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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT some) (NNS societies))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN art)) (VP (VBZ belongs) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN person)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD made) (NP (PRP it))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (D... | In some societies, people think that art belongs to the person who made it. They think that the artist put his or her "talent" and industry into the art. In this view, the art is the property of the artist, protected by copyright. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJ other) (NNS societies))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN art)) (VP (VBZ belongs) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT no) (CD one))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN society)) (VP (VBZ has) (VP (VBN put) (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ social... | In other societies, people think that art belongs to no one. They think that society has put its social capital into the artist and the artist's work. In this view, society is a collective that has made the art, through the artist. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (JJ Aboriginal) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NN land)) (VP (VBD belonged) (PP (IN to) (NP (PRP them)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN grown) (PP (IN from) (NP... | The Aboriginal people did not think that the land belonged to them. They believed that they had grown from the land, so it was like their mother, and they belonged to the land. |
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"(S (ADVP (IN At) (RB last)) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD sailed) (PP (IN into) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ large) (JJ open) (NN bay)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ full) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN fish) (CC and) (NNS stingrays)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNS sailors)) (VP (VBD speared) (PP (I... | At last they sailed into a large open bay which was full of fish and stingrays which the sailors speared for food. Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander went ashore and were astonished to find that they did not know what any of the plants or birds or animals that they saw were. They collected hundreds of plants to take back to... |
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"(S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (NP (DT no) (HYPH -) (NN one)) (PP (IN among) (NP (DT the) (NNS convicts)))) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN builder)) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NN brick) (HYPH -) (NN maker)) (CC or) (NP (DT a) (NN blacksmith)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT No) (HYPH -) (N... | There was no-one among the convicts who was a builder, a brick-maker or a blacksmith. No-one knew how to fix the tools when they broke. All of the cattle escaped. |
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"(S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (DT no) (NN cooking) (NNS pots))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (PDT All) (DT the) (NNS plants)) (VP (VBD were) (ADJP (JJ different)))) (IN so) (S (NP (DT no) (HYPH -) (NN one)) (VP (VBD knew) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which) (NNS ones)) (S (VP (MD could) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN eaten)))))))) (. ... | There were no cooking pots. All the plants were different so no-one knew which ones could be eaten. It was probable that everyone in the new colony would die of starvation. |
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"(S (SBAR (IN Because) (S (NP (NNP Australia)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (PDT such) (DT a) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ large)) (NN land))))) (, ,) (NP (NP (PRP it))) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ easy)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD might) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ able) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB hold) (... | Because Australia is such a very large land, it was easy to think that it might be able to hold a very large number of people. In the early days of the colony, a great number of explorers went out, searching for good land to settle on. |
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"(S (NP (NNS People)) (ADVP (RB often)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NNS words)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NNS abbreviations))))) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (PP (IN in) (NP (NN fact))) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NNS acronyms)))))) (. .))"
] | People often think words are abbreviations when in fact they are acronyms. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN name)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NML (NNP United) (NNPS States)) (NN government)))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ sends) (NP (NNS rockets)) (PP (IN into) (NP (JJ outer) (NN space))))))))) (VP (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NNP NASA)) (, ,) (PP (IN from) ... | The name of the part of the United States government that sends rockets into outer space is NASA, from the words "National Aeronautics and Space Administration". When people using the Internet think that something is very funny, they sometimes write "LOL" to mean "Laughing Out Loud". People sometimes write "ASAP" for "... |
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"(S (NP (NN Ad) (NNS hominems)) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADJP (JJ wrong)) (NP (DT every) (NN time))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (NN example))) (, ,) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN someone)) (VP (MD ca) (RB n't) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN trusted))))))))) (, ,... | Ad hominems are not wrong every time. For example, when people think that someone can't be trusted, things that they have said previously can be doubted. |
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"(S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When)) (S (NP (NNP Christopher) (NNP Columbus)) (VP (VBD explored)))) (, ,) (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB know) (PP (IN about) (NP (DT the) (NNPS Americas))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VP (VBD was) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NNP Caribbean)))) (CC but) (VP (VBD though... | When Christopher Columbus explored, he did not know about the Americas. He was in the Caribbean but thought he was in the East Indies, so he called the people Indians. |
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"(S (NP (DT An) (JJ Abrahamic) (NN religion)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN religion)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP$ whose) (NNS followers)) (S (VP (VBP believe) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN prophet) (NNP Abraham)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (NP (NNP Abraham)) (CC and) (NP (PRP$ his) (... | An Abrahamic religion is a religion whose followers believe in the prophet Abraham. They believe Abraham and his sons/grandsons hold an important role in human spiritual development. The best known Abrahamic religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. |
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"(S (NP (NP (JJR Smaller) (JJ religious) (NNS traditions)) (VP (ADVP (RB sometimes)) (VBN included) (PP (IN as) (NP (JJ Abrahamic) (NNS religions))))) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (NNP Samaritanism)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Druze)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Rastafari)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Yazidi)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Babism)) (CC and) (NP (NNP Bahá'í)... | Smaller religious traditions sometimes included as Abrahamic religions are Samaritanism, Druze, Rastafari, Yazidi, Babism and Bahá'í Faith. Mandaeism (a religion that holds many Abrahamic beliefs) is not called Abrahamic because its followers think Abraham was a false prophet |
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"(S (NP (JJ True) (JJ Abrahamic) (NNS religions)) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ monotheistic)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (DT the) (NN belief) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (QP (RB only) (CD one)) (NNP God)))))) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (ADVP (RB also)) (NP (DT all)) (VP (VBP believe) (S... | True Abrahamic religions are monotheistic (the belief that there is only one God). They also all believe that people should pray to God and worship God often. Among monotheistic religions, the Abrahamic religions have the world's largest number of followers. |
