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game-of-life-step

codex gpt-5.5 ✓ resolved GOOD_SUCCESS ↑ View task
Solved from the instruction alone, tests/ and solution/ were withheld from the agent's workspace and restored only for grading.
Reward = tests/test.sh exit code (0 → resolved); the classification below is post-hoc and cannot change it.
Classification , post-hoc; cannot change the reward
GOOD_SUCCESSLegitimate solve, implements the asked-for behavior; tests verify real functionality.
SubtypeLegitimate Solution
EvidenceAgent passed all 6 tests: test_output_exists, test_shipped_dimensions_and_values, test_shipped_walls_preserved, test_shipped_correct, test_not_identity_copy, and test_hidden_alternates (which runs 12 hidden test cases with random boards, wall layouts, and generation counts). Agent's implementation uses correct toroidal neighbor lookup with modulo wrapping, properly excludes walls from neighbor counts, and applies Conway's survival/birth rules correctly. The solution matches the reference implementation structure exactly and produces correct evolved boards for all test cases.
Root causeAgent correctly understood and implemented the complex Game-of-Life variant with toroidal topology and permanent walls. The instruction was clear, the test suite is comprehensive and appropriate, and the agent's solution is general, not hardcoded or brittle.
RecommendationN/A - task is fine
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
22 tool calls · 2 tool types · 28 steps
I’ll inspect the existing stub and data layout first, then patch `main.py` to implement the toroidal three-state rules and run it against the provided files.
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,20p' data/grid.csv"
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,20p' data/grid.csv"
output
1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1
0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1
0,2,0,0,1,0,0,0
0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,120p' data/config.json"
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,220p' main.py"
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,120p' data/config.json"
output
{"topology": "toroidal", "generations": 3}
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,220p' main.py"
output
# Starter stub for the toroidal Game-of-Life task.
#
# It reads the starting board from data/grid.csv and the run settings from
# data/config.json, then (for now) just copies the board straight through
# to output/next.csv WITHOUT advancing any generations. Replace the body so
# it actually evolves the board the requested number of steps under the rules
# described in the task.

import csv
import json
import os

with open("data/grid.csv") as f:
    grid = [[int(x) for x in row] for row in csv.reader(f) if row]

with open("data/config.json") as f:
    config = json.load(f)

generations = int(config["generations"])  # number of steps to advance
topology = config["topology"]

# TODO: replace this passthrough with the evolved board. As written it ignores
# the rules and the generation count, so it does not produce the requested board.
next_grid = grid

os.makedirs("output", exist_ok=True)
with open("output/next.csv", "w", newline="") as f:
    csv.writer(f).writerows(next_grid)
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'find . -maxdepth 3 -type f | sort'
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'find . -maxdepth 3 -type f | sort'
output
./data/config.json
./data/grid.csv
./environment/README.md
./instruction.md
./main.py
./task.toml
The stub is a straight passthrough. I’m going to replace that section with a generation loop that treats `2` as immutable/non-counting and uses modulo arithmetic for all eight neighbor directions.
write · /var/folders/4w/8dz5qwsn6p79xjvgb6gwgs640000gn/T/eval-platform-local-h1ju7380/workspace/main.py
(empty file)
write · /var/folders/4w/8dz5qwsn6p79xjvgb6gwgs640000gn/T/eval-platform-local-h1ju7380/workspace/main.py
(empty file)
The implementation is in place. I’m running the script now and checking the generated CSV so any formatting issue shows up immediately.
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'python3 main.py'
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'python3 main.py'
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,120p' output/next.csv"
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "sed -n '1,120p' output/next.csv"
output
0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0
0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0
0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0
1,1,0,0,0,0,2,0
1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "python3 - <<'PY'
import csv
for path in ['data/grid.csv', 'output/next.csv']:
    with open(path) as f:
        rows = list(csv.reader(f))
    print(path, len(rows), 'x', len(rows[0]) if rows else 0, sorted({v for row in rows for v in row}))
PY"
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "python3 - <<'PY'
import csv
for path in ['data/grid.csv', 'output/next.csv']:
    with open(path) as f:
        rows = list(csv.reader(f))
    print(path, len(rows), 'x', len(rows[0]) if rows else 0, sorted({v for row in rows for v in row}))
PY"
output
data/grid.csv 6 x 8 ['0', '1', '2']
output/next.csv 6 x 8 ['0', '1', '2']
The script runs cleanly and wrote a 6x8 output containing only `0`, `1`, and `2`. I’m doing one final diff check to summarize exactly what changed.
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'git status --short'
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'git diff -- main.py'
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'git status --short'
output
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
shell
/bin/zsh -lc 'git diff -- main.py'
output
warning: Not a git repository. Use --no-index to compare two paths outside a working tree
usage: git diff --no-index [<options>] <path> <path>

