ cosmological) (NN constant))))) (, ,) ('' \") (SBAR (IN in) (NN order) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB allow) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ mathematical) (NN model)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT an) (JJ un... | He even changed his equations to include a "cosmological constant," in order to allow a mathematical model of an unchanging universe. The general theory of relativity also allows the universe to spread out (grow larger and less dense) forever, and most scientists think that astronomy has proved that this is what happen... |
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"(S (S (NP (NP (NNP Einstein)) (NP (PRP himself))) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB have) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN idea)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (`` \") (JJ black) (NN hole))))))) (, \") ('' ,) (CC but) (S (ADVP (RB later)) (NP (NNS scientists)) (VP (VBD used) (NP (DT this) (NN name)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (NP (DT an) (NN... | Einstein himself did not have the idea of a "black hole", but later scientists used this name for an object in the universe that bends spacetime so much that not even light can escape it. They think that these ultra-dense objects are formed when giant stars, at least three times the size of our sun, die. This event can... |
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"(S (NP (DT This) (JJ theoretical) (NN pursuit)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ different) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (JJ statistical) (NNS mechanics)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (NNP Einstein)) (VP (VBD did) (NP (JJ important) (NN work))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (NNP Einstein)) (VP (VBD did) (RB n... | This theoretical pursuit is different from statistical mechanics, in which Einstein did important work. Einstein did not like the part of quantum theory that denied anything more than the probability that something would be found to be true of something when it was actually measured; he thought that it should be possib... |
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"(S (S (NP (JJS Most) (NNS scientists)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (NP (NNP Einstein) (POS 's)) (NNS theories)) (PP (IN of) (NP (ADJP (JJ special) (CC and) (JJ general)) (NN relativity)))) (VP (VBP work) (ADVP (RB very) (RB well))))))) (, ,) (CC and) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP use) (NP (DT those) (... | Most scientists think that Einstein's theories of special and general relativity work very well, and they use those ideas and formulas in their own work. Einstein disagreed that phenomena in quantum mechanics can happen out of pure chance. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Einstein)) (VP (VBD disagreed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (NNS phenomena)) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ quantum) (NNS mechanics)))) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB happen) (PP (IN out) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ pure) (NN chance))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT all) (JJ natural)... | Einstein disagreed that phenomena in quantum mechanics can happen out of pure chance. He believed that all natural phenomena have explanations that do not include pure chance. He spent much of his later life trying to find a "unified field theory" that would include his general relativity theory, Maxwell's theory of el... |
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"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VBD spent) (NP (NP (JJ much)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ later) (NN life)))) (S (VP (VBG trying) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB find) (NP (NP (DT a) (`` \") (JJ unified) (NN field) (NN theory) ('' \")) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (MD would) (VP (VB include) (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NML (JJ general)... | He spent much of his later life trying to find a "unified field theory" that would include his general relativity theory, Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, and perhaps a better quantum theory. Most scientists do not think that he succeeded in that attempt. |
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"(S (ADVP (RB Traditionally)) (, ,) (NP (NNPS Koreans)) (VP (VBP eat) (NP (NN seaweed) (NN soup)) (PP (IN on) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS birthdays)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS People)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (NN soup)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB also)) (ADJP (JJ good) (PP (IN for) (NP (JJ pregnant) (NNS wome... | Traditionally, Koreans eat seaweed soup on their birthdays. People believe the soup is also good for pregnant women. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN founder)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP Gojoseon)))) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN said) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (NP (NNP Dangun))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT The) (JJ Korean) (NNS people)) (VP (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP Dangun)) (VP (VBD established) (NP (DT the) (NN country)) (PP (IN... | The founder of Gojoseon is said to be Dangun. The Korean people believe that Dangun established the country on October 3rd, and still celebrate that day. In Korea, October 3rd is a national holiday, which is named Gaecheonjeol (The day heaven opened). |
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"(S (NP (JJ Recent) (NNS measurements)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN led) (NP (NNP NASA)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB state) (, ,) (`` \") (S (NP (PRP We)) (ADVP (RB now)) (VP (VBP know) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NN universe)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ flat)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (RB only) (DT a) (NML (CD 0.4) (NN %)) (... | Recent measurements have led NASA to state, "We now know that the universe is flat with only a 0.4% margin of error". Within one model, the FLRW model, the present most popular shape of the Universe found to fit observational data is the infinite flat model. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NNS linguistics))) (NP (DT a) (NN hedge)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN word)) (CC or) (NN set)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS words)))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP make) (S (NP (JJ other) (NNS words)) (ADJP (RBR less) (JJ important)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN Without) (NP (DT any) ... | In linguistics a hedge is a word or set of words that make other words less important. Without any information it is therefore very difficult to know which "hedge" is really meant by the speaker. |
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"(S (NP (NP (PDT All) (DT the) (NNS texts)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP make) (NP (DT a) (`` \") (NN book) ('' \")))))) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN believed) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB belong) (ADVP (RB together))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (JJS Most)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN time)))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (... | All the texts that make a "book" are believed to belong together. Most of the time, people believe they were written or collected by the same person. The Bible contains different kinds of such books. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Christians)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NP (NNP God) (POS 's)) (NN Word)) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNS people)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT The) (... | People have different ideas about the Bible. Christians believe it is God's Word to people. The Jews believe that only the Old Testament is from God. Protestants and Catholics believe that the Old and New Testaments are God's Word. Catholics also believe that the books called Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical are part of t... |
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"(S (S (NP (NNS Atheists)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS gods)) (VP (VBP exist))))))) (, ,) (IN so) (S (NP (DT the) (NNP Bible)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (RB only) (DT an) (JJ ancient) (NN book)))) (. .))"
