Conditional Mapping Questions

Each cell has two visible components: an anchor and a marker. The anchor's identity determines, via a fixed mapping, what value the marker takes. The rule is 'if anchor is X, marker is f(X)' applied consistently across the grid.

• Cells consistently show two components — an outer shape and an inner shape, or an anchor and a coloured dot.
• The anchor takes three distinct identities, each paired with the same marker value every time.
• Cells with the same anchor always carry the same marker.

• Nested cells with a stable inner-shape vocabulary.
• Marker colour or marker position is constant per anchor.
• Three branches (e.g. triangle→red, circle→blue, hexagon→green).

1. 1Identify the anchor and the marker.
2. 2Build a mini lookup table from the visible cells: anchor A → marker A, anchor B → marker B, anchor C → marker C.
3. 3Read the missing cell's anchor.
4. 4Apply the mapping to determine the marker.

• Confusing conditional mapping with Latin square — conditional uses a fixed map, Latin uses uniqueness.
• Three-branch mapping mistaken for two-branch — verify all three anchor identities are represented.
• Conditional Latin: the mapping itself selects which Latin applies (a harder variant).