DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Comprehensive Rule Application Questions and Answers 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You are given the following rules for a fictional language:
1. Sentence structure is Subject-Adjective-Verb-Object.
2. Adjectives are formed from a root plus a suffix.
3. The suffix is '-os' if the Object is animate (living) and '-et' if the Object is inanimate (non-living).
Given the words: 'puer' (the boy), 'malum' (the apple), 'rub' (root for red), 'edit' (eats). How would you say 'The boy eats the red apple'?
- puer rubet edit malum (Correct answer)
- puer rubos edit malum
- puer edit rubet malum
- malum rubet edit puer
Correct answer: puer rubet edit malum
The correct answer follows all rules. The structure is Subject ('puer') - Adjective ('rubet') - Verb ('edit') - Object ('malum'). The adjective modifies the object, 'malum' (the apple), which is inanimate. Therefore, the adjective root 'rub' must take the inanimate suffix '-et', becoming 'rubet'.
Question 2: In a new language, you learn these rules:
1. To make a noun plural, add the prefix 'li-'.
2. To make a noun definite ('the'), add a suffix that harmonizes with the last vowel of the noun's root.
3. If the root's last vowel is 'a' or 'o', the suffix is '-ka'.
4. If the root's last vowel is 'e' or 'i', the suffix is '-ke'.
Given 'piksi' (dog), how would you say 'the dogs'?
- piksike
- li-piksike (Correct answer)
- li-piksika
- piksike-li
Correct answer: li-piksike
Two rules must be applied. First, to make 'piksi' plural, the prefix 'li-' is added, creating 'li-piksi'. Second, to make it definite, a suffix is needed. Based on the vowel harmony rule, since the last vowel of 'piksi' is 'i', the correct suffix is '-ke'. Combining these transformations results in 'li-piksike'.
Question 3: Analyze the following translated sentences:
- 'Toma poko videt.' means 'The boy sees the dog.'
- 'Poku Toma videt.' means 'The dog sees the boy.'
- 'Fela poko amat.' means 'The girl loves the dog.'
Based on these examples, how would you most likely say 'The dog loves the girl'?
- Fela poku amat.
- Poka fela amat.
- Poka felu amat. (Correct answer)
- Felu poka amat.
Correct answer: Poka felu amat.
From the examples, you can deduce that the subject (the one performing the action) ends in '-a', while the object (receiving the action) ends in '-u'. The verb comes last. In 'The dog loves the girl', the dog is the subject and the girl is the object. Therefore, 'pok' (dog) becomes 'poka', and 'fel' (girl) becomes 'felu'. The sentence is 'Poka felu amat.'
Question 4: You are given a set of grammatical rules:
1. The standard word order is Subject-Verb-Adverb.
2. All verbs must end with the suffix '-im'.
3. Negation is shown by adding the prefix 'no-' to the verb.
4. Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix '-ly' to a root and they always follow the verb.
Given 'run' (verb root) and 'rap' (adverb root for 'quick'), which of the following sentences is grammatically INCORRECT?
- He walkim.
- She no-jumpim.
- They runim rap-ly.
- He rap-ly runim. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: He rap-ly runim.
The rules explicitly state that the word order is Subject-Verb-Adverb. The sentence 'He rap-ly runim' violates this rule by placing the adverb ('rap-ly') before the verb ('runim'). The other sentences correctly follow the given rules for sentence structure, verb formation, and negation.
Question 5: In a constructed language, verbs are conjugated by applying both a prefix for tense and a suffix for person.
- Tense prefixes: 'ba-' for present, 'bi-' for past.
- Person suffixes: '-en' for 'I', '-es' for 'you', '-et' for 'he/she/it'.
Given the verb root 'voc' (to speak), how would you correctly say 'You spoke'?
- ba-voc-es
- bi-voc-en
- bi-voc-es (Correct answer)
- ba-voc-et
Correct answer: bi-voc-es
The phrase 'You spoke' requires the past tense and the 'you' person. The rule for past tense is the prefix 'bi-'. The rule for the 'you' person is the suffix '-es'. Applying both of these to the verb root 'voc' results in the correct form 'bi-voc-es'.
Question 6: The grammar of an artificial language has the following rules:
1. Nouns are classified as either 'round' (ending in '-o') or 'flat' (ending in '-i').
2. Adjectives must agree with the noun's classification by taking the same final vowel.
3. The word order is strictly Noun followed by any Adjectives.
Given the words: 'diski' (plate, a flat object), 'blu' (blue), and 'larj' (large), which is the correct phrase for 'the large blue plate'?
- diski larjo bluo
- diski larji blui (Correct answer)
- larji blui diski
- blui diski larji
Correct answer: diski larji blui
The noun 'plate' is 'diski', which ends in '-i' and is therefore a 'flat' object. According to the agreement rule, both adjectives ('large' and 'blue') must also end in '-i', becoming 'larji' and 'blui'. The word order rule states the noun comes first, followed by the adjectives. Thus, the correct phrase is 'diski larji blui'.