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"(S (SBAR (IN While) (S (NP (DT these) (NNS rules)) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB seem) (S (ADJP (JJ senseless) (CC or) (JJ obvious))))))) (, ,) (NP (NP (PRP it))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ wise)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB understand) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT these) (NNS properties)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB hold) (PP (IN ... | While these rules may seem senseless or obvious, it is wise to understand that these properties do not hold throughout all branches of mathematics. Therefore, it will be useful to know how these axiomatic rules are declared, before taking them for granted. Before going on to the rules, reflect on two definitions that w... |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (CD 1803))) (, ,) (NP (NML (JJ English) (NN philosopher)) (NNP John) (NNP Dalton)) (VP (VBD suggested) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS elements)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (NP (JJ tiny) (, ,) (JJ solid) (NNS balls)) (VP (VBN made) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS atoms))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP Dalton)) (VP (VB... | In 1803, English philosopher John Dalton suggested that elements were tiny, solid balls made of atoms. Dalton believed that all atoms of the same element have the same mass. He said that compounds are formed when atoms of more than one element combine. |
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"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBD happened) (SBAR (IN while) (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBG working) (PP (IN with) (NP (NN cathode) (NNS rays))) (PP (IN in) (NP (CD 1897)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VBD realized) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (DT a) (JJ negative) (NN charge)) (, ,) (PP ... | This happened while he was working with cathode rays in 1897. He realized they had a negative charge, unlike protons (positive) and neutrons (no charge). Thomson created the plum pudding model, which stated that an atom was like plum pudding: the dried fruit (electrons) were stuck in a mass of pudding (protons). |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (ADJP (RBS most) (JJ accurate)) (NN model)) (ADVP (RB so) (RB far)) (VP (VBZ comes) (PP (IN from) (NP (DT the) (NNP Schrödinger) (NN equation)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP Schrödinger)) (VP (VBD realized) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NNS electrons)) (VP (VBP exist) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NP (DT a) ... | The most accurate model so far comes from the Schrödinger equation. Schrödinger realized that the electrons exist in a cloud around the nucleus, called the electron cloud. In the electron cloud, it is impossible to know exactly where electrons are. The Schrödinger equation is used to find out where an electron is likel... |
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"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VBD discovered) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN uranium)) (VP (VP (VBD decayed) (ADVP (ADVP (NP (DT a) (NN lot)) (RBR faster)) (PP (IN than) (ADJP (JJ usual))))) (CC and) (VP (VBD produced) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN lot)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NML (NN alpha) (CC and) (NN beta)) (NNS particles))))))))) (. .))"... | He discovered that uranium decayed a lot faster than usual and produced a lot of alpha and beta particles. He also believed that uranium got changed into a new element he named hesperium. |
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"(S (NP (PRP They)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBD began) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB think) (PP (IN about) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN place)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP Earth))) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN universe))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (DT a) (JJ long) (NN time))) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (SBAR (S ... | They also began to think about the place of Earth in the universe. For a long time people thought Earth was the center of the universe, and that the planets, the stars and the sun went around it. This is known as geocentrism. |
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"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN known) (PP (IN as) (NP (NN heliocentrism))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (QP (RB Only) (DT a) (JJ few)) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ right)))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT The) (NN rest)) (VP (VBD continued) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB believ... | This is known as heliocentrism. Only a few people thought it was right. The rest continued to believe in the "geocentric" model. |
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"(S (PP (IN Like) (NP (NNS planets))) (, ,) (NP (NNS asteroids)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB make) (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ own) (NN light)))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN Because) (IN of) (NP (DT this))) (, ,) (NP (DT some) (NNS people)) (VP (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (`` \") (NP (NNS asteroids)) ('' \") (VP (VBZ is) (RB no... | Like planets, asteroids do not make their own light. Because of this, some people think "asteroids" is not a good name, and think that the name "planetoid" ("like a planet") would be a better name. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS ones)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP come) (ADVP (RB close) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNP Earth)))))))) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NML (NNP Near) (HYPH -) (NNP Earth)) (NNS asteroids))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS scientists)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NP (NNS asteroid... | The ones that come close to Earth are called Near-Earth asteroids. Many scientists think asteroids striking the Earth killed off all the dinosaurs and caused some of the other extinction events. |
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"(S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (JJ international) (NNS protests))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT The) (NNPS Taliban)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (JJ ancient) (NNS statues)) (VP (VBD were) (ADJP (RB un) (HYPH -) (JJ Islamic))))) (CC and) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD had) ... | There were international protests. The Taliban believe that the ancient statues were un-Islamic and that they had a right to destroy them. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NNPS Taliban)) (VP (VBD ruled) (NP (NNP Afghanistan)) (PP (VBG according) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ strict) (NN version)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ Islamic) (NN law))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (NNS People)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP whom)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNPS Taliban)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (S (... | The Taliban ruled Afghanistan according to their strict version of Islamic law. People whom the Taliban believed violated these laws were given cruel punishments. In addition, the Taliban completely restricted the rights of women. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NN name) (NNP Argentina)) (VP (VBZ comes) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Latin) (`` \") (NN argentum) ('' \")) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (JJ silver)) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (DT the) (JJ Spanish) (NNS conquistadors)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (NN area)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (N... | The name Argentina comes from the Latin "argentum" (silver) as the Spanish conquistadors believed the area had silver. In the Americas (South and North), Canada, US, Brazil and Argentina are the largest countries (in that order). |
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"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP use) (NP (DT this)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB group) (NP (DT the) (NNS animals)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT a) (JJ biological) (NN classification))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (QP (JJ several) (CD million)) (NNS species)) (VP (VBP exist)))))) (CC but) (S (N... | They use this to group the animals in a biological classification. They think several million species exist but they have only identified about one million. |
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"(S (ADVP (RB Often)) (NP (DT a) (NN creditor)) (VP (VBZ threatens) (NP (DT a) (NN debtor)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (NN debt) (NN slavery)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (JJ many) (NNS parts)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN world)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT some) (NNS cases))) (NP (DT the) (NN debtor)) (VP (VBZ do... | Often a creditor threatens a debtor with debt slavery in many parts of the world. In some cases the debtor does not know that they have a right to go bankrupt. This is a human rights problem in some countries. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NNP FBI)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB find) (NP (DT the) (NNS samples)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (VP (VBD happened) (PP (IN to) (NP (PRP them)))))))) (. .))"
