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When reading this page, you've probably already gone a long way in learning about machine translation. Nice work!


You are reading this page, so you've already gone a long way towards good preparation of MT tasks. Nice work! There are only a couple of questions to answer before you could start your first tasks:
Our MT Talks are occasionally complemented with programming exercises. We invite you (and strongly recommend) to go beyond watching our videos and try solving some or all of these exercises. Pick a programming language from our choice, write the short program and submit it to our system for evaluation -- a set of fully automatic tests.
 
The exercises are implemented in The Code Examiner ('''CodEx''', https://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/codex-trans/).
 
'''UNFORTUNATELY, CODEX HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEWER VERSION''' but we don't have the capacity to redo our exercises in the new version. Please get in touch if you would be able to help us in porting the old exercises.
 
This page briefly describes how to use CodEx in general:


* How to get a CodEx account
* How to get a CodEx account
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* How to submit a solution for evaluation
* How to submit a solution for evaluation


You heard the word '''CodEx''' (The Code Examiner: http://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/). As you might know, all the tasks of MT talks are designed in CodEx system. This page serves as a guide for newcomers who has little to no experience with CodEx.  
The individual exercises are described both in the CodEx system, as well as on the corresponding MT talk page here.


== How to get a CodEx account ==
== How to get a CodEx account ==
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=== For non-CUNI students ===
=== For non-CUNI students ===


Please send an email to [mailto:mttalks@ufal.mff.cuni.cz?Subject=Request%20for%20CodEx%20account!%20MT%20talks&body=Hello!%0D%0A%0D%0APlease%20create%20a%20CodEx%20account%20for%20me.%20Thank%20you. Admin] to request an account. He will create the account for you.
Please send an email to [mailto:mttalks@ufal.mff.cuni.cz?Subject=Request%20for%20MT%20Talks%20CodEx%20account&body=Hello!%0D%0A%0D%0APlease%20create%20a%20CodEx%20account%20for%20me.%0D%0A%0D%0AMy%20name:%09%0D%0AInstitution:%09%0D%0A%0D%0A%20Thank%20you. mttalks@ufal.mff.cuni.cz] mentioning your name and institution to request an account. He will create the account for you and add it to '''MT talks''' CodEx group right away.
 


== How to login and join a group ==
== How to login and join a group ==
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[[File:codex-welcome-page.png|thumb|200px|'''Codex Welcome''']]
[[File:codex-welcome-page.png|thumb|200px|'''Codex Welcome''']]


Once you have your login alias/password, come back to the login page: https://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/codex-trans. After logging in, you are directed to the welcome page which displays all documentations and news that relates to your account.
Once you have your login alias/password, come back to the login page: https://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/codex-trans. After logging in, you are directed to the welcome page which displays all documentation and news related to your account.


From the welcome page, you could join all the groups that you are interested. Click the link '''group''' to open all groups available. The group represents the course that you take. When you join a group, you take all the responsibility to do the exercises which are assigned to that group.
In the left hand column, there is an internal link '''group'''. It directs to the list of all groups that you could join. When you join a group, you are responsible to do all the exercises of the group.


[[File:codex-group.png|thumb|200px|'''List of groups''']]
[[File:codex-group.png|thumb|200px|'''List of groups''']]


For the sake of MT talks, please join the group '''MT talks''' (shown in pictures: list of groups)
For MT talks exercises, please join the group '''MT talks''' if you have not done it yet (shown in picture: list of groups).
 
== How to pick an exercise, solve it and submit your solution ==


After joining a group, you are able to see all the exercises assigned to that group.
In the left-handed sidebar, under '''group -> task''', there are three options: ''specification, new submit, submits''. They mean ''read the specification, submit a new solution'' and ''manage old submissions'', respectively.


[[File:codex-submit.png|thumb|200px|'''Submit a new solution''']]
[[File:codex-eval.png|thumb|200px|'''Manage your submissions''']]


For every exercise, please read the specification carefully. You are asked to write a complete program (not just a function). You can pick any of these programming languages: ''Pascal, C, C++, C#, Haskell, Python and Java''
Your solution has to fit in one single file and process standard input to standard output.


To submit a solution, there are two ways:
* Upload from text area: You write your solution into the text box directly on the web page, select the extension according to your programming language, then submit.
* Upload from file: Simply write your solution into a file with an appropriate extension, upload and submit it.


In the evaluation process, your program is run several times with several inputs to validate the correctness. There are also built-in time and memory limits, which any sensible solution should easily meet. You will pass the exercise if your program passes a given number of these tests, we generally require to pass all the tests.


== How to pick, solve and submit solutions ==
In the left-handed sidebar, under '''group''', there are links to page '''results''' and '''bonus points''' where you can keep track of your results throughout the course.


After joining a group, you are able to see all the exercises assigned to that group. Explore a exercise by clicking on its name. There are three options: ''read the specification, submit a new solution and manage old submissions''
=== Example ===


[[File:codex-submit.png|thumb|200px|'''Submit a new solution''']]
Exercise '''Hello World!''': Your task is to write a program which reads names of people and says 'Hello' to each of them. Each input line should be turned into a greeting.
[[File:codex-eval.png|thumb|200px|'''Manage your submissions''']]
 
'''Input''': << standard input >> < sample.in
 
    John
    Marry
    Marry and Kate
 
'''Ouput''': <<standard output >>
 
    Hello John!
    Hello Marry!
    Hello Marry and Kate!
 