Diff output format options
    -p, --patch           generate patch
    -s, --no-patch        suppress diff output
    -u                    generate patch
    -U, --unified[=<n>]   generate diffs with <n> lines context
    -W, --[no-]function-context
                          generate diffs with <n> lines context
    --raw                 generate the diff in raw format
    --patch-with-raw      synonym for '-p --raw'
    --patch-with-stat     synonym for '-p --stat'
    --numstat             machine friendly --stat
    --shortstat           output only the last line of --stat
    -X, --dirstat[=<param1>,<param2>...]
                          output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each sub-directory
    --cumulative          synonym for --dirstat=cumulative
    --dirstat-by-file[=<param1>,<param2>...]
                          synonym for --dirstat=files,<param1>,<param2>...
    --check               warn if changes introduce conflict markers or whitespace errors
    --summary             condensed summary such as creations, renames and mode changes
    --name-only           show only names of changed files
    --name-status         show only names and status of changed files
    --stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]
                          generate diffstat
    --stat-width <width>  generate diffstat with a given width
    --stat-name-width <width>
                          generate diffstat with a given name width
    --stat-graph-width <width>
                          generate diffstat with a given graph width
    --stat-count <count>  generate diffstat with limited lines
    --[no-]compact-summary
                          generate compact summary in diffstat
    --binary              output a binary diff that can be applied
    --[no-]full-index     show full pre- and post-image object names o
… (+5365 chars truncated)
This workspace is not a Git repository, so there isn’t a `git diff` to show. The changed file and generated output are still present in the working directory.
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "nl -ba main.py | sed -n '1,140p'"
shell
/bin/zsh -lc "nl -ba main.py | sed -n '1,140p'"
output
     1	# Starter stub for the toroidal Game-of-Life task.
     2	#
     3	# It reads the starting board from data/grid.csv and the run settings from
     4	# data/config.json, then (for now) just copies the board straight through
     5	# to output/next.csv WITHOUT advancing any generations. Replace the body so
     6	# it actually evolves the board the requested number of steps under the rules
     7	# described in the task.
     8	
     9	import csv
    10	import json
    11	import os
    12	
    13	with open("data/grid.csv") as f:
    14	    grid = [[int(x) for x in row] for row in csv.reader(f) if row]
    15	
    16	with open("data/config.json") as f:
    17	    config = json.load(f)
    18	
    19	generations = int(config["generations"])  # number of steps to advance
    20	topology = config["topology"]
    21	
    22	if topology != "toroidal":
    23	    raise ValueError(f"unsupported topology: {topology}")
    24	
    25	rows = len(grid)
    26	cols = len(grid[0]) if rows else 0
    27	directions = [
    28	    (-1, -1),
    29	    (-1, 0),
    30	    (-1, 1),
    31	    (0, -1),
    32	    (0, 1),
    33	    (1, -1),
    34	    (1, 0),
    35	    (1, 1),
    36	]
    37	
    38	current = grid
    39	for _ in range(generations):
    40	    next_grid = [[0 for _ in range(cols)] for _ in range(rows)]
    41	
    42	    for r in range(rows):
    43	        for c in range(cols):
    44	            if current[r][c] == 2:
    45	                next_grid[r][c] = 2
    46	                continue
    47	
    48	            live_neighbors = 0
