Here are some words translated from an artificial language: 'kapta mose' means 'first base', 'kepta mose' means 'second base' and 'parla puk' means 'ball park'.
Which words could mean 'base ball'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → mose parla
A word that appears in two phrases stands for the English word the two meanings share.
‘kapta mose’ = first base and ‘kepta mose’ = second base: the common word is mose, so mose = base (and kapta = first, kepta = second).
In these phrases the words keep the English order, so in ‘parla puk’ = ball park, parla = ball and puk = park.
‘base ball’ is therefore mose parla.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) puk parla — Incorrect. It has no mose, so it has no word for ‘base’.
Option (2) mose kepta — Incorrect. Kepta means ‘second’, not ‘ball’.
Option (3) moto mose — Incorrect. ‘Moto’ appears in none of the given phrases, so nothing shows that it means ‘ball’.