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"(S (S (NP (NNS Deists)) (VP (VBP believe) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP God))))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NNP Bible)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN written) (PP (IN by) (NP (NNS people))))))))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN so) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP do) (RB n't) (VP (VB see) ... | Deists believe in God, but they believe that the Bible was written by people, so they don't see it as important. |
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"(S (S (NP (DT Some) (NNS physicists)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NN gravity)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN caused) (PP (IN by) (NP (NNS gravitons))))))))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP are) (ADVP (RB still)) (ADJP (JJ unsure)))) (. .))"
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"(S (NP (NP (NN Oxygen) (NN gas)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN isolated) (PP (IN by) (NP (NNP Michael) (NNP Sendivogius))) (PP (IN before) (NP (CD 1604))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP It)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB often)) (VP (VBN thought) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NN gas)) (VP (VBD was) (V... | Oxygen gas () was isolated by Michael Sendivogius before 1604. It is often thought that the gas was discovered in 1773 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Sweden, or in 1774 by Joseph Priestley, in England. Priestley is usually thought to be the main discoverer because his work was published first (although he called it "dephl... |
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"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VBD wrote) (PP (IN in) (NP (PRP$ his) (NN work))) (`` \") (NP (NNP Pneumatica)) ('' \") (SBAR (IN that) (S (S (VP (VP (VBG turning) (NP (DT a) (NN vessel)) (ADVP (RB upside) (RB down)) (PP (IN over) (NP (DT a) (VBG burning) (NN candle)))) (CC and) (VP (VBG putting) (NP (NN water)) (PP (IN aro... | He wrote in his work "Pneumatica" that turning a vessel upside down over a burning candle and putting water around this vessel meant that some water went into the vessel. Philo thought this was because the air was turned into the classical element fire. This is wrong. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NP (NNP Robert) (NNP Hooke)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Ole) (NNP Borch)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Mikhail) (NNP Lomonosov)) (CC and) (NP (NNP Pierre) (NNP Bayen))) (NP (DT all))) (VP (VBD made) (NP (NN oxygen)) (IN in) (NP (NP (NNS experiments)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (ADJP (JJ 17th) (CC and) (JJ 18th)) (NNS centuries)))... | Robert Hooke, Ole Borch, Mikhail Lomonosov and Pierre Bayen all made oxygen in experiments in the 17th and 18th centuries. None of them thought it was a chemical element. This was probably because of the idea of the "phlogiston theory". |
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"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VP (VBD was) (ADVP (RB probably)) (PP (IN because) (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN idea)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (`` \") (NN phlogiston) (NN theory)))))) ('' \")) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBD was) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (NP (JJS most) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (S (VP... | This was probably because of the idea of the "phlogiston theory". This was what most people believed caused combustion and corrosion. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Sendivogius)) (VP (VBD found) (, ,) (PP (IN between) (NP (CD 1598) (CC and) (CD 1604))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN substance)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN air)))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ same)) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD got) (PP (IN by) (S (VP (VBG heating) (NP (NN po... | Sendivogius found, between 1598 and 1604, that the substance in air is the same as he got by heating potassium nitrate. Some people believe this was the discovery of oxygen while others disagree. Some say that oxygen was discovered by Swedish pharmacist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Lavoisier)) (VP (VP (VBD renamed) (`` \") (NP (JJ vital) (NN air)) ('' \") (IN to) (`` \") (NP (NN oxygène)) (, \") (, ,) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (JJ Greek) (NNS words)) (VP (VBG meaning) (NP (`` \") (NP (JJ sour) (NN making)) ('' \") (CC or) (`` \") (NP (NP (NN producer)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN acid)))))))... | Lavoisier renamed "vital air" to "oxygène", from Greek words meaning "sour making" or "producer of acid". He called it this because he thought oxygen was in all acids, which is wrong. Later chemists realised that Lavoiser's name for the gas was wrong, but the name was too common by then to change. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NP (NNP John) (NNP Dalton) (POS 's)) (NN theory)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS atoms)))) (VP (VBD said) (SBAR (IN that) (S (S (NP (DT all) (NNS elements)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (CD one) (NN atom)))) (CC and) (S (NP (NP (NNS atoms)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNS compounds)))) (VP (VBD were) (ADVP (RB usually)) (ADJP (JJ alo... | John Dalton's theory of atoms said that all elements had one atom and atoms in compounds were usually alone. For example, he wrongly thought that water (HO) had the formula of just HO. In 1805, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Alexander von Humboldt showed that water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. |
