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Formal grammar, an Uncommon card
A formal grammar is a set of symbols and the production rules for rewriting some of them into every possible string of a formal language over an alphabet.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 39,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Formal grammar quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Formal grammar card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A grammar does not describe the meaning of the ______, only their form.
Answer
strings. A grammar does not describe the meaning of the strings, only their form. From the Formal grammar article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mark Woodforde. Mark Woodforde 75 · Formal grammar 67 · Stuart Clark 64 · Biz Stone 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A grammar does not describe the meaning of the strings, only their form.
- In applied mathematics, formal language theory is the discipline that studies formal grammars and languages.
- Its applications are found in theoretical computer science, theoretical linguistics, formal semantics, mathematical logic, and other areas.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Formal grammar article was read about 39,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Formal grammar
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Formal grammar in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Biz StoneUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 50
- Eel as foodUncommon · Nature · ATK 60 DEF 51
- Evan G. GreenbergUncommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 47
- Gruffudd ap LlywelynUncommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 51
- James II of AragonUncommon · History · ATK 63 DEF 48
- Mark WoodfordeUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Formal grammar (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Epachamo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
