Bodovanje kategorije općeg znanja izgleda kao da će rezultat biti neriješen.

Bodovanje comes from bod (point) and means scoring, awarding points, or the point-counting process.

In this sentence, bodovanje kategorije općeg znanja means something like:

• the scoring of the general knowledge category
• the point tally for the general knowledge category

So it refers to the process or result of assigning/counting points in that category.

Because bodovanje is followed by the genitive case to show what is being scored.

So:

• kategorija = category (nominative)
• kategorije = of the category (genitive)

That is why:

• bodovanje kategorije = the scoring of the category

This is very common in Croatian: a verbal noun like bodovanje, otvaranje, zatvaranje, ocjenjivanje often takes a noun in the genitive.

Because they belong to the phrase kategorije općeg znanja = the category of general knowledge.

Here is the structure:

• kategorije = of the category
• općeg znanja = of general knowledge

And inside that smaller phrase:

• opće znanje = general knowledge
• in the genitive, it becomes općeg znanja

So both words change because the whole phrase is in a genitive relationship.

Because opće znanje is a fixed expression meaning general knowledge.

So the sentence is talking about:

• a category
• specifically, the general knowledge category

That gives:

• kategorija općeg znanja = general knowledge category
• literally: category of general knowledge

If you said opća kategorija znanja, that would mean something more like a general category of knowledge, which is a different idea.

The subject is the whole noun phrase:

Bodovanje kategorije općeg znanja

That entire phrase is grammatically singular, so the verb is singular too:

• izgleda = looks / seems

So literally:

• The scoring of the general knowledge category looks/seems...

Because the subject is singular.

Even though there are several words before the verb, the head noun is bodovanje, and that is singular.

Compare:

• Bodovanje izgleda... = The scoring seems...
• Rezultati izgledaju... = The results seem...

So Croatian agrees with the main noun, not with the total number of words in the phrase.

Izgleda kao da means it looks as if, it seems as though, or it looks like.

This is a very common Croatian pattern:

• Izgleda kao da kasni. = It looks like he/she is late.
• Izgleda kao da će padati kiša. = It looks as if it will rain.

In your sentence:

• izgleda kao da će rezultat biti neriješen
• it looks as if the result will be a draw / tied

Because kao da is a set expression meaning as if / as though.

Then the clause after it has its own verb structure:

• će biti = will be

So:

• kao da će rezultat biti neriješen
• as if the result will be a draw

This is normal Croatian syntax:

• izgleda kao da + clause

Croatian future tense is often made with:

• ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će
  • infinitive

Here the verb is biti (to be), so:

• će biti = will be

The subject is rezultat, but će itself does not change form for gender or number here. It is simply the 3rd person singular future auxiliary.

So:

• rezultat će biti neriješen = the result will be tied / will be a draw

Because rezultat is the subject of the clause će rezultat biti neriješen.

Subjects are normally in the nominative case, so:

• rezultat = nominative singular

You would use another case only if the grammar required it. Here it does not.

Neriješen literally means unresolved, undecided, or not decided.

In the context of results, games, competitions, quizzes, and scores, it often means:

• tied
• drawn
• a draw

So rezultat će biti neriješen means:

• the result will be a draw
• the result will be tied

Because neriješen agrees with rezultat.

• rezultat is masculine singular
• so the adjective is also masculine singular: neriješen

Compare:

• rezultat je neriješen = masculine singular
• utakmica je neriješena = feminine singular
• stanje je neriješeno = neuter singular

So the ending depends on the noun being described.

Yes. It is an adjective used predicatively, after biti.

So the structure is:

• rezultat = noun
• biti = to be
• neriješen = adjective

Literally:

• the result will be unresolved/undecided

In good English, that usually becomes:

• the result will be a draw
• the result will be tied

Yes. In many sentences, izgleda is best translated as seems rather than looks.

So this sentence could be understood as:

• The scoring in the general knowledge category seems to indicate that the result will be a draw.

Even though the literal meaning is looks, the natural English meaning is often seems.

Not completely. Croatian word order is flexible, though some versions sound more natural than others.

Original:

• Bodovanje kategorije općeg znanja izgleda kao da će rezultat biti neriješen.

You could also say:

• Izgleda kao da će rezultat bodovanja kategorije općeg znanja biti neriješen.

That changes the focus slightly, but the meaning stays close.

Croatian often uses word order to highlight emphasis, but the original version is perfectly understandable.

Yes, it sounds somewhat formal or written, especially because of bodovanje.

In everyday speech, someone might say something simpler depending on context, for example:

• Izgleda da će biti neriješeno. = It looks like it’ll be a draw.
• Po bodovima izgleda neriješeno. = By the points, it looks tied.

But your sentence is still good Croatian, especially in a quiz, game, or competition context.

Sometimes yes, but the nuance changes slightly.

Compare:

• Izgleda kao da će rezultat biti neriješen.
• Izgleda da će rezultat biti neriješen.

Both can mean It looks/seems like the result will be a draw.

Very roughly:

• izgleda da = it seems that
• izgleda kao da = it looks as if / it seems as though

The version with kao da can sound a little more vivid or image-based, but in many contexts the difference is small.