] | The FBI did not find the samples. They do not know what happened to them. |
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"(S (PP (IN After) (NP (NNP World) (NNP War) (NNP II))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD made) (S (NP (NN king) (NNP Leopold) (NNP III)) (VP (VB leave) (NP (PRP$ his) (NN throne)) (PP (IN in) (NP (CD 1951)))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBZ is) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD though... | After World War II, the people made king Leopold III leave his throne in 1951. This is because they thought he helped the Germans. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ only) (NNS people)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (MD could) (VP (VB vote)))))) (VP (VBD were) (NP (NP (NNS people)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD owned) (NP (NN land))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (DT some) (NNS uprisings)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (CD 1920s)))... | The only people who could vote were people who owned land. There were some uprisings in the 1920s because some people thought the government was unfairly helping coffee growers. Brazil joined the Allies during World War II. |
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"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD wanted) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ able) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB program) (DT the) (NN music) (: box-) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB order) (S (NP (DT the) (NN music) (NN box)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB play) (NP (JJ different) (NN music))))))))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (DT This) ... | They wanted to be able to program the music box- to order the music box to play different music. This part of computer history is called the "history of programmable machines" which is a fancy phrase for "The history of machines that I can order to do different things if I know how to speak their language." |
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"(S (PP (IN At) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN end)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NNP Middle) (NNPS Ages))))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD started) (S (VP (VBG thinking) (SBAR (S (NP (NN math) (CC and) (NN engineering)) (VP (VBD were) (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ important)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (CD 1623))) (, ,) (N... | At the end of the Middle Ages, people started thinking math and engineering were more important. In 1623, Wilhelm Schickard made a mechanical calculator. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS Millions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS computers)))) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBG using) (NP (DT the) (JJ same) (VBG operating) (NN system)) (, ,) (SBAR (IN while) (S (NP (DT each) (NN computer)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB have) (NP (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ own) (NN application) (NNS programs)) (SBAR (S (VP (TO ... | Millions of computers may be using the same operating system, while each computer can have its own application programs to do what its user needs. Using the same operating systems makes it easy to learn how to use computers for new things. A user who needs to use a computer for something different, can learn how to use... |
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"(S (NP (PRP It)) (VP (VBZ has) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN population)) (PP (IN of) (NP (CD 104,000) (NNS people))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS People)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP Colchester)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJS oldest) (JJ Roman) (NN town)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP England)))))))) (. .))"
] | It has a population of 104,000 people. People believe that Colchester is the oldest Roman town in England. |
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"(S (S (VP (VBG Making) (NP (DT a) (NN map)))) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (ADJP (ADJP (RB as) (JJ simple)) (PP (IN as) (S (VP (VBG drawing) (NP (DT a) (NN direction)) (PP (IN on) (NP (DT a) (NN napkin))))))) (, ,) (CC or) (ADJP (ADJP (RB as) (JJ complicated)) (PP (IN as) (S (VP (VBG showing) (NP (DT a) (JJ whol... | Making a map can be as simple as drawing a direction on a napkin, or as complicated as showing a whole country or world. Anyone can make a map, but cartographers spend their lives learning how to make better maps. |
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"(S (NP (DT Some)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN creativity)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT an) (JJ important) (NN thing)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ makes) (S (NP (NNS humans)) (ADJP (JJ different) (PP (IN from) (NP (NNS apes))))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Others)) (VP (VBP recognize) (SBAR ... | Some think that creativity is an important thing that makes humans different from apes. Others recognize that even apes, other primates, other mammals and some birds adapt to survive by being creative (for example - primates using tools). |
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"(S (NP (NNS Others)) (VP (VBP recognize) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (RB even) (NNS apes)) (, ,) (NP (JJ other) (NNS primates)) (, ,) (NP (JJ other) (NNS mammals)) (CC and) (NP (DT some) (NNS birds))) (VP (VBP adapt) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB survive)))) (PP (IN by) (S (VP (VBG being) (ADJP (JJ creative)) (-LRB- -LRB-... | Others recognize that even apes, other primates, other mammals and some birds adapt to survive by being creative (for example - primates using tools). Liane Gabora believes that all culture comes from creativity, not imitation. Therefore, these people say, human science should focus on it (pay special attention to it):... |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NNPS Cathars)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NN world)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN been) (VP (VBN made) (PP (IN by) (NP (DT a) (JJ bad) (NN god))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT this) (JJ bad) (NN god)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VP ... | The Cathars believed that the world had been made by a bad god. They believed that this bad god had taken them from the good god and put them in the world, but inside their bodies there was a spirit, and that spirit needed to return to the good god. They were famous for a belief in a form of reincarnation and believed ... |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ only) (NN exception)) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT this)))) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NN fish))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NN Fish)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ OK) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB eat))))) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (S (NP (NNS fishes)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (RB not) (ADJP (J... | The only exception to this was fish. Fish was OK to eat because they believed fishes were not alive but just things that were sometimes produced from dirt and water. |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NNS burghers) (CC and) (NNS bankers)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (JJR more) (NN power)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT this) (JJR looser) (NN system)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP R.) (NNP I.) (NNP Moore)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN historian)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBZ believes) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP... | The burghers and bankers had more power in this looser system. R. I. Moore is a historian who believes that it was desire to crush this system and take over the land that drove the attack. