{
  "id": 100278,
  "title": "Can someone please explain about the \"PredictionString\" column in the dataset",
  "url": "/competitions/open-images-2019-instance-segmentation/discussion/100278",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-07-17T15:31:35.148773800Z",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi, I'm very much new to the computer vision oriented competition. To the point, I was looking through the sample file available in this competition and got struck with this. \n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1567784%2F27d04191121949688283b6dcbaea841e%2FScreenshot%20(5\" alt=\"\">.png?generation=1563377351836239&amp;alt=media)\nWhat are those lengthy strings in the PredictionString column, is that important, if so how do I create that in my submission file.\nSorry if my question is stupid.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "578309",
      "postDate": "07/17/2019 15:31:35",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I'm very much new to the computer vision oriented competition. To the point, I was looking through the sample file available in this competition and got struck with this. \n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1567784%2F27d04191121949688283b6dcbaea841e%2FScreenshot%20(5\" alt=\"\">.png?generation=1563377351836239&amp;alt=media)\nWhat are those lengthy strings in the PredictionString column, is that important, if so how do I create that in my submission file.\nSorry if my question is stupid.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I'm very much new to the computer vision oriented competition. To the point, I was looking through the sample file available in this competition and got struck with this. \n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1567784%2F27d04191121949688283b6dcbaea841e%2FScreenshot%20(5).png?generation=1563377351836239&amp;alt=media)\nWhat are those lengthy strings in the PredictionString column, is that important, if so how do I create that in my submission file.\nSorry if my question is stupid.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "579467",
      "postDate": "07/18/2019 21:16:08",
      "content": "<p>You can find <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-instance-segmentation/overview/evaluation\">here instructions on how to construct the submission file</a> including a code snippet on how to generate the <code>EncodedMask</code> part of the <code>PredictionString</code>.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You can find [here instructions on how to construct the submission file](https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-instance-segmentation/overview/evaluation) including a code snippet on how to generate the `EncodedMask` part of the `PredictionString`.",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 579467,
      "author_name": "benenson",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/18/2019 21:16:08",
      "content": "<p>You can find <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-instance-segmentation/overview/evaluation\">here instructions on how to construct the submission file</a> including a code snippet on how to generate the <code>EncodedMask</code> part of the <code>PredictionString</code>.</p>",
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    }
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    "578309": "Hi, I'm very much new to the computer vision oriented competition. To the point, I was looking through the sample file available in this competition and got struck with this. \n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1567784%2F27d04191121949688283b6dcbaea841e%2FScreenshot%20(5).png?generation=1563377351836239&amp;alt=media)\nWhat are those lengthy strings in the PredictionString column, is that important, if so how do I create that in my submission file.\nSorry if my question is stupid.",
    "579467": "You can find [here instructions on how to construct the submission file](https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-instance-segmentation/overview/evaluation) including a code snippet on how to generate the `EncodedMask` part of the `PredictionString`."
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