--- title: Which of the following words constitutes an anagram of "listen"? — Grammar puzzles, part two · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following words constitutes an anagram of "listen"? Exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Grammar puzzles, part two](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grammar puzzles, part two Which of the following words constitutes an anagram of "listen"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, constitute, listen · **To what, where:** anagram This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language 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/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e3:1 # text = Which of the following words constitutes an anagram of "listen"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 6 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 anagram anagram NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **constitute** | present | | a anagram | | | | of the following words | tree rules | | 3 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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} Linnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e3:o1:1 # text = Linnet 1 Linnet linnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Enlist ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e3:o2:1 # text = Enlist 1 Enlist enlist NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Lessen ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e3:o3:1 # text = Lessen 1 Lessen lessen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lessen** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Glisten ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e3:o4:1 # text = Glisten 1 Glisten glisten 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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