Welsh Synonyms

Learn new words in Welsh and practice your vocabulary. You will be shown random word. Your task is to provide their synonyms, i.e. different words with the same meaning. The words are divided into four Welsh language levels. Please use the slider to change the level. There are two game modes: practice and test. Please use the radio buttons to change the mode.

• Click on HINT to see synonym suggestions from the Welsh WordNet.
• Click on TRANSLATE to access an English translation.
• Click on SUBMIT to submit your answers.
• Click on NEXT to move onto the next round.
• Click on EXIT to end the game session.

Application

The application is written using MEAN stack (http://meanjs.org/)

Demo is accessible on https://datainnovation.cardiff.ac.uk/welshsynonyms/

Set Up

The following will install the npm packages according to the configuration:

npm install

Node.js version 16 or lower is required to run the application.

Development server/Run the application locally

Run npm start for a dev frontend server and node server.js for backend server from separate consoles. Navigate to http://localhost:4202/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Build

The following will build the production version of the applicaion:

npm run build

The following will run the production version of the application:

node server.js

Mongodb connection

MongoDB is used to store and access the Welsh WordNet.

There are two mongodb databases used, both are provided in mongodb folder, and should be initiliased before the application is running.

wordNetWelsh database contains the Welsh WordNet.

welshWordsLists database contains lists of Welsh Words for the game.

You can initialise those databases using the following commands:

mongorestore --db wordNetWelsh <path_to_wordNetWelsh_BSON>
mongorestore --db welshWordsLists <path_to_welshWordsLists_BSON>

Environment Variables

To make use of the mongoDB connection, you need to provide mongoDB user settings in .env file in the source directory.

The variables required:

• WORDNET_USER: Name of a user with access to wordNetWelsh database.
• WORDNET_PASSWORD: Password of a user with access to wordNetWelsh database.
• WELSHWORDSLISTS_USER: Name of a user with access to welshWordsLists database.
• WELSHWORDSLISTS_PASSWORD: Password of a user with access to welshWordsLists database.

Difficulty settings

Difficulty settings are enabled by default, and words are acquired from lists of Welsh words based on difficulty.

To disable the difficulty settings and acquire the words from a predefined list of Welsh words, several files need to be adjusted:

• src/app/app.component.html: comment code marked by "DIFFICULTY SETTING SLIDER"
• src/app/game/game.component.html: comment code marked by "DIFFICULTY SETTING SLIDER"
• src/app/game-advanced/game-advanced.component.html: comment code marked by "DIFFICULTY SETTING SLIDER"
• src/app/game/game.component.ts/: comment function marked by "//WITH DIFFICULTY SETTING" and uncomment function marked by "//WITHOUT DIFFICULTY SETTING"
• src/app/game-advanced/game-advanced.component.ts/: comment function marked by "//WITH DIFFICULTY SETTING" and uncomment function marked by "//WITHOUT DIFFICULTY SETTING"

Authors

• Maxim Filimonov
• Irena Spasić

Contact Information

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the authors on GitHub