praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Since the canons of criticism are highly susceptible to interpretation, and at times even contradict each other, they may be employed to justify a result that fits the textual critic's aesthetic or theological agenda. Starting in the 19th century, scholars sought more rigorous methods to guide editorial judgment. Best-text editing (a complete rejection of eclecticism) became one extreme. Stemmatics and copy-text editing – while both eclectic, in that they permit the editor to select readings from multiple sources – sought to reduce subjectivity by establishing one or a few witnesses presumably as being favored by "objective" criteria.[citation needed] The citing of sources used, and alternate readings, and the use of original text and images helps readers and other critics determine to an extent the depth of research of the critic, and to independently verify their work.

question: When did scientists begin searching for a more defined guideline for textual criticism? 

answer: 19th century

question: What inclusion helps readers and critics understand the motivation behind the compiler? 

answer: The citing of sources used, and alternate readings, and the use of original text and images

question: What is a further benefit of including sources, texts and original images in a critique? 

answer: the depth of research of the critic

question: Is textual criticism immune to bias on the part of the critic? 

answer: justify a result that fits the textual critic's aesthetic or theological agenda
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Stemmatics, stemmology or stemmatology is a rigorous approach to textual criticism. Karl Lachmann (1793–1851) greatly contributed to making this method famous, even though he did not invent it. The method takes its name from the word stemma. The Ancient Greek word στέμματα and its loanword in classical Latin stemmata may refer to "family trees". This specific meaning shows the relationships of the surviving witnesses (the first known example of such a stemma, albeit with the name, dates from 1827). The family tree is also referred to as a cladogram. The method works from the principle that "community of error implies community of origin." That is, if two witnesses have a number of errors in common, it may be presumed that they were derived from a common intermediate source, called a hyparchetype. Relations between the lost intermediates are determined by the same process, placing all extant manuscripts in a family tree or stemma codicum descended from a single archetype. The process of constructing the stemma is called recension, or the Latin recensio.

question: What is stemmatics? 

answer: a rigorous approach to textual criticism

question: What is a cladogram? 

answer: The family tree is also referred to as a cladogram.

question: What is implied when two witnesses have a number of errors in common? 

answer: it may be presumed that they were derived from a common intermediate source

question: What is a hyparchetype? 

answer: a common intermediate source

question: What is recension? 

answer: The process of constructing the stemma
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: The process of selectio resembles eclectic textual criticism, but applied to a restricted set of hypothetical hyparchetypes. The steps of examinatio and emendatio resemble copy-text editing. In fact, the other techniques can be seen as special cases of stemmatics in which a rigorous family history of the text cannot be determined but only approximated. If it seems that one manuscript is by far the best text, then copy text editing is appropriate, and if it seems that a group of manuscripts are good, then eclecticism on that group would be proper.

question: Which steps most closely resembles copy-text editing? 

answer: examinatio and emendatio

question: What process is best used when only one manuscript is viable? 

answer: copy text editing

question: What process is best used when there are a number of viable manuscripts available? 

answer: eclecticism
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: The critic Joseph Bédier (1864–1938) launched a particularly withering attack on stemmatics in 1928. He surveyed editions of medieval French texts that were produced with the stemmatic method, and found that textual critics tended overwhelmingly to produce trees divided into just two branches. He concluded that this outcome was unlikely to have occurred by chance, and that therefore, the method was tending to produce bipartite stemmas regardless of the actual history of the witnesses. He suspected that editors tended to favor trees with two branches, as this would maximize the opportunities for editorial judgment (as there would be no third branch to "break the tie" whenever the witnesses disagreed). He also noted that, for many works, more than one reasonable stemma could be postulated, suggesting that the method was not as rigorous or as scientific as its proponents had claimed.

question: What was Joseph Bédier's main criticism of the stemmatic method? 

answer: critics tended overwhelmingly to produce trees divided into just two branches.

question: Why is a methos that only produces two branches seen as inferior? 

answer: the method was tending to produce bipartite stemmas regardless of the actual history of the witnesses.

question: To what did Joseph Bédier attribute the prevalence of the stemmatic method? 

answer: editors tended to favor trees with two branches

question: Why would editors only want two alternative branches when analyzing a text? 

answer: this would maximize the opportunities for editorial judgment

question: What was the final implication of Joseph Bédier's analysis of the stemmatic method? 

