Question 1

Artificial language decoding — select the word that could mean “houseguest”  Given translations: • morpirquat = birdhouse • beelmorpir = bluebird • beelclak = bluebell Which constructed word could stand for “houseguest”?

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Introduction / Context: Here you must deduce the stems for “house”, “bird”, and “blue”, then recombine to create “houseguest”. The point is to correctly extract the “house” morpheme and pair it with a plausible new morpheme for “guest”. Given Data / Assumptions: morpirquat = birdhouse → “morpir–” = bird, “–quat” = house. beelmorpir = bluebird → “beel–” = blue, “morpir–” = bird (confirms). beelclak = bluebell → “clak” = bell. We have no prior stem for “guest”, so a new consistent stem must be introduced. Concept / Approach: The target “houseguest” must include the “house” stem “–quat”. The remaining stem must be a fresh candidate for “guest”. Options that either use “morpir–” (bird) or “beel–/clak–” (blue/bell) will not match. Step-by-Step Solution: Extract house: “–quat”.Scan options for words containing “quat” and a new compatible stem for guest.“quathunde” = “quat” + “hunde”. The suffix/prefix split still gives house + (unknown), which is acceptable for “guest”.Exclude choices that contain stems known for bird/blue/bell. Verification / Alternative check: “quathunde” uniquely preserves the house stem and introduces a reasonable new stem for guest. The others either keep “morpir–/beel–/clak–” or omit “quat”. Why Other Options Are Wrong: morpirhunde: “birdguest”, not “houseguest”. beelmoki: “blue–(unknown)”; no house component. clakquat: “bellhouse” (nonsense for the target). beelquat: “bluehouse”, not guest. Common Pitfalls: Assuming the first part must be the modifier. In these questions, order can vary; what matters is that the correct stems appear together to express the requested compound. Final Answer: quathunde

Question 2

Artificial language decoding — select the word that could mean “aftercare”  Given translations: • relftaga = carefree • otaga = careful • fertaga = careless Which constructed word could stand for “aftercare”?

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Introduction / Context: The three examples show a clear base morpheme for “care” that accepts different prefixes to alter meaning: free of care, full of care, and lacking care. The task is to apply the same structure to form “aftercare”. Given Data / Assumptions: The common element “taga” appears in all three: relftaga, otaga, fertaga → therefore “taga” = care. Prefixes modify the concept: “relf–” (free of), “o–” (full of), “fer–” (less). We need a prefix meaning “after–”. “zen–” is the only candidate prefix offered that is not mapped yet. Concept / Approach: Maintain the discovered pattern: prefix + base. Keep “taga” intact and choose a plausible new prefix for “after”. Options that move “taga” to the front or dismantle the pattern should be rejected. Step-by-Step Solution: Fix the base: “taga” = care.Attach a new modifier prefix to express time relation: “zen–” for after → “zentaga”.Reject inversions like “tagazen” (they scramble the demonstrated affix order).Ignore options that alter the base or mix known prefixes with unrelated endings. Verification / Alternative check: All given words are of the form (prefix) + (taga). Therefore, “zentaga” best preserves the morphological template and meaning “aftercare”. Why Other Options Are Wrong: tagafer: flips the structure and also uses “fer” (less), not “after”. tagazen: violates the established prefix-base order. relffer: removes “taga” entirely; cannot mean any kind of care. otazen: combines “o–” (careful/full of care) with a stray ending; not the base “taga”. Common Pitfalls: Treating prefixes and suffixes as interchangeable. The examples clearly show “taga” as a stable base receiving modifiers on the left. Final Answer: zentaga

Question 3

Artificial language decoding — select the word that could mean “baseball”  Given translations: • aptaose = first base • eptaose = second base • lartabuk = ballpark Which constructed word could stand for “baseball”?

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Introduction / Context: We must combine the stems for “base” and “ball”. The examples give “ose” for base (from “first/second base”) and “larta” for ball (from “ballpark”). The aim is to put these together without importing unrelated morphemes like “buk” (park) or ordinal prefixes. Given Data / Assumptions: aptaose = first base → “ose” = base. eptaose = second base → confirms “ose”. lartabuk = ballpark → “larta” = ball; “buk” = park. Concept / Approach: Construct “baseball” by combining the base stem and the ball stem: “ose” + “larta”. Order is immaterial in many artificial-language items, but the option list offers an exact concatenation “oselarta”. We avoid “buk” since that means park, not part of baseball. Step-by-Step Solution: Extract “ose” = base and “larta” = ball.Concatenate to form target: “oselarta”.Check that no extraneous morphemes like “buk” (park) are included. Verification / Alternative check: “oselarta” maps cleanly to “base” + “ball”. Any inclusion of “buk” would shift meaning toward “park”, and ordinal prefixes like “apta/epta” are not part of the target concept. Why Other Options Are Wrong: buklarta: “park-ball” → ballpark, not baseball. oseepta: “base-second”, which is just “second base”. bukose: “park-base”, not baseball. lartaapta: “ball-first”, irrelevant to baseball as a noun. Common Pitfalls: Dragging along modifiers (first/second) or locations (park) that are not part of the requested compound. Stick to the exact stems needed. Final Answer: oselarta

Question 4

Artificial language decoding — select the word that could mean “someplace”  Given translations: • krekinblaf = workforce • dritakrekin = groundwork • krekinalti = workplace Which constructed word could stand for “someplace”?

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Introduction / Context: The goal is to isolate the morpheme for “place” and then attach a plausible determiner meaning “some”. We observe consistent stems around work (krekin), ground (drita), force (blaf), and place (alti). The best answer should end with the “place” stem while using a new, sensible stem for “some”. Given Data / Assumptions: krekinblaf = workforce → “krekin” = work; “blaf” = force. dritakrekin = groundwork → confirms “krekin” = work; “drita” = ground. krekinalti = workplace → “alti” = place. No explicit stem for “some” appears; a new determiner-like stem is acceptable. Concept / Approach: Since “alti” clearly means place, any word that means a kind of place should retain “alti”. The most plausible formation for “someplace” is (some) + (place). Among the choices, “moropalti” is the only candidate that (a) contains “alti/–palti” as the place element and (b) introduces a fresh stem “moro–” that can serve as “some”. Step-by-Step Solution: Lock “alti” as the place morpheme.Scan options for endings that preserve “alti” or a straightforward variant like “–palti” (acceptable in artificial language puzzles).Identify “moropalti” as (moro–) + (alti) → “someplace”.Eliminate options that combine “alti” with mapped stems for ground/work/force or that omit “alti”. Verification / Alternative check: Other choices misuse known morphemes: “dritaalti” would be “groundplace”, not “someplace”; “altiblaf” reverses to “placeforce”, which is nonsensical for the target; options with “krekin” mean work-related places, not an indefinite place. Why Other Options Are Wrong: krekindrita: “workground”, unrelated. altiblaf: “placeforce”, mismatched semantics. dritaalti: “groundplace”, not an indefinite “someplace”. krekinmalti: “work–(m)alti”, still work-oriented, not “some”. Common Pitfalls: Overfitting known morphemes (work/ground) to the new concept. The safest rule is to keep the correct head morpheme (place) and allow a new, reasonable modifier. Final Answer: moropalti

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