Diagram

[maryadkins]

I like that general takeaway! Good job.

[burqin]

I actually found this game manageable once I set up two frames in order to get G and H on the diagram:

1. "”G
"”H
"”"”

2. "”"”
"”G
"”H

Question 14 was a bit of an orientation question in disguise (each of the first four choices directly violates one of the constraints), and the others allow us to plug new conditionals into our frames, which constrains the remaining letters enough to be able to deal with them.

In other words, I think this is one of those rare cases where framing is pretty much the only way to handle the game systematically.

That's awesome that you found a way to solve this game more easily. However, I'd need to hear more about this to be convinced that this is really very different than not framing it. The frames you wrote out don't have anything written in other than the placement of the GH chunk. What more can you infer? Frames are truly frames if a whole cascade of inferences flows from each side (or at least one) of the "division."

Tell me more...

Frame 1: Ma (M at the aisle). Ma→Kw. Violating the condition about I & M. So let’s cross out the frame.
seat\row 1 2 3
window K L I
aisle G H M

Frame 2: Ma→Kw→M3. So this frame is impossible.
seat\row 1 2 3
window L
aisle M G H

Frame 3: This is the first possible frame.
seat\row 1 2 3
window I L K
aisle G H M

Frame 4: Mw, Kw
seat\row 1 2 3
window K I M
aisle G H L

Frame 5: Mw, Kw
seat\row 1 2 3
window I/L K M
aisle G H L/I

Frame 6: Mw, Kw
seat\row 1 2 3
window K L/I M
aisle L/I G H

Frame 7: Mw, Kw. Violating the condition about I & M. So let’s cross out the frame.
seat\row 1 2 3
window K M
aisle G H

Frame 8: Mw, Ka
seat\row 1 2 3
window I M/L L/M
aisle G H K

Frame 9: Mw, Ka
seat\row 1 2 3
window I/M/L
aisle K G H

Hence all possible frames are exhausted. The only and complete list of 6 options which survive are Frame 3,4,5,6,8,9. It seems convoluted but in fact very simple and visual.