NACLO 2011 Problems and Solutions

Round 1

• Round 1 Booklet
• Round 1 Solution Booklet
• List of Qualifiers

Round 2

• Round 2 Booklet
• Round 2 Solution Booklet
• Scores

Individual Problems and Solutions

• Running on MT   (Solution)
• Mix up on the Farm   (Solution)
• The War of the Dots   (Solution)
• Double or Quit in Caterpilllar Country   (Solution)
• BrokEnglish!   (Solution)
• Tiger Tale   (Solution)
• Ulwa Possessives   (Solution)
• COunting in Irish   (Solution)
• A Large Spoon is Enough   (Solution)
• Axolotl in the Water   (Solution)
• A Script for the Ndyuka   (Solution)
• Swallow the Salt   (Solution)
• Word Salad   (Solution)
• Stopping and Flapping in Warlpiri   (Solution)

Press Releases

IOL Press Release

NACLO has published this press release) on the performance of the US Team in the International Linguistic Olympiad.

Winners Press Release

On 29 May 2011, the NACLO published a press release announcing this year's winners.

Best Solutions

The best solutions for NACLO 2011 as decided by the jury are as follows:

• H - Mohan Yin (1069)
• I - Lily Chen (3)
• J - Duligur Ibeling (7)
• K - Daniel Mitropolsky (696)
• L - Wesley Jones (445)
• M - Jessica Morrise (416)
• N - Zixiao Wang (563)

Program Committee

• Dragomir Radev, Unversity of Michigan (co-chair)
• Patrick Littell, University of British Columbia (co-chair)
• Adam Hesterberg, Princeton University
• Aleka Blackwell, Middle Tennessee State University
• Alexander Iriza, Princeton University
• Amy Troyani, Taylor Allderdice High School
• Anatole Gershman, Carnegie Mellon University
• Ani Nenkova, University of Pennsylvania
• Barbara Partee, University of Massachusetts
• Ben Sklaroff, University of California at Berkeley
• Ben Snyder, University of Wisconsin
• Boris Iomdin, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Bozhidar Bozhanov, University of London
• Catherine Sheard, Yale University
• Chris Davis, University of Texas, Dallas
• David Mortensen, University of Pittsburgh
• Dick Hudson, University College London
• Dominique Estival
• Eric Breck, Rhodes College
• Emily Bender, University of Washington
• Eugene Fink, Carnegie Mellon University
• Harold Somers, Dublin City University, Ireland
• Ivan Derzhanski, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University
• Jason Eisner, Johns Hopkins University
• Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University
• John Berman, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
• Jorge Hankamer, University of California at Santa Cruz
• Joshua Katz, Princeton University
• Julia Hockenmeier, University of Illinois
• Karuvannur Mohanan, National University of Singapore
• Kate Taralova, Carnegie Mellon University
• Lori Levin, Carnegie Mellon University
• Mary Laughren
• Nathan Schneider, Carnegie Mellon University
• Rebecca Jacobs, University of Chicago
• Richard Sproat, Oregon Health and Science University
• Richard Wicentowski, Swarthmore College
• Scott Mackie, University of British Columbia
• Steven Bird, University of Melbourne
• Susanne Verdemo, Eastern Michigan University
• Xiaojin "Jerry" Zhu, University of Wisconsin

Organizing Committee

• James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University (co-chair)
• Lori Levin, Carnegie Mellon University (co-chair)
• Adam Hesterberg, Princeton University
• Aleka Blackwell, Middle Tennessee State University
• Amy Troyani, Taylor Allderdice High School
• David Mortensen, University of Pittsburgh
• Eugene Fink, Carnegie Mellon University
• Josh Falk, Stanford University
• Julia Workman
• Ketty Gann, Boeing
• Mary Jo Bensasi, Carnegie Mellon University
• Susanne Verdemo, Eastern Michigan University
• Yilu Zhou, George Washington University