answer: the method was not as rigorous or as scientific as its proponents had claimed.
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: The stemmatic method's final step is emendatio, also sometimes referred to as "conjectural emendation." But in fact, the critic employs conjecture at every step of the process. Some of the method's rules that are designed to reduce the exercise of editorial judgment do not necessarily produce the correct result. For example, where there are more than two witnesses at the same level of the tree, normally the critic will select the dominant reading. However, it may be no more than fortuitous that more witnesses have survived that present a particular reading. A plausible reading that occurs less often may, nevertheless, be the correct one.

question: What is the last step in the stemmatic method? 

answer: emendatio

question: At what point can a critic using the stemmatic become less concerned with critical analysis? 

answer: the critic employs conjecture at every step of the process

question: Why may the dominant reading may be the weaker reading? 

answer: , it may be no more than fortuitous that more witnesses have survived that present a particular reading
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: The bibliographer Ronald B. McKerrow introduced the term copy-text in his 1904 edition of the works of Thomas Nashe, defining it as "the text used in each particular case as the basis of mine." McKerrow was aware of the limitations of the stemmatic method, and believed it was more prudent to choose one particular text that was thought to be particularly reliable, and then to emend it only where the text was obviously corrupt. The French critic Joseph Bédier likewise became disenchanted with the stemmatic method, and concluded that the editor should choose the best available text, and emend it as little as possible.

question: When was the term copy-text introduced? 

answer: 1904

question: What was the initial definition of copy-text? 

answer: the text used in each particular case as the basis of mine

question: Explain the process used by McKerrow as an alternative to the stemmaic method 

answer: choose one particular text that was thought to be particularly reliable, and then to emend it only where the text was obviously corrupt.
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: By 1939, in his Prolegomena for the Oxford Shakespeare, McKerrow had changed his mind about this approach, as he feared that a later edition – even if it contained authorial corrections – would "deviate more widely than the earliest print from the author's original manuscript." He therefore concluded that the correct procedure would be "produced by using the earliest "good" print as copy-text and inserting into it, from the first edition which contains them, such corrections as appear to us to be derived from the author." But, fearing the arbitrary exercise of editorial judgment, McKerrow stated that, having concluded that a later edition had substantive revisions attributable to the author, "we must accept all the alterations of that edition, saving any which seem obvious blunders or misprints."

question: Why did McKerrow alter his previous method of criticism? 

answer: deviate more widely than the earliest print from the author's original manuscript."

question: How did McKerrow alter his approach to copy-text analysis? 

answer: inserting into it, from the first edition which contains them, such corrections as appear to us to be derived from the author."

question: What did McKerrow concede about his new copy-text method? 

answer: we must accept all the alterations of that edition, saving any which seem obvious blunders or misprints

question: What work was the first to see McKerrow use his new method? 

answer: Prolegomena for the Oxford Shakespeare
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Although Greg argued that an editor should be free to use his judgment to choose between competing substantive readings, he suggested that an editor should defer to the copy-text when "the claims of two readings ... appear to be exactly balanced. ... In such a case, while there can be no logical reason for giving preference to the copy-text, in practice, if there is no reason for altering its reading, the obvious thing seems to be to let it stand." The "exactly balanced" variants are said to be indifferent.

question: Are there times when an editor's judgement should be deferred? 

answer: the claims of two readings ... appear to be exactly balanced

question: What should one do when two readings are contradictory but balanced? 

answer: if there is no reason for altering its reading, the obvious thing seems to be to let it stand.

question: What do editors call variants that are exactly balanced? 

answer: indifferent
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Whereas Greg had limited his illustrative examples to English Renaissance drama, where his expertise lay, Bowers argued that the rationale was "the most workable editorial principle yet contrived to produce a critical text that is authoritative in the maximum of its details whether the author be Shakespeare, Dryden, Fielding, Nathaniel Hawthorne, or Stephen Crane. The principle is sound without regard for the literary period." For works where an author's manuscript survived – a case Greg had not considered – Bowers concluded that the manuscript should generally serve as copy-text. Citing the example of Nathaniel Hawthorne, he noted:

question: Is the idea formed by Greg limited to a specific time period? 

answer: The principle is sound without regard for the literary period.

question: What will an editor do in the case where an author's work was not wiped out? 

answer: the manuscript should generally serve as copy-text

question: What where the limitations of Greg's analyses? 

answer: English Renaissance drama

question: What is the main criticism of Greg's work? 

