--- title: Ascertain which of the following constitutes an anagram of "listen"… — Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, pal… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which of the following constitutes an anagram of "listen" bearing the meaning "quiet". Exam question 2 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 --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders Ascertain which of the following constitutes an anagram of "listen" bearing the meaning "quiet". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, anagram · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, listen, bear · **To what, where:** following constitutes, meaning This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e2:1 # text = Ascertain which of the following constitutes an anagram of "listen" bearing the meaning "quiet". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 constitutes constitute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 anagram anagram NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the following constitutes | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | a anagram *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bear** | gerund | a anagram *not said here* | the meaning | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | 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} Tinsel ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e2:o1:1 # text = Tinsel 1 Tinsel tinsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e2:o2:1 # text = Silent 1 Silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Inlets ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e2:o3:1 # text = Inlets 1 Inlets inlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Enlist ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e2:o4:1 # text = Enlist 1 Enlist enlist 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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