Ice and Fire: Dataset on Sentiment, Emotions, Toxicity, Sarcasm, Hate speech, Sympathy and More in Icelandic Blog Comments

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  • Steinunn Rut Friðriksdóttir
  • Annika Simonsen
  • Atli Snær Ásmundsson
  • Guðrún Lilja Friðjónsdóttir
  • Anton Karl Ingason
  • Snæbjarnarson, Vésteinn
  • Hafsteinn Einarsson

This study introduces "Ice and Fire," a Multi-Task Learning (MTL) dataset tailored for sentiment analysis in the Icelandic language. It encompasses a wide range of linguistic tasks, including sentiment and emotion detection, as well as the identification of toxicity, hate speech, encouragement, sympathy, sarcasm/irony, and trolling. With 261 fully annotated blog comments and 1,045 comments annotated in at least one task, this contribution marks a significant step forward in the field of Icelandic natural language processing. The dataset provides a comprehensive resource for understanding the nuances of online communication in Icelandic and an interface to expand the annotation effort. Despite the challenges inherent in subjective interpretation of text, our findings highlight the positive potential of this dataset to improve text analysis techniques and encourage more inclusive online discourse in Icelandic communities. With promising baseline performances, "Ice and Fire" sets the stage for future research to enhance automated text analysis and develop sophisticated language technologies, contributing to healthier online environments and advancing Icelandic language resources.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Threat, Aggression & Cyberbullying @ LREC-COLING-2024 : [TRAC-2024 Workshop]
EditorsRitesh Kumar, Atul Kr. Ojha, Atul Kr. Ojha, Shervin Malmasi, Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, Bornini Lahiri, Siddharth Singh, Shyam Ratan
PublisherEuropean Language Resources Association (ELRA)
Publication date2024
Pages73-84
ISBN (Electronic)9782493814470
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event4th Workshop on Threat, Aggression and Cyberbullying, TRAC 2024 - Torino, Italy
Duration: 20 May 2024 → …

Conference

Conference4th Workshop on Threat, Aggression and Cyberbullying, TRAC 2024
LandItaly
ByTorino
Periode20/05/2024 → …

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Steinunn Rut Fri\u00F0riksd\u00F3ttir was supported by The Ludvig Storr Trust no. LSTORR2023-93030 and The Icelandic Language Technology Programme. Annika Simonsen was supported by The European Commission under grant agreement no. 101135671. V\u00E9steinn Sn\u00E6bjarnarson acknowledges support from the Pioneer Centre for AI, DNRF grant number P1.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 ELRA Language Resource Association.

    Research areas

  • Icelandic Language Resources, Multi-Task Learning, Sentiment Analysis

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