Question
This language’s very large tagsets and orthographic ambiguity pose significant problems when using conventional natural language processing algorithms on this language. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this language, whose script is the most common right-to-left script used in the world. This language’s Darija dialect is spoken in Morocco, and its Egyptian dialect is this language’s most widespread.
ANSWER: Arabic [or al-‘arabiyya]
[10h] Arabic is also difficult to learn for humans. One reason is the existence of the “broken” type of this property that usually involves changing vowels within the word and is contrasted with its “sound” type.
ANSWER: plural [accept jamʿ taksīr or jamʿ sālim]
[10m] The fuṣḥa (“FOOS-hah”) variety of Arabic is this type of language that is often artificially imposed by governmental institutions. Fuṣḥa, however, is assigned this role because it is most similar to the language of the Qur’an.
ANSWER: standard language [or standardized language; accept standard Arabic or standardized Arabic; accept Modern Standard Arabic or MSA; accept classical Arabic or CA; prompt on official language; reject “national language”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 10 | 13.00 | 100% | 30% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 10.83 | 92% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 100% | 11% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 13% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 22% | 0% |
Data
| Chicago A | WashU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago B | Notre Dame C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois D | Notre Dame B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WashU B | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Iowa A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern B | Illinois C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame A | Northwestern A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Purdue B | Iowa B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Purdue C | SIUE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |