NACLO 2022

By year, we completed the following problems in the Yale Linguistics NACLO coaching sessions:

Session 1 (2022-10-16)

ProblemTypePointsMedian completion1My rating2
2017R1A A Little TshilubaPhrase translation578.12%Easy
2015R1G Zoink!Semantics15100.00%Easy
2018R2J It’s True: The Truth About Chalcatongo MixtecPhrase translation1072.00%Easy+
2019R2K Two Róngs Don't Make a RightWriting system1014.71%Medium+
2017R1B Phở BarPhrase translation1570.00%Hard-
2018R1B The Pame GameNumber system + Language change20N/AHard
2016R1C The Curious Case of EstonianMorphology10(?)N/AMedium

Session 2 (2022-11-06)

ProblemTypePointsMedian completionMy rating
2016R2O Don't Sell the House!Phrase translation10(?)N/AMedium
2014R1C Levenshtein’s Fine SignsComputational1533.33%Easy
2014R2N Hungarian RocksSemantics52.00%Hard
2018R1H N'ko, M'kayWriting system15N/AEasy+
IOL2009Q2Morphology20N/AHard+
2018R1F A Match Made in VietnamMorphology15N/AMedium+
2012R1H Waorani NumbersNumber system1075.00%Easy+
2019R1F HarmongoliaMorphology1041.37%Medium

Session 3 (2022-11-27)

ProblemTypePointsMedian completionMy rating
2016R1D That's an order!Phrase translation + Semantics15(?)N/AMedium+
2018R1D Intergalactic GrammarsComputational5N/AEasy+
2016R2N What happened at the chess tournament?Phrase translation10(?)N/AMedium+
2018R2K Sri Lankan NamesWriting system1042.86%Medium+
2010R2O Possessed in VanuatuPhrase translation15N/AMedium+
2017R2Q Pluses and MinusesNumber system15N/AMedium+
2018R2Q Better Left UnsaidMorphology + Phonology1073.08%Easy+

Session 4 (2023-01-22)

ProblemTypePointsMedian completionMy rating
2019R1E Hate It or Lopit100.00%
2018R1G By the Same Token10N/A
2018R2I A Menya Puzzle1521.74%
2011R2K A Script for the Ndyuka2016.00%
2017R2L The Goat, the Mother, and the Wardrobe15N/A
2019R1C Here is One Hand2016.67%
2016R2M Sound Judgments10(?)N/A

Footnotes

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  2. I gauge the difficulty myself but I'm bad at this.