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT the) (NNP Launguedoc))) (, ,) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ 22nd)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP July) (CD 1209))))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN force)) (PP (IN of) (NP (QP (RB about) (CD 30,000)) (NNPS Crusaders)))) (VP (VBD arrived) (PP (IN at) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS walls)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP... | In the Launguedoc, on the 22nd of July 1209, a force of about 30,000 Crusaders arrived at the walls of Beziers bearing the cross pattee to mislead and create ease among the Cathars, thinking they were friend, not foe, and demanded that about 200 Cathars be surrendered. The people of the town who were mostly Catholic, s... |
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"(S (PP (IN Until) (ADVP (RB recently))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NN universe)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (RB only) (DT the) (NML (NNP Milky) (NNP Way)) (NN galaxy)))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD thought) (NP (DT this)) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP they)) (V... | Until recently, people thought that the universe was only the Milky Way galaxy. They thought this because they could only see the planets up to Saturn and stars. |
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"(S (PP (IN With) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN invention)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN telescope))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP we)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB see) (NP (NP (JJR more)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN universe)))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (ADVP (RB Even)) (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ 20th) (NN century))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP... | With the invention of the telescope, we could see more of the universe. Even in the 20th century, people thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. With the Hubble Space Telescope, people could see things far away. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJS most) (NNS countries))) (, ,) (NP (NNS police)) (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (VP (TO to) (VP (VB stop) (NP (NNS crimes)))) (CC and) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB find) (NP (NNS criminals))))))) (. .))",
"(S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When)) (S (NP (DT the) (NNS police)) (VP (VBP find) (NP (NP (NN someone)) (SBAR (... | In most countries, police try to stop crimes and to find criminals. When the police find someone who they think might be a criminal, they usually hold the person in a jail. Then, usually, a court or a judge decides if the person really did a crime. |
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"(S (PP (IN At) (NP (NNP MIT))) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NN professor)) (VP (VBD tried) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB cancel) (NP (DT the) (NN lecture)) (SBAR (IN before) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD took) (NP (NN place))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP Ray)) (VP (VBD believed) (SBAR (S (NP (DT this)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NN proof)... | At MIT, a professor tried to cancel the lecture before it took place. Ray believed this is proof of a conspiracy to keep information about Time Cube hidden. Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the Georgia Institute of Technology in April 2005. |
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"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBZ tells) (NP (PRP us)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (SBAR (WHADJP (WRB how) (JJ high)) (S (NP (PRP y)) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN on) (NP (DT the) (JJ vertical) (NN axis)))))) (VP (VBZ depends) (PP (IN on) (SBAR (WHNP (WHNP (WP what)) (NP (NP (NN x)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (DT the) (JJ horizontal) (NN axis)) (... | This tells us that how high y is on the vertical axis depends on what x (the horizontal axis) is at that time. For example, with the equation formula_2, we know that if formula_3 is 1, then formula_4 will be 1; if formula_3 is 3, then formula_4 will be 9; if "formula_3" is 20, then "formula_4" will be 400. The slope of... |
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"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNS comets)) (VP (VBP orbit) (-LRB- -LRB-) (VBP go) (ADVP (RB around)) (-RRB- -RRB-) (ADVP (RB together)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNS groups)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Astronomers)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (DT these) (NNS comets)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (JJ broken) (NNS pieces)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT th... | Some comets orbit (go around) together in groups. Astronomers think these comets are broken pieces that used to be one object. |
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"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (NP (NNS thousands)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS years))))) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBD feared) (NP (NNS comets))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB know) (SBAR (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD were)))) (, ,) (CC or) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where)) (S (NP ... | For thousands of years, people feared comets. They did not know what they were, or where they came from. Some thought that they were fireballs sent from demons or gods to destroy the earth. They said that each time a comet appeared, it would bring bad luck with it. |
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"(S (NP (PRP He)) (VP (VP (VBD asked) (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN friend)) (NP (NNP Edmond) (NNP Halley))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB publish) (NP (DT this)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN book)) (`` \") (NP (NNP Philosophiae) (NNP Naturalis) (NNP Principia) (NNP Mathematica)))))))) (. \")) (. .))",
"(S (SBAR (IN Befo... | He asked his friend Edmond Halley to publish this in his book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica". Before Newton said this, people believed that comets go in to the sun, then another comes out from behind the sun. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJ later) (NNS years))) (NP (DT some) (NNS astronomers)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (NP (NNS comets)) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN spit) (PRT (RP out)) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (NNS planets)) (, ,) (NP (ADVP (RB especially)) (NNP Jupiter))))))))) (. .))"
