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---
annotations_creators:
- other
language_creators:
- other
language:
- en
multilinguality:
- monolingual
pretty_name: tldr_news
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
source_datasets:
- original
task_categories:
- summarization
- text2text-generation
- text-generation
task_ids:
- news-articles-headline-generation
- text-simplification
- language-modeling
---
# Dataset Card for `tldr_news`
## Table of Contents
- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
- [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
- [Supported Tasks](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards)
- [Languages](#languages)
- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
- [Data Instances](#data-instances)
- [Data Fields](#data-instances)
- [Data Splits](#data-instances)
- [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation)
- [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale)
- [Source Data](#source-data)
- [Annotations](#annotations)
- [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information)
- [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
- [Social Impact of Dataset](#social-impact-of-dataset)
- [Discussion of Biases](#discussion-of-biases)
- [Other Known Limitations](#other-known-limitations)
- [Additional Information](#additional-information)
- [Dataset Curators](#dataset-curators)
- [Licensing Information](#licensing-information)
- [Citation Information](#citation-information)
## Dataset Description
- **Homepage:** https://tldr.tech/newsletter
### Dataset Summary
The `tldr_news` dataset was constructed by collecting a daily tech newsletter (available
[here](https://tldr.tech/newsletter)). Then, for every piece of news, the `headline` and its corresponding `
content` were extracted.
Also, the newsletter contain different sections. We add this extra information to every piece of news.
Such a dataset can be used to train a model to generate a headline from a input piece of text.
### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards
There is no official supported tasks nor leaderboard for this dataset. However, it could be used for the following
tasks:
- summarization
- headline generation
### Languages
en
## Dataset Structure
### Data Instances
A data point comprises a "headline" and its corresponding "content".
An example is as follows:
```
{
"headline": "Cana Unveils Molecular Beverage Printer, a ‘Netflix for Drinks’ That Can Make Nearly Any Type of Beverage ",
"content": "Cana has unveiled a drink machine that can synthesize almost any drink. The machine uses a cartridge that contains flavor compounds that can be combined to create the flavor of nearly any type of drink. It is about the size of a toaster and could potentially save people from throwing hundreds of containers away every month by allowing people to create whatever drinks they want at home. Around $30 million was spent building Cana’s proprietary hardware platform and chemistry system. Cana plans to start full production of the device and will release pricing by the end of February.",
"category": "Science and Futuristic Technology"
}
```
### Data Fields
- `headline (str)`: the piece of news' headline
- `content (str)`: the piece of news
- `category (str)`: newsletter section
### Data Splits
- `all`: all existing daily newsletters available [here](https://tldr.tech/newsletter).
## Dataset Creation
### Curation Rationale
This dataset was obtained by scrapping the collecting all the existing newsletter
available [here](https://tldr.tech/newsletter).
Every single newsletter was then processed to extract all the different pieces of news. Then for every collected piece
of news the headline and the news content were extracted.
### Source Data
#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization
The dataset was has been collected from https://tldr.tech/newsletter.
In order to clean up the samples and to construct a dataset better suited for headline generation we have applied a
couple of normalization steps:
1. The headlines initially contain an estimated read time in parentheses; we stripped this information from the
headline.
2. Some news are sponsored and thus do not belong to any newsletter section. We create an additional category "Sponsor"
for such samples.
#### Who are the source language producers?
The people (or person) behind the https://tldr.tech/ newsletter.
### Annotations
#### Annotation process
Disclaimers: The dataset was generated from a daily newsletter. The author had no intention for those newsletters to be
used as such.
#### Who are the annotators?
The newsletters were written by the people behind *TLDR tech*.
### Personal and Sensitive Information
[Needs More Information]
## Considerations for Using the Data
### Social Impact of Dataset
[Needs More Information]
### Discussion of Biases
This dataset only contains tech news. A model trained on such a dataset might not be able to generalize to other domain.
### Other Known Limitations
[Needs More Information]
## Additional Information
### Dataset Curators
The dataset was obtained by collecting newsletters from this website: https://tldr.tech/newsletter
### Contributions
Thanks to [@JulesBelveze](https://github.com/JulesBelveze) for adding this dataset.