{
  "id": 624340,
  "title": "Is the goal to predict just the recto surfaces or all surfaces",
  "url": "/competitions/vesuvius-challenge-surface-detection/discussion/624340",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-11-16T05:03:02.907928400Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Can the host confirm if the goal of the competition is to predict the recto surfaces/horizontal fibres where the text is present or segment all surfaces?</p>\n<p>I assume based on the description that predicting the recto surfaces is the primary objective and would score more points than just segmenting all fibres.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3329288",
      "postDate": "11/16/2025 05:03:02",
      "content": "<p>Can the host confirm if the goal of the competition is to predict the recto surfaces/horizontal fibres where the text is present or segment all surfaces?</p>\n<p>I assume based on the description that predicting the recto surfaces is the primary objective and would score more points than just segmenting all fibres.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Can the host confirm if the goal of the competition is to predict the recto surfaces/horizontal fibres where the text is present or segment all surfaces?\n\nI assume based on the description that predicting the recto surfaces is the primary objective and would score more points than just segmenting all fibres.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3332823",
      "postDate": "11/17/2025 01:02:23",
      "content": "<p>It seems like it. Moreover, being able to recognize the verso is the key to getting the recto results right.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It seems like it. Moreover, being able to recognize the verso is the key to getting the recto results right.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3332823,
      "author_name": "vladimirvilchinsky",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "11/17/2025 01:02:23",
      "content": "<p>It seems like it. Moreover, being able to recognize the verso is the key to getting the recto results right.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3329288": "Can the host confirm if the goal of the competition is to predict the recto surfaces/horizontal fibres where the text is present or segment all surfaces?\n\nI assume based on the description that predicting the recto surfaces is the primary objective and would score more points than just segmenting all fibres.",
    "3332823": "It seems like it. Moreover, being able to recognize the verso is the key to getting the recto results right."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}