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"(S (S (NP (PDT All) (DT this) (JJ new) (NN information) (CC and) (NN research)) (VP (VBD gave) (NP (NNS people)) (NP (NN confidence)))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (NP (DT some)) (ADVP (RB still)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS comets)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (NP (NNS messengers)) (PP (IN from) (NP (DT the) (NNS ... | All this new information and research gave people confidence, but some still thought that comets were messengers from the gods. One 18th century vision said that comets were the places that hell was, where souls would ride, being burned up by the heat of the sun and frozen by the cold of space. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS Views)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN importance)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT these) (NNS writings)))))) (VP (VBP vary)) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some) (JJ Christian) (NNS groups)) (VP (VBP prefer) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB favor) (NP (DT the) (NNP New) (NNP Testament))))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN while) (S (NP (NNS... | Views on the importance of these writings vary. Some Christian groups prefer to favor the New Testament, while others believe the entire Bible is equally important. Also, while many Christians prefer to consider the Bible as fully true, not all Christian groups believe that it is completely accurate. |
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"(S (NP (JJS Most) (NNPS Christians)) (VP (VBP believe) (S (NP (DT this)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN sign)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ religious) (NN devotion)) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNP God)))))) (CC and) (NP (NP (DT an) (NN act)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN worship))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (ADVP (... | Most Christians believe this to be a sign of their religious devotion to God and an act of worship. However, some Christian groups think that one can be a Christian without ever going to a church. Though there are many different viewpoints on the issue, most Protestants believe all Christians are part of the spiritual ... |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (`` ') (NN image) (NNS dances) ('' ')) (, ,) (PP (VBG according) (PP (IN to) (NP (NNP Sachs)))) (, ,) (VP (VBP are) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB do) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN world)) (PP (IN outside) (NP (DT the) (NN dancer))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN By) (S (VP (VBG imitating) (NP (DT an) (... | The 'image dances', according to Sachs, are to do with the world outside the dancer. By imitating an animal or object, the dancer believes he can capture a power and make it useful. To dance in imitation of the animal which is going to be hunted is to become one with them. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Sachs)) (VP (VBZ points) (PRT (RP out)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (NNS societies)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT this) (NN kind)))) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (ADVP (RB really)) (VP (VB understand) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN connection)) (PP (IN between) (NP (NN cause) (CC and) (NN effect))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP ... | Sachs points out that societies of this kind do not really understand the connection between cause and effect. They really believe the image dances work. The dance type which is used in image dances is mime. |
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"(S (NP (NNS Artists)) (VP (VBP draw) (NP (NP (NP (NNS pictures)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NNP Devil)))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP show) (NP (PRP him)) (PP (IN as) (ADJP (JJ ugly) (CC and) (JJ evil)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (CC But) (NP (NN nobody)) (VP (VBZ knows) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (NP (PRP he)) (V... | Artists draw pictures of the Devil that show him as ugly and evil. But nobody knows what he may look like. Usually he is a spirit that nobody can see, but he can make himself look like a real person in order to trick people. |
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"(S (NP (NP (QP (RB About) (CD two) (NNS thirds))) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT these) (NNS people)))) (VP (VBP die) (PP (IN because) (IN of) (NP (NN age)))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NP (NN addition)) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (JJ physical) (NN body))))) (, ,) (NP (DT some)) (VP (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (NNS hum... | About two thirds of these people die because of age. In addition to the physical body, some believe humans also have a soul and believe that the soul can continue without a body (afterlife), move into another body (reincarnation), or cease to exist (annihilationism). Religions have different beliefs about this issue. |
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"(S (NP (DT This)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (CD one)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJS largest) (NNS questions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN philosophy) (CC and) (NN religion))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT some) (NN form)) (PP (IN of) (NP (... | This is one of the largest questions of philosophy and religion. Many people believe there is some form of afterlife. |
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"(S (ADVP (RB Aside) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (NNS wills)) (, ,) (NP (NNS goodbyes)) (, ,) (NP (NN organ) (NNS donations)) (CC and) (NP (NNS funerals))))) (, ,) (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (JJ important) (JJ personal) (NN experience)) (SBAR (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB decide) (S (VP (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB pass) (P... | Aside from wills, goodbyes, organ donations and funerals, there is important personal experience to decide to pass on, or not, when someone knows they may soon die. Palliative care focuses on basic decisions people make when they are very close to the end of their lives, and it ensures someone is always available to ta... |
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"(S (NP (DT The) (NNP Moon)) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB have) (VP (VBN been) (VP (VBN formed) (PP (IN after) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN collision)) (PP (IN between) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ early) (NNP Earth)) (CC and) (NP (DT a) (JJR smaller) (NN planet))) (-LRB- -LRB-) (VP (ADVP (RB sometimes)) (VBN called) (S (`` \") (NP (NNP... | The Moon may have been formed after a collision between the early Earth and a smaller planet (sometimes called "Theia"). Scientists believe that parts of both planets broke off — becoming (by gravity) the Moon. |
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"(S (NP (NP (QP (RB About) (CD 90)) (NN %)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS people)))) (VP (VBP live) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ north) (NN half)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN world)))) (, ,) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (VP (VBZ has) (NP (NP (JJS most)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN land)))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP ... | About 90% of people live in the north half of the world, which has most of the land. Scientists think that people originally came from Africa. Now, 70% of all people do not live in Africa but in Europe and Asia. |
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"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS ethics)) (VP (MD should) (VP (VB use) (NP (DT the) (JJ scientific) (NN method)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB study))))))))))"
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"(NP (NP (NNS things)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ good) (CC or) (JJ bad)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (PRP$ Their) (NN work)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN used)))))"
