DLAB Visual Language Association 2

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?

Accepted Answer

A new word not yet defined — the pattern shows verbs are depicted by action pictures

Answer

Vel

Answer

Mak

Answer

Talo

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?

Accepted Answer

Two nouns

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One noun

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Three nouns

Answer

A verb and a number

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?

Accepted Answer

A weather/environmental word (e.g., 'cold' or 'winter')

Answer

A verb meaning 'to fall'

Answer

A person's name

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A number

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?

Accepted Answer

Present

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Past

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Future

Answer

Conditional

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?

Accepted Answer

Animal and woman (or 'a female animal')

Answer

Man and child

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Two children

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Man and animal

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?

Accepted Answer

Kenu is the subject, shor is the object, vel is the verb

Answer

Vel is the subject, shor is the object, kenu is the verb

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Kenu and shor are both subjects

Answer

The colors indicate tense, not grammatical role