Datasets:
blended_skill_talk

	---
	annotations_creators:
	- crowdsourced
	language_creators:
	- crowdsourced
	language:
	- en
	license:
	- unknown
	multilinguality:
	- monolingual
	size_categories:
	- 1K<n<10K
	source_datasets:
	- original
	task_categories:
	- conversational
	task_ids:
	- dialogue-generation
	paperswithcode_id: blended-skill-talk
	pretty_name: BlendedSkillTalk
	dataset_info:
	features:
	- name: personas
	sequence: string
	- name: additional_context
	dtype: string
	- name: previous_utterance
	sequence: string
	- name: context
	dtype: string
	- name: free_messages
	sequence: string
	- name: guided_messages
	sequence: string
	- name: suggestions
	sequence:
	- name: convai2
	dtype: string
	- name: empathetic_dialogues
	dtype: string
	- name: wizard_of_wikipedia
	dtype: string
	- name: guided_chosen_suggestions
	sequence: string
	- name: label_candidates
	sequence:
	sequence: string
	splits:
	- name: train
	num_bytes: 10830670
	num_examples: 4819
	- name: validation
	num_bytes: 43961447
	num_examples: 1009
	- name: test
	num_bytes: 44449895
	num_examples: 980
	download_size: 10897644
	dataset_size: 99242012
	configs:
	- config_name: default
	data_files:
	- split: train
	path: data/train-*
	- split: validation
	path: data/validation-*
	- split: test
	path: data/test-*
	---

	# Dataset Card for "blended_skill_talk"

	## Table of Contents
	- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
	- [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
	- [Supported Tasks and Leaderboards](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards)
	- [Languages](#languages)
	- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
	- [Data Instances](#data-instances)
	- [Data Fields](#data-fields)
	- [Data Splits](#data-splits)
	- [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)
	- [Contributions](#contributions)

	## Dataset Description

	- Homepage: [https://parl.ai/projects/bst/](https://parl.ai/projects/bst/)
	- Repository: [More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)
	- Paper: [Can You Put it All Together: Evaluating Conversational Agents' Ability to Blend Skills](https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08449v1)
	- Point of Contact: [More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)
	- Size of downloaded dataset files: 38.11 MB
	- Size of the generated dataset: 15.08 MB
	- Total amount of disk used: 53.17 MB

	### Dataset Summary

	A dataset of 7k conversations explicitly designed to exhibit multiple conversation modes: displaying personality, having empathy, and demonstrating knowledge.

	### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Languages

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	## Dataset Structure

	### Data Instances

	#### default

	- Size of downloaded dataset files: 38.11 MB
	- Size of the generated dataset: 15.08 MB
	- Total amount of disk used: 53.17 MB

	An example of 'train' looks as follows.
	```
	{
	'personas': ['my parents don t really speak english , but i speak italian and english.', 'i have three children.'],
	'additional_context': 'Backstreet Boys',
	'previous_utterance': ['Oh, I am a BIG fan of the Backstreet Boys! Have you ever seen them performing live?', "No,I listen to their music a lot, mainly the unbreakable which is the Backstreet Boys' sixth studio album. "],
	'context': 'wizard_of_wikipedia',
	'free_messages': ['you are very knowledgeable, do you prefer nsync or bsb?', "haha kids of this days don't know them, i'm 46 and i still enjoying them, my kids only listen k-pop", "italian?haha that's strange, i only talk english and a little spanish "],
	'guided_messages': ["i don't have a preference, they are both great. All 3 of my kids get annoyed when I listen to them though.", 'Sometimes I sing their songs in Italian, that really annoys them lol.', 'My parents barely speak English, so I was taught both. By the way, what is k-pop?'],
	'suggestions': {'convai2': ["i don't have a preference , both are pretty . do you have any hobbies ?", "do they the backstreet boys ? that's my favorite group .", 'are your kids interested in music ?'], 'empathetic_dialogues': ['I actually just discovered Imagine Dragons. I love them!', "Hahaha that just goes to show ya, age is just a umber!'", 'That would be hard! Do you now Spanish well?'], 'wizard_of_wikipedia': ['NSYNC Also had Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, sometimes called the Fat One.', 'Yes, there are a few K-Pop songs that I have heard good big in the USA. It is the most popular in South Korea and has Western elements of pop.', 'English, beleive it or not.']},
	'guided_chosen_suggestions': ['convai2', '', ''],
	'label_candidates': []}
	```

	### Data Fields

	The data fields are the same among all splits.

	#### default
	- `personas`: a `list` of `string` features.
	- `additional_context`: a `string` feature.
	- `previous_utterance`: a `list` of `string` features.
	- `context`: a `string` feature.
	- `free_messages`: a `list` of `string` features.
	- `guided_messgaes`: a `list` of `string` features.
	- `suggestions`: a dictionary feature containing:
	- `convai2`: a `string` feature.
	- `empathetic_dialogues`: a `string` feature.
	- `wizard_of_wikipedia`: a `string` feature.
	- `guided_chosen_suggestions`: a `list` of `string` features.
	- `label_candidates`: a `list` of `lists` of `string` features.

	### Data Splits

	\| name \|train\|validation\|test\|
	\|-------\|----:\|---------:\|---:\|
	\|default\| 4819\| 1009\| 980\|

	## Dataset Creation

	### Curation Rationale

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Source Data

	#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	#### Who are the source language producers?

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Annotations

	#### Annotation process

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	#### Who are the annotators?

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Personal and Sensitive Information

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	## Considerations for Using the Data

	### Social Impact of Dataset

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Discussion of Biases

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Other Known Limitations

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	## Additional Information

	### Dataset Curators

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Licensing Information

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Citation Information

	```
	@misc{smith2020evaluating,
	title={Can You Put it All Together: Evaluating Conversational Agents' Ability to Blend Skills},
	author={Eric Michael Smith and Mary Williamson and Kurt Shuster and Jason Weston and Y-Lan Boureau},
	year={2020},
	eprint={2004.08449},
	archivePrefix={arXiv},
	primaryClass={cs.CL}
	}

	```


	### Contributions

	Thanks to [@lewtun](https://github.com/lewtun), [@thomwolf](https://github.com/thomwolf), [@lhoestq](https://github.com/lhoestq), [@patrickvonplaten](https://github.com/patrickvonplaten), [@mariamabarham](https://github.com/mariamabarham) for adding this dataset.