''' Sample solution''': Read the input file line-by-line, trim the string, concatenate the line with "Hello " and "!" then print it.
 
'''Python'''
    #!/usr/bin/env python
    import fileinput
    if __name__ == '__main__':
        for line in fileinput.input():
            print "Hello " + line.strip() + "!"
 
To test it manually, run: ./helloworld.py sample.in
 
'''Java'''
   
    import java.io.BufferedReader;
    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
    import java.io.IOException;
    public class CodEx{
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            BufferedReader br = null;
            try {
                br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                String line;
                while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                    System.out.println("Hello " + line + "!");
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }


Please read the exercise specification carefully. Your program is expected to read input from a single file '''*.in''' and write to standard output. At the end, your program are expected to pass a number of tests (default: 10 tests)
To test it manually, run: javac CodEx.java; java CodEx < sample.in


To submit a solution, there are two ways:
'''Note''': If you choose Java to be your programming language, your program must not declare any package, the main class must be "CodEx". For CodEx limitiations for other languages, please read the CodEx manual.
* Upload from text area: You write your solution into the text box, select the extension according to your programming language, then submit.  
* Upload from file: Simply write your solution into a file with an appropriate extension and submit

Latest revision as of 11:34, 23 May 2019

When reading this page, you've probably already gone a long way in learning about machine translation. Nice work!

Our MT Talks are occasionally complemented with programming exercises. We invite you (and strongly recommend) to go beyond watching our videos and try solving some or all of these exercises. Pick a programming language from our choice, write the short program and submit it to our system for evaluation -- a set of fully automatic tests.

The exercises are implemented in The Code Examiner (CodEx, https://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/codex-trans/).

UNFORTUNATELY, CODEX HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEWER VERSION but we don't have the capacity to redo our exercises in the new version. Please get in touch if you would be able to help us in porting the old exercises.

This page briefly describes how to use CodEx in general:

  • How to get a CodEx account
  • How to login to CodEx
  • How to pick a task to solve
  • How to submit a solution for evaluation

The individual exercises are described both in the CodEx system, as well as on the corresponding MT talk page here.

How to get a CodEx account

Before venturing your journey though all the tasks, you need to get an account. There are two options to obtain an account in CodEx

For CUNI students

Codex Registration CUNI students

Please access the SIS registration page: https://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/codex-trans/?module=sisregistration. You will be asked to verify your account, then click verify. If everything is fine, you could proceed to create your own account by following the instruction.

For non-CUNI students

Please send an email to mttalks@ufal.mff.cuni.cz mentioning your name and institution to request an account. He will create the account for you and add it to MT talks CodEx group right away.

How to login and join a group

Codex Welcome

Once you have your login alias/password, come back to the login page: https://codex3.ms.mff.cuni.cz/codex-trans. After logging in, you are directed to the welcome page which displays all documentation and news related to your account.

In the left hand column, there is an internal link group. It directs to the list of all groups that you could join. When you join a group, you are responsible to do all the exercises of the group.

List of groups

For MT talks exercises, please join the group MT talks if you have not done it yet (shown in picture: list of groups).

How to pick an exercise, solve it and submit your solution

After joining a group, you are able to see all the exercises assigned to that group. In the left-handed sidebar, under group -> task, there are three options: specification, new submit, submits. They mean read the specification, submit a new solution and manage old submissions, respectively.

Submit a new solution
Manage your submissions

For every exercise, please read the specification carefully. You are asked to write a complete program (not just a function). You can pick any of these programming languages: Pascal, C, C++, C#, Haskell, Python and Java

Your solution has to fit in one single file and process standard input to standard output.

To submit a solution, there are two ways:

  • Upload from text area: You write your solution into the text box directly on the web page, select the extension according to your programming language, then submit.
  • Upload from file: Simply write your solution into a file with an appropriate extension, upload and submit it.

In the evaluation process, your program is run several times with several inputs to validate the correctness. There are also built-in time and memory limits, which any sensible solution should easily meet. You will pass the exercise if your program passes a given number of these tests, we generally require to pass all the tests.

In the left-handed sidebar, under group, there are links to page results and bonus points where you can keep track of your results throughout the course.

Example

Exercise Hello World!: Your task is to write a program which reads names of people and says 'Hello' to each of them. Each input line should be turned into a greeting.

Input: << standard input >> < sample.in

   John
   Marry
   Marry and Kate

Ouput: <<standard output >>

   Hello John!
   Hello Marry!
   Hello Marry and Kate!

Sample solution: Read the input file line-by-line, trim the string, concatenate the line with "Hello " and "!" then print it.

Python

   #!/usr/bin/env python
   import fileinput
   if __name__ == '__main__':
       for line in fileinput.input():
           print "Hello " + line.strip() + "!"

To test it manually, run: ./helloworld.py sample.in

Java

   import java.io.BufferedReader;
   import java.io.InputStreamReader;
   import java.io.IOException;
   public class CodEx{
       public static void main(String[] args) {
           BufferedReader br = null;
           try {
               br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
               String line;
               while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                   System.out.println("Hello " + line + "!");
               }
           } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
           }
       }
   }

To test it manually, run: javac CodEx.java; java CodEx < sample.in

Note: If you choose Java to be your programming language, your program must not declare any package, the main class must be "CodEx". For CodEx limitiations for other languages, please read the CodEx manual.