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"(S (PP (IN During) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNP American) (NNP Civil) (NNP War)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (CD 1861)) (PP (SYM -) (NP (CD 1865)))) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (, ,) (NP (NP (JJ many) (NNS people)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP California))) (, ,) (PP (ADVP (RB especially)) (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ southern) (NN part)) (PP (IN... | During the American Civil War (1861-1865), many people in California, especially in the southern part of California, thought the South was right and slavery should be protected. Some people in Southern California even wanted Southern California to leave the rest of the state and join the Confederate States of America. |
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"(S (ADVP (RB Mean... | But in 1869, the connection got better quickly, because the first railroad across the continent was finished. Meanwhile, more people in California were learning that the land there was very good to grow fruit and other crops. Oranges were grown in many parts of California. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Astronomers)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ large)) (NN number)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS stars)))) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NNP Universe))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT The) (JJ observable) (NNP Universe)) (VP (VBZ contains) (NP (NP (QP (QP (QP (JJ... | Astronomers think there is a very large number of stars in the Universe. The observable Universe contains more than 2 trillion (10) galaxies and, overall, as many as an estimated stars (more stars than all the grains of sand on planet Earth). |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS Stars)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP orbit) (NP (DT each) (JJ other)))))) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (JJ binary) (NNS stars))))) (. .))",
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"(S (N... | Stars that orbit each other are called binary stars. Scientists think there are many binary stars. There are even groups of three or more stars that orbit each other. |
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"(S (NP (NN Astro) (HYPH -) (NNS physicists)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (PP (IN in) (NP (QP (RB about) (CD 5) (CD billion)) (NNS years))) (, ,) (NP ... | The outer part expands and it makes a red giant star. Astro-physicists think that in about 5 billion years, the Sun will be a red giant. Our Sun will be so large it will eat the Earth. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Supernova)) (VP (VBZ means) (`` \") (NP (JJ new) (NN star)) ('' \") (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (N... | The dying star is so bright it can be seen during the day. Supernova means "new star" because people used to think it was the beginning of a new star. Today we know that a supernova is the death of an old star. The gas of the star is pushed away by the explosion. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Elements)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN shown) (IN ... | HTML uses "elements" to let the browser know how a webpage is made of. Elements are shown as "tags" in the code, written with angle brackets: . |
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"(S (S (VP (TO To) (VP (VB solve) (NP (DT this))))) (NP (DT the) (NN club)) (VP (VBD introduced) (NP (DT an) (ADJP (RB all) (JJ black)) (NN kit)) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (NN club))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (JJ black) (NN dye)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ cheap)) (CC and) (ADJP (RB easily) (JJ available)))))))... | To solve this the club introduced an all black kit to the club, as black dye was cheap and easily available. However many fans thought this was boring and morbid so a red band was added across the chest. |
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"(S (PP (IN With) (NP (NNP Everton))) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN theme) (NN tune)) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (DT a) (NNS 1960s) (NN television) (NN series)) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NNP Z) (HYPH -) (NNP Cars)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP Z) (HYPH -) (NNP Cars)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (IN about) (NP (NP ... | With Everton it is the theme tune to a 1960s television series called Z-Cars. Z-Cars was about police working in a made up town, which many people believed was based on real life Liverpool. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (JJS best) (NNP Rams) (NN player)) (ADVP (RB ever)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (NNP Steve) (NNP Bloomer)) (, ,) (NP (NP (CD one)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (ADJP (JJS highest) (VBG scoring)) (NNS players)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN history))... | Many people think the best Rams player ever was Steve Bloomer, one of the highest scoring players in the history of English football. He played for Derby from the late 19th century to just before the First World War. |
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"(S (NP (NN Nobody)) (ADVP (RB really)) (... | In 2002, the club's owners decided that they wanted to move the club out of London. Nobody really knows why they wanted to move. They said that there were too many clubs in London, that not enough people were coming to watch the matches. |
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"(S (CC Or) (ADVP (RB maybe)) (NP (PRP they)... | Most things they have to decide are easy but this was not easy to decide. Or maybe they knew what to decide but did not want to be the ones to decide it. So they asked three clever men to study the problem and tell them what would be best to do. |