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"(S (S (VP (VBG Understanding) (NP (NNS ethics)))) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB help) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VB decide) (SBAR (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB do))))) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP have) (NP (NNS choices)))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (JJ Many)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (I... | Understanding ethics can help people decide what to do when they have choices. Many think that doing anything or making any choice is a part of ethics. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Bourland)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN studied) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN discipline)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (NN way)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN thinking)))) (-RRB- -RRB-) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP General) (NNPS Semantics)))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ main) (NN idea)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP General) (NNPS Semant... | Bourland had studied the discipline (way of thinking) of General Semantics. The main idea of General Semantics is that people can only know what they observe and experience when they see, hear, touch, taste, smell, think, and feel, and furthermore, that what they observe and experience can affect how they observe and e... |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNP Ebola) (NN virus)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ makes) (S (NP (NNS people)) (ADJP (JJ sick))))))) (VP (VBZ lives) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN blood)) (CC and) (NP (JJ other) (NNS liquids))) (CC and) (VP (NP (JJ wet) (NNS things)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT some) (NNS kinds)) (... | The Ebola virus that makes people sick lives in the blood and other liquids and wet things in some kinds of non-human animals without killing them. Scientists think the animals it lives in are mainly some kinds of monkeys or fruit bats. When people touch animals that have the virus, or wet things that came out of those... |
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"(S (NP (PRP$ Their) (NN head) (, ,) (NN stomach) (, ,) (NNS joints) (, ,) (CC and) (NN throat)) (VP (MD might) (VP (VB hurt))) (. .))",
"(S (ADVP (RB Sometimes)) (, ,) (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP have) (NP (NP (JJ other) (NNS diseases)) (PP (IN like) (NP (NP (NN malaria)) ... | Their head, stomach, joints, and throat might hurt. Sometimes, people think they have other diseases like malaria or typhoid fever. |
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"(S (S (NP (NP (JJ Ecological) (NNS economics)) (CC and) (NP (NML (JJ human) (NN development)) (NN theory))) (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB separate) (NP (DT the) (JJ economic) (NNS questions)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NNS others)))))))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ difficult)))) (. .))",
... | Ecological economics and human development theory try to separate the economic questions from others, but it is difficult. Many people think economics is just part of ecology now, and that economics that ignores it is wrong. "Natural capital" is an example of one theory combining both. |
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"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (NN example))) (, ,) (NP (DT some) (NNS people)) (VP (VP (VBP buy) (CC and) (VBP sell) (NP (NN land))) (CC but) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADJP (JJ interested) (PP (IN in) (S (VP (VBG doing) (NP (NN anything)) (PP (IN with) (NP (PRP it))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP t... | For example, some people buy and sell land but are not interested in doing anything with it. Some people think this sort of trade is bad because the land should be used and not just treated like money. Other types of capital, such as social capital and human capital are rarely treated like financial capital. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NN addition))) (, ,) (ADVP (RB sometime)) (NP (NNS beliefs)) (VP (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB relate) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (NN religion))))) (CC but) (VP (VBP belong) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (NN culture))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (NN example))) (, ,) (S (NP (DT some) (NNS people... | In addition, sometime beliefs do not relate to the religion but belong to the culture. For example, some people pay respect to "Guān Yīn" mothergod and those followers will not consume "beef" as they believe that her father has a shape of the cow. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NNP Japan))) (, ,) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (VBP do) (RB not) (VP (VB wear) (NP (NNS shoes)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNS homes)))))) (, ,) (CC and) (S (NP (NNS floors)) (VP (VBP are) (ADVP (RB often)) (VP (VBN made) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (ADJP (RB very) (JJ soft)) (NNS materials)) (, ,) (ADJP (RB too) (... | In Japan, people do not wear shoes in homes, and floors are often made of very soft materials, too soft for shoes. In cultures where people always wear shoes, people sometimes think it is bad not to wear them. Not wearing shoes can be good for the feet, especially for children's feet. |
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"(S (NP (DT Some)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NNS people)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Finland)))) (ADVP (RB already)) (VP (VBD spoke) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN language)) (ADJP (JJ similar) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Finnish) (NN language)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN spoken... | Some think the first people in Finland already spoke a language similar to the Finnish language that is spoken today. It is known that an early form of the Finnish language was spoken in Finland in the Iron Age. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Hinduism)) (VP (VBZ says) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (CD one) (NNP God)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (MD can) (VP (VB come) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ many) (NNS forms)))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Theists)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP God)) (VP (VBD creat... | Hinduism says that there is one God who can come in many forms. Theists believe that God created everything that exists and has ever existed. In most religions, God is believed to be immortal (cannot die), and to have unlimited power. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS People)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP reject) (NP (NN belief) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (NNP God)) (CC or) (NP (DT any) (NNS deities))) (VP (VBP exist))))))))) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NNS atheists))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Agnostics)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP we)) (... | People who reject belief that God or any deities exist are called atheists. Agnostics think we cannot know for sure whether God or gods exist, but still might (or might not) believe at least one deity exists. People who believe in God but not in traditional religions are called "deists". |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS People)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP believe) (PP (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP God))) (CC but) (RB not) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ traditional) (NNS religions)))))))) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN called) (S (`` \") (NP (NNS deists))))) (. \") (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (NNS People)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP ... | People who believe in God but not in traditional religions are called "deists". People who believe that the definition of ""God"" should be defined before taking a theological position are ignostic. |
