From phma@phma.optus.nu Thu Aug 27 04:11:27 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mgct1-0000Oh-Gz for llg-members@lojban.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:27 -0700 Received: from chausie ([71.75.215.96]) by cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090827111116587.PLEN17593@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:11:16 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD79D0 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:11:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: Motion: Lojban Certification Program Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:11:12 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <925d17560908261436r7364022dn735a98e5851cc7f9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <925d17560908261436r7364022dn735a98e5851cc7f9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200908270711.14068.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-archive-position: 756 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On Wednesday 26 August 2009 17:36:00 Jorge Llambías wrote: > On 8/26/09, Matt Arnold wrote: > So as a friendly amendment I suggest that the tests should not be > mainly or even at all about translation. I second the amendment. I got a reply from d'Armond Speers about the Klingon tests. They are entirely written, and there are three levels. The questions are held in a database, and questions are picked at random when a test is generated for someone. Several of us know how to write databases with web or other front ends. So I propose an amendment: Test questions shall be held in a database. Questions shall be grouped into groups of n questions, of which m shall appear on one generated test, and a group may have a paragraph or story preceding the questions. (Usually m=n or m=1. Often n=1.) Each question group has an author and a reviewer; each individual question has a list of people who have taken a test with that question on it. Instead of the pajni rolling a die, a computer program shall generate a test consisting of questions that the testee has not seen, authored, or reviewed. Pierre