DLAB Visual Language Association 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A visual shows: [picture of running person] = 'vel', [picture of sleeping person] = 'mak', [picture of singing person] = 'talo'. A new picture shows a person eating. From the pattern (pictograph = verb), what would the eating verb be called?
- A new word not yet defined — the pattern shows verbs are depicted by action pictures (Correct answer)
- Vel
- Mak
- Talo
Correct answer: A new word not yet defined — the pattern shows verbs are depicted by action pictures
The eating verb is a new word — you can only infer it would be a verb shown by an action picture.
The visual association system maps action pictures to verb words. Running=vel, sleeping=mak, singing=talo — these are defined. A person eating is a new action not yet associated with a word. The correct answer acknowledges that the pattern allows you to predict the word would be a verb (shown by an action picture), but the specific new word is not defined. This tests understanding of what can and cannot be inferred from a given set of associations.
Question 2: Picture key: [circle] = 'one', [two circles] = 'two', [three circles] = 'three'. [Square] = noun. You see: [square][two circles]. What does this symbol string mean?
- Two nouns (Correct answer)
- One noun
- Three nouns
- A verb and a number
Correct answer: Two nouns
Square=noun, two circles=two → 'two nouns.'
The visual grammar uses two symbol systems: circles for counting (1=one, 2=two, 3=three) and squares for nouns. [Square][Two circles] = noun + two = 'two nouns'. This is a straightforward symbol combination task requiring you to look up and apply the meaning of each symbol independently and combine them.
Question 3: A picture shows three paired images: [sun→day], [moon→night], [cloud→rain]. A new image shows [snow]. By the pictographic pattern, what would [snow] likely represent?
- A weather/environmental word (e.g., 'cold' or 'winter') (Correct answer)
- A verb meaning 'to fall'
- A person's name
- A number
Correct answer: A weather/environmental word (e.g., 'cold' or 'winter')
The pattern maps weather phenomena to weather-related words; snow fits the same category.
The pictographic associations all involve natural/weather phenomena: sun=day, moon=night, cloud=rain. Snow is also a natural weather phenomenon. By analogical extension, [snow] would most likely represent a weather or environmental word (cold, winter, snow). The pattern establishes a semantic domain mapping — natural phenomena → environmental concepts. This tests semantic categorization and analogical reasoning.
Question 4: A visual shows symbol associations: [arrow pointing right] = future tense marker, [arrow pointing left] = past tense marker, [dot] = present tense marker. You see a sentence with a [dot] before it. What tense is the sentence in?
- Present (Correct answer)
- Past
- Future
- Conditional
Correct answer: Present
A dot = present tense marker, per the established visual key.
The visual key assigns tense markers to symbols: right arrow = future, left arrow = past, dot = present. A sentence preceded by a dot is marked as present tense. This tests immediate symbol-to-meaning lookup and application — a direct visual language association task.
Question 5: Image associations: [tall vertical line] = man, [shorter vertical line] = woman, [horizontal line] = child, [wavy line] = animal. You see: [wavy line] + [shorter vertical line]. What does this combination likely mean?
- Animal and woman (or 'a female animal') (Correct answer)
- Man and child
- Two children
- Man and animal
Correct answer: Animal and woman (or 'a female animal')
Wavy line = animal, shorter vertical line = woman → 'animal and woman' or 'female animal.'
The symbol key: tall vertical=man, shorter vertical=woman, horizontal=child, wavy=animal. [Wavy line] + [shorter vertical line] = animal + woman. In a pictographic system, this could mean 'the woman and the animal' or — if the combination creates a compound — 'female animal'. Both interpretations are built from the same symbol meanings. The key skill is reading the combination correctly based on the established visual vocabulary.
Question 6: A visual grammar rule uses color coding: BLUE words = subject, RED words = object, GREEN words = verb. In a sentence 'BLUE:kenu RED:shor GREEN:vel', what is the grammatical structure?
- Kenu is the subject, shor is the object, vel is the verb (Correct answer)
- Vel is the subject, shor is the object, kenu is the verb
- Kenu and shor are both subjects
- The colors indicate tense, not grammatical role
Correct answer: Kenu is the subject, shor is the object, vel is the verb
Blue=subject (kenu), red=object (shor), green=verb (vel): kenu is subject, shor is object, vel is verb.
The color-coding system: BLUE=subject, RED=object, GREEN=verb. Applying to 'BLUE:kenu RED:shor GREEN:vel': kenu=subject, shor=object, vel=verb. The sentence means 'Kenu [does] vel [to] shor' — for example, 'The dog chases the fish.' Color-coded visual grammar is a common representation in DLAB-style visual rule exercises.
DLAB Visual Language Association 2
A visual shows: [picture of running person] = 'vel', [picture of sleeping person] = 'mak', [picture of singing person] = 'talo'.
A new picture shows a person eating.
From the pattern (pictograph = verb), what would the eating verb be called?