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"(S (NP (NP (JJ Many) (NN football) (NNS fans)) (PP (IN around) (NP (NNP England)))) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB like) (NP (DT the) (NN idea) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT a) (NN club)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB move)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (S (NP (DT a) (NN club)) (... | Many football fans around England did not like the idea that a club could move. They believe that a club belongs to a town and it is not like a furniture shop that closes down in one town and opens in another town. Another reason that they did not like it is that they would love to see their own club get into the Footb... |
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"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VBD wrote) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN book)) (VP (VBN called) (S (`` “) (NP (DT The) (NNS Histories)) ('' ”)))) (PP (IN around) (NP (CD 440) (NNP BC))) (, ,) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (NP (QP (RB nearly) (CD 2500)) (NNS years)) (RB ago)))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (NP (DT Some)) (... | He wrote a book called “The Histories” around 440 BC, which is nearly 2500 years ago. Some of the stories he wrote were not true, and we don't know if this is one of those. |
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"(S (SBAR (IN As) (S (NP (NNS scientists)) (VP (VBD studied) (NP (NN electricity) (CC and) (NN magnetism))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD realized) (SBAR (S (NP (JJ other) (NN base) (NNS units)) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN needed) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB describe) (NP (DT these) (NNS subjects)))))))))) (. .))",
"(S... | As scientists studied electricity and magnetism, they realized other base units were needed to describe these subjects. By the middle of the 20th century, many different versions of the metric system were being used. |
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"(S (NP (DT No) (NN one)) (VP (VBZ knows) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNPS Basques)) (VP (VBD came) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNP Europe))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (JJ Many)) (VP (VBP say) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN been) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Europe))) (PP (IN since) (NP (NP ... | No one knows when the Basques came to Europe. Many say that they have been in Europe since the Neolithic period at the end of the Stone Age, but others say that they were here even earlier. |
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"(S (S (VP (TO To) (VP (VB understand) (NP (NN M) (HYPH -) (NN theory))))) (NP (PRP one)) (VP (MD must) (ADVP (RB first)) (VP (VB have) (NP (NP (DT some) (NN knowledge)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN string) (NN theory)))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (NP (NNS hundreds)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS years))))) (, ,) (NP (NNS sc... | To understand M-theory one must first have some knowledge of string theory. For hundreds of years, scientists have thought that the simplest objects in the universe are points, like dots. String theory says that this is wrong and that the simplest objects in the universe are shaped like pieces of string. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NP (NP (NNP Albert) (NNP Einstein) (POS 's)) (NN theory)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ describes) (NP (DT the) (NN universe)) (PP (IN on) (NP (ADJP (RB very) (JJ large)) (NNS scales))))))) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (JJ general) (NN relativity)))))) ... | Albert Einstein's theory that describes the universe on very large scales (it is called general relativity), and it disagrees with two theories that describe things on very small scales (they are called quantum mechanics and the standard model). There are also problems with the Standard Model: it includes about 20 numb... |
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"(S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN been) (NP (NP (JJ many) (NNS ideas)) (PP (IN as) (PP (IN to) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD should) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN expressed))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (JJ Logical) (NNS positivists)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (NP (DT a) (NN theory)) (VP (V... | There have been many ideas as to how it should be expressed. Logical positivists thought a theory was scientific if it could be verified; but Karl Popper thought this was a mistake. He thought a theory was not scientific unless there was some way it might be refuted. On the other hand, Paul Feyerabend thought there was... |
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"(S (S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB probably)) (RB not) (ADJP (JJ true)))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (S (SBAR (IN if) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD were)))) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB make) (S (NP (DT the) (NNS results)) (ADJP (RB exactly) (DT the) (JJ same)))))) (: :) (S (NP (CD three) (NNS trials)) (... | This is probably not true, but if it were, it could make the results exactly the same: three trials, and the last one would be fastest. We have no reason to think that this is true at this time, but we might want to note it as another possible answer. |