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"(S (NP (NP (NNS Arguments)) (PP (IN against) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN existence)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP God)))))) (ADVP (RB typically)) (VP (VBP include) (NP (ADJP (JJ empirical) (, ,) (JJ deductive) (, ,) (CC and) (JJ inductive)) (NNS arguments))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Conclusions)) (ADVP (RB sometimes)) (VP (VBP in... | Arguments against the existence of God typically include empirical, deductive, and inductive arguments. Conclusions sometimes include: "God does not exist" (strong atheism); "God almost certainly does not exist" ("de facto" atheism); "no one knows whether God exists" (agnosticism); "God exists, but this cannot be prove... |
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"(S (NP (ADJP (RB Well) (HYPH -) (VBN known)) (JJ Abrahamic) (NNS religions)) (VP (VBP include) (NP (NNP Judaism) (, ,) (NNP Christianity) (, ,) (CC and) (NNP Islam))) (. .))",
"(S (ADJP (JJ Monotheistic)) (VP (VBZ means) (SBAR (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS people)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT these) (NNS religions)))) (VP (V... | Well-known Abrahamic religions include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Monotheistic means the people in these religions believe there is only one God. The name of God is usually not allowed to be said in Judaism, but some Jews today call him YHWH (Yahweh) or Jehovah. |
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"(S (S (NP (NP (NNS Believers)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ Abrahamic) (NNS religions))) (-LRB- -LRB-) (PP (IN except) (NP (JJ Islamic) (NNS believers))) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP God)) (VP (VBZ has) (VP (VBN created) (NP (JJ human) (NNS beings)) (PP (IN in) (NP (PRP$ his) (NN im... | Believers in the Abrahamic religions (except Islamic believers) believe that God has created human beings in his image, but this idea is not easily understood by humankind. One artistic idea is that of an wise elder man in use since the Renaissance. |
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"(S (PP (IN Within) (NP (JJ Christian) (NN canon))) (NP (DT the) (NNP Old) (NNP Testament)) (VP (VBZ talks) (IN about) (`` \") (NP (NNP God) (NP (DT the) (NNP Father))) (, \") ('' ,) (SBAR (SBAR (IN whilst) (S (NP (DT the) (NNP New) (NNP Testament)) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN about) (NP (NP (NNP Jesus)) (, ,) (CC or) (``... | Within Christian canon the Old Testament talks about "God the Father", whilst the New Testament is about Jesus, or "God the Son". Many Christians believe that Jesus was God's incarnation on Earth. Christians consider the Holy Spirit to be God as well, the third person of God. |
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"(S (SBAR (IN Although) (S (NP (DT the) (NN word) (`` \") (NNP Trinity) ('' \")) (VP (VBZ is) (RB not) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NNP Bible)))))) (, ,) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN word)) (VP (VBN used) (PP (IN for) (NP (NNP God))) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NN chapter) (CD one)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP Genesis))))))) (VP (VBZ is... | Although the word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, the word used for God in chapter one of Genesis is actually plural, and the phrase "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit' is used in the New Testament, (e.g. Matthew 28:19). Another word that Christians believe has exactly the same meaning as "Trinity" is the w... |
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"(S (NP (NNS Christians)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP God)) (VP (VBD incarnated) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT a) (JJ human) (NN body))) (, ,) (PP (IN through) (NP (DT the) (JJ normal) (NN birth) (NN process))) (, ,) (S (VP (ADVP (RB normally)) (VP (VBG growing) (PRT (RP up)) (PP (IN into) (NP (NP (DT a) (N... | Christians believe that God incarnated in a human body, through the normal birth process, normally growing up into a man named Jesus or (Yeshua), coming to Earth specifically to give every person an opportunity of salvation from their own evil, called sin. The effect of personal evil far transcends the repercussions hu... |
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"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNPS Hindus)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN spirit)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP God)))) (VP (VBZ lives) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN everyone))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT This) (NN idea)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NP (NNP Advaita) (NNP Vedanta)) (, ,) (S... | Some Hindus also believe that the spirit of God lives in everyone. This idea is called Advaita Vedanta, which is the Hindu term for Monism. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NNP Shinto))) (, ,) (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (RB not) (NP (DT a) (JJ single) (JJ specific) (NNP God)) (, ,) (SBAR (IN as) (S (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJS most) (NNS religions))))))) (, ,) (CC but) (ADVP (RB instead)) (, ,) (NP (NP (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ wide) (NN variety)) (PP (IN of) ... | In Shinto, there is not a single specific God, as is in most religions, but instead, a wide variety of deities called "kami", they are the spirit and essence of all nature things, both animate and inanimate, even including rocks, trees and poetry, for example. As Shinto is a polytheistic religion, it is usually believe... |
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"(S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN been) (NP (JJ several) (NNS attempts) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB prove) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN existence)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP God)))) (PP (IN with) (NP (NN logic))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP Blaise) (NNP Pascal)) (VP (VBD said) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (PRP it))) (VP (V... | There have been several attempts to prove the existence of God with logic. Blaise Pascal said that it is better to believe there is a god, than to believe there isn't. This argument is known as Pascal's wager today. |
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"(S (PP (IN In) (NP (NN folklore))) (, ,) (S (NP (DT a) (NN ghost)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN considered) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN spirit)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (JJ dead) (NN person)))))))))) (CC or) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN referred) (PP (IN to)) (PP (IN as) (NP (DT the) (JJ s... | In folklore, a ghost is considered to be the spirit of a dead person or they are referred to as the supernatural by others. Scientists say that there are no real ghosts, but many people believe that there are. There a are huge amount of stories about ghosts in books and movies. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN seen) (NP (NNS ghosts))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Others)) (VP (VBP believe) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN felt) (NP (NNS ghosts)) (PP (IN near) (NP (PRP them)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (S (ADVP (RB ... | Many people believe they have seen ghosts. Others believe they have felt ghosts near them. Often the ghost is said to appear as a feeling of cold and a light or a misty cloud, but sometimes people say they have seen ghosts that look more like people. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT A) (JJ special) (NN case)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ last)))) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN wiki)) (PP (IN with) (NP (DT a) (NNP GodKing)))))) (. .))",
"(S (ADVP (RB Often)) (NP (DT this) (NN person)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB get) (S (NP (NNS others)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB believe) (SBA... | A special case of the last is in a wiki with a GodKing. Often this person can get others to believe what they say about what is right, without making any special effort to be fair to other views. |