    49	            for dr, dc in directions:
    50	                nr = (r + dr) % rows
    51	                nc = (c + dc) % cols
    52	                if current[nr][nc] == 1:
    53	                    live_neighbors += 1
    54	
    55	            if current[r][c] == 1:
    56	                next_grid[r][c] = 1 if live_neighbors in (2, 3) else 0
    57	            else:
    58	                next_grid[r][c] = 1 if live
… (+254 chars truncated)
Implemented the toroidal three-state Game of Life in [main.py](/var/folders/4w/8dz5qwsn6p79xjvgb6gwgs640000gn/T/eval-platform-local-h1ju7380/workspace/main.py:22). It now: - Reads `data/grid.csv` and `data/config.json` - Evolves exactly `generations` steps - Wraps neighbor lookup with modulo indexing - Keeps walls as `2` and excludes them from live-neighbor counts - Writes `output/next.csv` Verified by running: ```bash python3 main.py ``` Generated `output/next.csv` successfully with the same `6 x 8` dimensions and only `0`, `1`, `2` values.
Final diff , what the agent changed
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -19,9 +19,47 @@
generations = int(config["generations"]) # number of steps to advance
topology = config["topology"]
-# TODO: replace this passthrough with the evolved board. As written it ignores
-# the rules and the generation count, so it does not produce the requested board.
-next_grid = grid
+if topology != "toroidal":
+ raise ValueError(f"unsupported topology: {topology}")
+
+rows = len(grid)
+cols = len(grid[0]) if rows else 0
+directions = [
+ (-1, -1),
+ (-1, 0),
+ (-1, 1),
+ (0, -1),
+ (0, 1),
+ (1, -1),
+ (1, 0),
+ (1, 1),
+]
+
+current = grid
+for _ in range(generations):
+ next_grid = [[0 for _ in range(cols)] for _ in range(rows)]
+
+ for r in range(rows):
+ for c in range(cols):
+ if current[r][c] == 2:
+ next_grid[r][c] = 2
+ continue
+
+ live_neighbors = 0
+ for dr, dc in directions:
+ nr = (r + dr) % rows
+ nc = (c + dc) % cols
+ if current[nr][nc] == 1:
+ live_neighbors += 1
+
+ if current[r][c] == 1:
+ next_grid[r][c] = 1 if live_neighbors in (2, 3) else 0
+ else:
+ next_grid[r][c] = 1 if live_neighbors == 3 else 0
+
+ current = next_grid
+
+next_grid = current
os.makedirs("output", exist_ok=True)
with open("output/next.csv", "w", newline="") as f:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/output/next.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0
+0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0
+0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0
+1,1,0,0,0,0,2,0
+1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
+1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0
Verifier output , the proof behind the reward
tests/test.sh
============================= test session starts ==============================
platform darwin -- Python 3.12.4, pytest-8.4.1, pluggy-1.6.0 -- /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: <tmp>/workspace
plugins: anyio-4.12.1, respx-0.22.0, mock-3.15.1, asyncio-0.21.1
asyncio: mode=Mode.STRICT
collecting ... collected 6 items

tests/test_outputs.py::test_output_exists PASSED                         [ 16%]
tests/test_outputs.py::test_shipped_dimensions_and_values PASSED         [ 33%]
tests/test_outputs.py::test_shipped_walls_preserved PASSED               [ 50%]
tests/test_outputs.py::test_shipped_correct PASSED                       [ 66%]
tests/test_outputs.py::test_not_identity_copy PASSED                     [ 83%]
tests/test_outputs.py::test_hidden_alternates PASSED                     [100%]

============================== 6 passed in 0.29s ===============================

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_3876d629742847f9. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_3876d629742847f9 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.