answer: works where an author's manuscript survived
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: McKerrow had articulated textual criticism's goal in terms of "our ideal of an author's fair copy of his work in its final state". Bowers asserted that editions founded on Greg's method would "represent the nearest approximation in every respect of the author's final intentions." Bowers stated similarly that the editor's task is to "approximate as nearly as possible an inferential authorial fair copy." Tanselle notes that, "Textual criticism ... has generally been undertaken with a view to reconstructing, as accurately as possible, the text finally intended by the author".

question: What are editors trying to ultimately accomplish? 

answer: our ideal of an author's fair copy of his work in its final state

question: If an editor can't achieve an exact reproduction of an authors work, what should be the goal? 

answer: approximate as nearly as possible an inferential authorial fair copy

question: What did Bower's say about Greg's method? 

answer: represent the nearest approximation in every respect of the author's final intentions

question: What did Tanselle say about textual criticism? 

answer: has generally been undertaken with a view to reconstructing, as accurately as possible, the text finally intended by the author
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Bowers and Tanselle argue for rejecting textual variants that an author inserted at the suggestion of others. Bowers said that his edition of Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie, presented "the author's final and uninfluenced artistic intentions." In his writings, Tanselle refers to "unconstrained authorial intention" or "an author's uninfluenced intentions." This marks a departure from Greg, who had merely suggested that the editor inquire whether a later reading "is one that the author can reasonably be supposed to have substituted for the former", not implying any further inquiry as to why the author had made the change.

question: Who argued against works where the author listens to input from others? 

answer: Bowers and Tanselle

question: Who wanted to determine why an author made changes to a work? 

answer: Tanselle

question: Does Greg believe a later work can be substituted for a earlier one? 

answer: a later reading "is one that the author can reasonably be supposed to have substituted for the former

question: What idea did Tanselle champion? 

answer: unconstrained authorial intention
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Bowers confronted a similar problem in his edition of Maggie. Crane originally printed the novel privately in 1893. To secure commercial publication in 1896, Crane agreed to remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions. Bowers's approach was to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896, but to revert to the 1893 readings where he believed that Crane was fulfilling the publisher's intention rather than his own. There were, however, intermediate cases that could reasonably have been attributed to either intention, and some of Bowers's choices came under fire – both as to his judgment, and as to the wisdom of conflating readings from the two different versions of Maggie.

question: What alterations did Crane make to secure commercial publication? 

answer: remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions

question: What was Bower's first step in editing multiple works into a single product? 

answer: to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896

question: What was Bower's second step in editing multiple works into a single product? 

answer: to revert to the 1893 readings where he believed that Crane was fulfilling the publisher's intention rather than his own

question: What was one of the criticisms Bowers faced after editing Maggie? 

answer: his judgment

question: I what year was Maggie printed for commercial use? 

answer: 1896

question: What was the first step Bowers took in editing a single work with two versions? 

answer: to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896,

question: What was the second step Bowers took in editing a single work with two versions? 

answer: to revert to the 1893 readings where he believed that Crane was fulfilling the publisher's intention

question: What changes were made for the commercial publication of Maggie? 

answer: to remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions

question: When was Maggie first published? 

answer: 1893
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Some critics believe that a clear-text edition gives the edited text too great a prominence, relegating textual variants to appendices that are difficult to use, and suggesting a greater sense of certainty about the established text than it deserves. As Shillingsburg notes, "English scholarly editions have tended to use notes at the foot of the text page, indicating, tacitly, a greater modesty about the "established" text and drawing attention more forcibly to at least some of the alternative forms of the text".

question: Are appendices easy to use for the average reader? 

answer: appendices that are difficult to use,

question: Can a reader be certain of the validity of information found in a clear-text edition? 

answer: suggesting a greater sense of certainty about the established text than it deserves

question: How do most editors work around the reference problems of clear-text editing? 

answer: notes at the foot of the text page

question: Where can a reader find more information on text variants after noticing a footnote? 

answer: appendices
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Cladistics is a technique borrowed from biology, where it was originally named phylogenetic systematics by Willi Hennig. In biology, the technique is used to determine the evolutionary relationships between different species. In its application in textual criticism, the text of a number of different manuscripts is entered into a computer, which records all the differences between them. The manuscripts are then grouped according to their shared characteristics. The difference between cladistics and more traditional forms of statistical analysis is that, rather than simply arranging the manuscripts into rough groupings according to their overall similarity, cladistics assumes that they are part of a branching family tree and uses that assumption to derive relationships between them. This makes it more like an automated approach to stemmatics. However, where there is a difference, the computer does not attempt to decide which reading is closer to the original text, and so does not indicate which branch of the tree is the "root"—which manuscript tradition is closest to the original. Other types of evidence must be used for that purpose.