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"(S (NP (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP study) (NP (NN government)))))) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (DT a) (NN country)) (VP (MD should) (RB not) (VP (VB have) (NP (DT a) (NNP Monarchy))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP argue) (SBAR (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS rulers)) (VP... | Many people who study government think a country should not have a Monarchy. They argue that rulers ought to be elected, or that monarchs are often corrupt. |
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"(S (ADVP (RB Sometimes)) (NP (NNP Bambuco)) (VP (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (S (`` \") (NP (FW el) (FW bambuco))))) (. \")) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS People)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NNP Bambuco)) (VP (VBD started) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Africa))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP It)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ popular... | Sometimes Bambuco is called "el bambuco". People think Bambuco started in Africa. It is popular in the Andean region of Colombia and throughout Latin America. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNP Christmas)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (VP (VBZ means) (`` \") (NP (NP (DT The) (NNP Mass)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP Christ))))))) (-RRB- \") (-RRB- -RRB-)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ Christian) (NN holiday)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ refers) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (NP (D... | Christmas (which means "The Mass of Christ") is a Christian holiday that refers to the birth of Jesus (whom Christians believe is the Son of God), and a cultural holiday for non-Christians. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NNPS Gospels)) (VP (VBP say) (SBAR (IN that) (S (PP (NP (JJ many) (NNS years)) (IN before) (NP (NP (NNP Jesus) (POS ')) (NN birth))) (, ,) (NP (NNS prophets)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN told) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN promise)) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (JJ Jewish) (NNS people))) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP G... | The Gospels say that many years before Jesus' birth, prophets had told a promise to the Jewish people that God would send them a Messiah, or holy teacher. Christians believe that the promised Messiah was Jesus. His mother was a young woman called Mary, who was engaged, but not yet married to a carpenter called Joseph. |
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"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNPS Christians)) (, ,) (PP (IN like) (NP (NP (NNP Jehovah) (POS 's)) (NNPS Witnesses))) (, ,) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB celebrate) (NP (NNP Christmas)) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (DT no) (NN instruction)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NNP Jesus))) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the... | Some Christians, like Jehovah's Witnesses, do not celebrate Christmas because there is no instruction from Jesus in the Bible which tells Christians to celebrate his birth. Mormons celebrate Christmas on 25 December but they believe that Christ's actual birth took place on 6 April. |
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"(S (NP (DT Some)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP Jesus)) (VP (VBD was) (ADVP (RB probably)) (RB not) (VP (VBN born) (PP (IN on) (NP (CD 25) (NNP December)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNS historians)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (DT this) (NN date)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN used) (PP (IN by... | Some believe that Jesus was probably not born on 25 December. Some historians believe this date was used by the Catholic Church to replace the pagan rites that took place at that time of the year. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT Those) (NNS people)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (MD can) (RB not) (VP (VB travel)))))) (ADVP (RB often)) (VP (VBP make) (NP (NML (JJ long) (HYPH -) (NN distance)) (NN phone) (NNS calls)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNP Christmas) (NNP Day)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (V... | Those people who cannot travel often make long-distance phone calls on Christmas Day. Many people also see Christmas as a time to reach out to others that they know might be lonely, and invite them to dinner on Christmas Day. Christmas is seen as a time for people of all ages to have fun together, for cousins to get to... |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS People)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Japan)))) (VP (VBD learned) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB make) (NP (NN paper)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (NNS fibres)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN mulberry) (NN tree))))) (, ,) (NP (QP (IN around) (CD 610)) (NNP AD))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT This)) (... | People in Japan learned how to make paper with fibres of the mulberry tree, around 610 AD. This is called Japanese paper or "Washi". |
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"(S (NP (NNS People)) (ADVP (RB first)) (VP (VBD began) (S (VP (VBG making) (NP (NNS things)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NN metal))))) (ADVP (NP (QP (RB over) (CD 9000)) (NNS years)) (RB ago)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD discovered) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB get) (NP (N... | People first began making things from metal over 9000 years ago, when they discovered how to get copper from its []ore. They then learned how to make a harder alloy, bronze, by adding tin to the copper. About 3000 years ago, they discovered iron. |
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