A lateral-thinking/logic riddle where the answer is encoded in a structural property of the options themselves rather than requiring external knowledge -- here, distinguishing Roman numerals formed by subtractive notation from those formed by simple addition of symbols.
Among the four given Roman numerals (X, II, III, IX), three (X, II, III) are formed by straightforward addition of identical/descending symbols, while IX is...
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