question: What is the biological basis for Cladistics? 

answer: to determine the evolutionary relationships between different species

question: How is evolution applied to textual criticism? 

answer: manuscripts are then grouped according to their shared characteristics

question: How is cladistics similar to the stemmatic method? 

answer: cladistics assumes that they are part of a branching family tree

question: What is the main difference between cladistics and stemmatics? 

answer: does not indicate which branch of the tree is the "root"
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: Although some earlier unpublished studies had been prepared, not until the early 1970s was true textual criticism applied to the Book of Mormon. At that time BYU Professor Ellis Rasmussen and his associates were asked by the LDS Church to begin preparation for a new edition of the Holy Scriptures. One aspect of that effort entailed digitizing the text and preparing appropriate footnotes, another aspect required establishing the most dependable text. To that latter end, Stanley R. Larson (a Rasmussen graduate student) set about applying modern text critical standards to the manuscripts and early editions of the Book of Mormon as his thesis project – which he completed in 1974. To that end, Larson carefully examined the Original Manuscript (the one dictated by Joseph Smith to his scribes) and the Printer’s Manuscript (the copy Oliver Cowdery prepared for the Printer in 1829–1830), and compared them with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions of the Book of Mormon to determine what sort of changes had occurred over time and to make judgments as to which readings were the most original. Larson proceeded to publish a useful set of well-argued articles on the phenomena which he had discovered. Many of his observations were included as improvements in the 1981 LDS edition of the Book of Mormon.

question: When did textual criticism applied to the Book of Mormon? 

answer: the early 1970s

question: What was one portion of preparing a new edition of the Holy Scriptures? 

answer: digitizing the text and preparing appropriate footnotes

question: How was the most reliable version of the Holy Scriptures determined? 

answer: applying modern text critical standards to the manuscripts

question: When did Larson finish his project? 

answer: 1974

question: Whose observations were included in the 1981 publication of the Book of Mormon? 

answer: Larson
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: By 1979, with the establishment of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) as a California non-profit research institution, an effort led by Robert F. Smith began to take full account of Larson’s work and to publish a Critical Text of the Book of Mormon. Thus was born the FARMS Critical Text Project which published the first volume of the 3-volume Book of Mormon Critical Text in 1984. The third volume of that first edition was published in 1987, but was already being superseded by a second, revised edition of the entire work, greatly aided through the advice and assistance of then Yale doctoral candidate Grant Hardy, Dr. Gordon C. Thomasson, Professor John W. Welch (the head of FARMS), Professor Royal Skousen, and others too numerous to mention here. However, these were merely preliminary steps to a far more exacting and all-encompassing project.

question: What is FARMS? 

answer: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies

question: Who spearheaded the Critical Text of the Book of Mormon project? 

answer: Robert F. Smith

question: How many years did it take to publish all three volumes of the Book of Mormon Critical Text? 

answer: the first volume of the 3-volume Book of Mormon Critical Text in 1984. The third volume of that first edition was published in 1987

question: Was the third volume of the first edition deemed sufficient? 

answer: The third volume of that first edition was published in 1987, but was already being superseded by a second, revised edition of the entire work

question: Who is the head of FARMS? 

answer: Professor John W. Welch
Title: Textual_criticism
Context: In 1988, with that preliminary phase of the project completed, Professor Skousen took over as editor and head of the FARMS Critical Text of the Book of Mormon Project and proceeded to gather still scattered fragments of the Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon and to have advanced photographic techniques applied to obtain fine readings from otherwise unreadable pages and fragments. He also closely examined the Printer’s Manuscript (owned by the Community of Christ—RLDS Church in Independence, Missouri) for differences in types of ink or pencil, in order to determine when and by whom they were made. He also collated the various editions of the Book of Mormon down to the present to see what sorts of changes have been made through time.

question: When was phase one completed? 

answer: 1988

question: Who took over after the preliminary phase? 

answer: Professor Skousen

question: Why did Professor Skousen gather fragments and have them analyzed? 

answer: to obtain fine readings

question: What process what used to study the gathered fragments? 

answer: advanced photographic techniques

question: On what did Skousen analyze ink and pencil remnants? 

answer: Printer’s Manuscript