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1) Overview |
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This task requires the annotators to give their judgements on whether a tweet is offensive or not. Please note that the data contains offensive or sensitive content, including profanity and racial slurs. |
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Steps |
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There are 3 steps to complete this task - |
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In the first step, the annotators mark the tweet as being offensive or not offensive. |
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If the tweet is offensive then the annotators need to tell if the offense is targeted towards somebody or something or it is not targeted. |
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If the offense is targeted then the annotators also need to tell who it is targeted against. |
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Rules & Tips |
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Please rate the tweet according to whether it is offensive generally or to the target, not whether you are personally offended by it. |
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Sub-task A: Offensive or not |
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In this sub-task we are interested in the identification of offensive posts and posts containing any form of (untargeted) profanity. In this sub-task there are 2 categories in which the tweet could be classified - |
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Not Offensive - This post does not contain offense or profanity. Non-offensive posts do not include any form of offense or profanity. |
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Offensive - This post contains offensive language or a targeted (veiled or direct) offense. In our annotation, we label a post as offensive if it contains any form of non-acceptable language (profanity) or a targeted offense which can be veiled or direct. To sum up this category includes insults, threats, and posts containing profane language and swear words. |
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Sub-task B: Offense types |
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In this sub-task we are interested in categorizing offenses. Only posts containing offenses are included in sub-task B. In this sub-task, annotators need to label from one of the following categories - |
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Targeted Insult - A post containing an insult or a threat to an individual, group, or others; |
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Untargeted - A post containing non-targeted profanity and swearing. |
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Posts containing general profanity are not targeted but they contain non-acceptable language. On the other hand, insults and threats are targeted at an individual or group. |
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Sub-task C: Offense target |
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Finally, in sub-task C we are interested in the target of offenses. Only posts which are either insults or threats are included in this sub-task. The three categories included in sub-task C are the following: |
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Individual - The target of the offensive post is an individual: a famous person, named individual or an unnamed person interacting in the conversation. |
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Group - The target of the offensive post is a group of people considered as a unity due to the same ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, political affiliation, religious belief, or something else. |
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Other – The target of the offensive post does not belong to any of the previous two categories (e.g. an organization, a situation, an event, or an issue). |
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All possible label combinations across all the sub-tasks are as below: |
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Not offensive |
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Offensive, Untargeted |
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Offensive, Targeted Insult, (Individual | Group | Other) |
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2) Examples |
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Sub-task A: Offensive language identification |
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Some of the examples include: |
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@thecomeback @JABItalia Fuck @APrecourt - Offensive |
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Hey @LIRR , you are disgusting. Offensive |
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A true American literary icon. #PhilipRoth will be missed. - Not offensive |
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Sub-task B: Automatic categorization of offense types |
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Some of the examples include: |
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@thecomeback @JABItalia Fuck @APrecourt - Offensive Untargeted |
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I mean I'm dating to get fucking attention - Offensive Untargeted |
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Hey @LIRR , you are disgusting. Offensive, Targeted Insult |
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@BreFields1 @jonesebonee18 fuck you lol - Offensive, Targeted Insult |
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@karlsantix You are a complete knob! It's ppl like you who are messing up this country - Offensive, Targeted Insult |
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If I pull up to yo crib and you offer me cockroach milk you getting yo ass beaten - Offensive, Targeted Insult |
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@Top_Sergeant Assuming liberals are unarmed would be a grave mistake by the deplorables. - Offensive, Targeted Insult |
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Sub-task C: Offense target identification |
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Some of the examples include: |
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Hey @LIRR , you are disgusting. - Offensive, Targeted Insult, Other |
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@BreFields1 @jonesebonee18 fuck you lol - Offensive, Targeted Insult, Individual |
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@karlsantix You are a complete knob! It's ppl like you who are messing up this country - Offensive, Targeted Insult, Individual |
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If I pull up to yo crib and you offer me cockroach milk you getting yo ass beaten - Offensive, Targeted Threat, Individual |
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@Top_Sergeant Assuming liberals are unarmed would be a grave mistake by the deplorables. - Offensive, Targeted Insult, Group |
