Form: Core Knowledge Confusions Scale, CKCS

1 – Only metaphorically true
2 – More metaphorically true than literally
3 – Both, something in between
4 – More literally true than metaphorically
5 – Only literally true
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4
5
1
Rock lives long.
2
Bad drawing is a scribble.
3
Force lives in the universe.
4
Good memory is a mine.
5
Force aims to influence.
6
Earth wants water.
7
Rainless weather is dry.
8
Planets know things.
9
The sky hears the thunder.
10
Flowers want light.
11
Howling wind is a flute.
12
Plants know the seasons.
13
Home knows its residents.
14
Furniture wants a home.
15
Flowing water is liquid.
16
House knows its history.
17
Mind touches the other
18
Distressed person is a prisoner.
19
A plan lives in the nature.
20
Fear poisons man.

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