--- title: Identify the term for a word or sentence that reads identically forw… — Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, pal… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the term for a word or sentence that reads identically forwards and backwards. Exam question 1 of lesson 56 «Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, pal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders Identify the term for a word or sentence that reads identically forwards and backwards. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sentence · **What happens:** identify, read · **To what, where:** term This is exam question 1 of lesson 56 «Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e1:1 # text = Identify the term for a word or sentence that reads identically forwards and backwards. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 identically identically ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term | | | | for a word or sentence | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme | | 2 | **read** | present | sentence | | | | | forwards, identically *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A pangram ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e1:o1:1 # text = A pangram 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pangram pangram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} An anagram ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e1:o2:1 # text = An anagram 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 anagram anagram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A palindrome ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e1:o3:1 # text = A palindrome 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 palindrome palindrome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A spoonerism ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e1:o4:1 # text = A spoonerism 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spoonerism spoonerism NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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