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  "id": 322848,
  "title": "Can we pseudo-label test data?",
  "url": "/competitions/unifesp-x-ray-body-part-classifier/discussion/322848",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-05-04T04:49:19.418948400Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Thank you for this interesting competiton!<br>\nWe are learning a lot from this comp.</p>\n<p>I wonder that we can use test dataset to train models.<br>\nFor example, pseudo labeling and using test dataset to train models is a really common way to improve score.</p>\n<p>However, the rule mentions that</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Annotating the test set is prohibited.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This includes pseudo-labelling? or prohibits just hand-labelling?</p>\n<p>I am looking forward to your reply, thank you!</p>",
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    {
      "id": "1776614",
      "postDate": "05/04/2022 04:49:19",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for this interesting competiton!<br>\nWe are learning a lot from this comp.</p>\n<p>I wonder that we can use test dataset to train models.<br>\nFor example, pseudo labeling and using test dataset to train models is a really common way to improve score.</p>\n<p>However, the rule mentions that</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Annotating the test set is prohibited.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This includes pseudo-labelling? or prohibits just hand-labelling?</p>\n<p>I am looking forward to your reply, thank you!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for this interesting competiton!\nWe are learning a lot from this comp.\n\nI wonder that we can use test dataset to train models.\nFor example, pseudo labeling and using test dataset to train models is a really common way to improve score.\n\nHowever, the rule mentions that\n> Annotating the test set is prohibited.\n\nThis includes pseudo-labelling? or prohibits just hand-labelling?\n\nI am looking forward to your reply, thank you!",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "1779390",
      "postDate": "05/06/2022 11:33:57",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for your question, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/yosukeyama\" target=\"_blank\">@yosukeyama</a>. Yes, you can pseudo-label the data. Just manual annotation is prohibited.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for your question, @yosukeyama. Yes, you can pseudo-label the data. Just manual annotation is prohibited.",
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    {
      "id": "1780020",
      "postDate": "05/07/2022 03:05:35",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for your reply! So, we still have a lot of work to do!!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your reply! So, we still have a lot of work to do!!",
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  "comments": [
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      "id": 1779390,
      "author_name": "felipekitamura",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/06/2022 11:33:57",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for your question, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/yosukeyama\" target=\"_blank\">@yosukeyama</a>. Yes, you can pseudo-label the data. Just manual annotation is prohibited.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1780020,
          "author_name": "yosukeyama",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/07/2022 03:05:35",
          "content": "<p>Thank you for your reply! So, we still have a lot of work to do!!</p>",
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  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1776614": "Thank you for this interesting competiton!\nWe are learning a lot from this comp.\n\nI wonder that we can use test dataset to train models.\nFor example, pseudo labeling and using test dataset to train models is a really common way to improve score.\n\nHowever, the rule mentions that\n> Annotating the test set is prohibited.\n\nThis includes pseudo-labelling? or prohibits just hand-labelling?\n\nI am looking forward to your reply, thank you!",
    "1779390": "Thanks for your question, @yosukeyama. Yes, you can pseudo-label the data. Just manual annotation is prohibited.",
    "1780020": "Thank you for your reply! So, we still have a lot of work to do!!"
  },
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}