What you need to know
This quiz will require you to use your knowledge of Python programming and the skills and concepts that have been covered in the first half of the course.
You will want to know:
- how to manipulate and work with various objects:
str,list,dict,tuple - how to write/define/use functions.
You will also need to know:
- how to work with the
nltklibrary - how to access corpora such as the
gutenbergcorpus - how to access information in lexical resources such as
wordnet
Finally, the quiz will require you to read/write information from/to a file.
How to complete the quiz
On the day of the quiz you will be provided a link to a personalized
Github repository, which you will clone to disk, following the
procedures we have established with the homework assignments. A starter
script will be provided in the Github repository, along with a
README file detailing the requirements for completing the
quiz. Read this carefully before starting. On your own computer, you
will use your development environment, following the standard coding
procedures we have been practicing for the past weeks (read/write/edit
code in the editor, save changes, run script in terminal, repeat). This
will require you to be aware of file locations, some terminal commands,
and other basics of computer science.
Additional information and submission
The quiz is open-book, open-internet, but I will be monitoring for social media use and collusion. You will have 1.5 hours to complete the challenge. Final commits to your repository will be late after this time period and marked down accordingly. Your final submission will be assessed on whether the requirements are satisfied (whether the program runs and produces the specified output) as well as the quality of the code and annotation (comments explaining how it works).