--- title: It is given that in a word ladder exactly one letter may be altered… — Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, pal… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that in a word ladder exactly one letter may be altered at each step. Select the sequence that complies. Exam question 3 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 --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders It is given that in a word ladder exactly one letter may be altered at each step. Select the sequence that complies. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sequence · **What happens:** give, alter, select, comply · **To what, where:** It, one letter, word ladder, sequence This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that in a word ladder exactly one letter may be altered at each step. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e3:1 # text = It is given that in a word ladder exactly one letter may be altered at each step. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 9 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **alter** | may · passive | | one letter | | a word ladder | | at each step | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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. *Sentence 2:* Select the sequence that complies. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e3:2 # text = Select the sequence that complies. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 complies comply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sequence | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme | | 2 | **comply** | present | the sequence | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} cold, cord, card, ward, warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e3:o1:1 # text = cold, cord, card, ward, warm 1 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} cold, card, ward, warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e3:o2:1 # text = cold, card, ward, warm 1 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} cold, cord, ward, warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e3:o3:1 # text = cold, cord, ward, warm 1 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} cold, word, warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders:e3:o4:1 # text = cold, word, warm 1 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 appos _ _ ``` 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, pal…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/e2/) - next →: [Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, pal…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/e4/) - ↑ back to [Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/)