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Free dialogue requires checking that the response actually changes a valid game state."},{"id":"variants","title":"Variants","body":"### Variants and applications\n\n<a id=\"family-language-variants\"></a>\n\n- Answer to the question. Signal: Meaning or acceptable answer option. Application: Play a quiz, answer riddles, take an oral exam. Access level: Recognition. <a id=\"variant-mic-049\"></a>\n- Word chains. Signal: Words, categories, letters and connections. Application: Play cities, associations, listing category objects. Access level: Recognition. <a id=\"variant-mic-050\"></a>\n- Forbidden words. Signal: Presence of specified words and expressions. Application: Explain an object without words from a list or pass a conversational trap. Access level: Recognition. <a id=\"variant-mic-051\"></a>\n- The spoken formula. Cue: The order of words or syllables. Application: Conjure passwords, collect spells from studied parts. 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