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"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NNP René) (NNP Descartes)) (VP (VBD took) (NP (DT a) (NML (NP (NNP God) (POS 's)) (NN eye)) (NN view)) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD said) (NP (FW cogito) (FW ergo) (NN sum))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNP George) (NNP Berkeley)) (V... | Many people think René Descartes took a God's eye view when he said cogito ergo sum. George Berkeley argued that optics from Isaac Newton and Johannes Kepler also had this problem. |
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"(S (NP (NNP Google)) (VP (VBZ makes) (NP (NN money)) (PP (IN by) (NP (NN advertising)))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (NP (NNS People) (CC or) (NNS companies)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP want) (S (NP (NNS people)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB buy) (NP (PRP$ their) (NN product) (, ,) (NN service) (, ,) (CC or) (NNS ideas)))... | Google makes money by advertising. People or companies who want people to buy their product, service, or ideas give Google money, and Google shows an advertisement to people Google thinks will click on the advertisement. Google only gets money when people click on the link, so it tries to know as much about people as p... |
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"(S (NP (PRP It)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN deed)) (PP (IN by) (NP (NN government)))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ gives) (NP (DT this) (NN right)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN way)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (NP (NNS laws)) (VP (VBP describe))))))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some)) (VP (VBP t... | It is a deed by government that gives this right in the way that laws describe. Some think they have the right to hold land without government permission. This view is called libertarianism. |
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"(S (NP (DT This) (NN view)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NN libertarianism))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS Others)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB do) (PP (IN without) (NP (NN government)))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT This) (NN view)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NN an... | This view is called libertarianism. Others think they can do without government. This view is called anarchism. |
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"(S (NP (DT These)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN called) (S (NP (NP (NNS theories)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS civics))))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (NNS leaders)) (VP (MD must) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN elected) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (DT some) (NN kind)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN democracy))... | These are called theories of civics. Many people think leaders must be elected by some kind of democracy. That way, they can be replaced at election. |
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"(S (NP (NN History)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN study)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ past) (NNS events))))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NNS People)) (VP (VBP know) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (VP (VBD happened) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN past)))))) (PP (IN by) (S (VP (VBG looking) (PP (IN at) (NP (NP (NP (NNS things)) (`` \... | History is the study of past events. People know what happened in the past by looking at things "from" the past including sources (like books, newspapers, and letters) and artifacts (like pottery, tools, and human or animal remains.) Libraries, archives, and museums collect and keep these things for people to study his... |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT Some) (NNS groups)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS people)))) (ADVP (RB never)) (VP (VBD met) (NP (DT each) (JJ other))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS rulers)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNP Medieval) (NNP Europe)) (, ,) (NP (NNP Ancient) (NNP Rome)) (CC and) (NP (NNP Ancient) (NNP China))))) (DT each) (VP (... | Some groups of people never met each other. The rulers of Medieval Europe, Ancient Rome and Ancient China each thought that they ruled the only important parts of the world and that other parts were "barbarian". But they were still connected, even if they didn't realize it. |
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"(S (S (NP (DT The) (NN land)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ dry)) (PP (IN because) (IN of) (NP (ADJP (RB not) (JJ much)) (NN rain))))) (: ;) (S (NP (DT some)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (DT a) (NN desert)))) (. .))",
"(S (S (NP (DT The) (NNS explorers)) (VP (VBD thought) (SBAR (S (NP (DT no) (NNS crops)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB... | The land was dry because of not much rain; some was a desert. The explorers thought no crops could be grown and so it would be difficult for people to live there. They decided there would be no economic reasons to stay. |
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"(S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD found) (NP (NP (ADJP (JJ damaged) (CC and) (VBG dying)) (NNS societies)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (NNS people)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN lost) (NP (NP (DT some)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ their) (ADJP (RBS most) (JJ important)) (NNS leaders) (CC and) (NNS thinkers)))))))... | They found damaged and dying societies with people who had lost some of their most important leaders and thinkers. The Spaniards thought this meant they were inferior, and used this as an excuse to enslave the natives. Millions of natives died mining gold for the Spanish. |
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"(S (NP (DT A) (NN fuel) (NN cell)) (VP (VBZ combines) (NP (NN hydrogen)) (PP (IN with) (NP (DT an) (NN oxygen) (NN molecule))) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG releasing) (NP (DT an) (NN electron)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NN electricity)))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (DT these) (NNS reasons))) (, ,) (NP (JJ many) (NNS people)) (... | A fuel cell combines hydrogen with an oxygen molecule, releasing an electron as electricity. For these reasons, many people believe hydrogen power will eventually replace other synthetic fuels. |
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"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNS governments)) (VP (VP (VBP think) (SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (NN internet)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (DT a) (JJ bad) (NN thing)))))) (, ,) (CC and) (VP (VBP block) (NP (NP (DT all) (CC or) (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP it)))))) (. .))",
"(S (PP (IN For) (NP (NN example))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (JJ Chines... | Some governments think the internet is a bad thing, and block all or part of it. For example, the Chinese government thinks that Wikipedia is bad, so often no one in China can read it or add to it. Another example of the internet being blocked is in North Korea. |
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"(S (NP (NP (DT Another) (NN example)) (PP (IN of) (S (NP (DT the) (NN internet)) (VP (VBG being) (VP (VBN blocked)))))) (VP (VBZ is) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP North) (NNP Korea)))) (. .))",
"(S (NP (DT Some) (NNS parents) (CC and) (NNS schools)) (VP (VBP block) (NP (NP (NP (NNS parts)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NNP I... | Another example of the internet being blocked is in North Korea. Some parents and schools block parts of the Internet they think are bad for children to see. |
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