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split: train path: arguments-procon_org/train-* - split: test path: arguments-procon_org/test-* - config_name: arguments-pros-and-cons-1950 data_files: - split: train path: arguments-pros-and-cons-1950/train-* - split: test path: arguments-pros-and-cons-1950/test-* - config_name: arguments-pros-and-cons-2010 data_files: - split: train path: arguments-pros-and-cons-2010/train-* - split: test path: arguments-pros-and-cons-2010/test-* - config_name: arguments-room-for-debate data_files: - split: train path: arguments-room-for-debate/train-* - split: test path: arguments-room-for-debate/test-* - config_name: debates-debatabase-full data_files: - split: train path: debates-debatabase-full/train-* - split: test path: debates-debatabase-full/test-* - config_name: debates-procon_org-full data_files: - split: train path: debates-procon_org-full/train-* - split: test path: debates-procon_org-full/test-* - config_name: debates-procon_org-handful data_files: - split: train path: debates-procon_org-handful/train-* - split: test path: debates-procon_org-handful/test-* - config_name: debates-pros-and-cons-1950-full data_files: - split: train path: debates-pros-and-cons-1950-full/train-* - split: test path: debates-pros-and-cons-1950-full/test-* - config_name: debates-pros-and-cons-1950-handful data_files: - split: train path: debates-pros-and-cons-1950-handful/train-* - split: test path: debates-pros-and-cons-1950-handful/test-* - config_name: debates-pros-and-cons-2010-full data_files: - split: train path: debates-pros-and-cons-2010-full/train-* - split: test path: debates-pros-and-cons-2010-full/test-* - config_name: debates-pros-and-cons-2010-handful data_files: - split: train path: debates-pros-and-cons-2010-handful/train-* - split: test path: debates-pros-and-cons-2010-handful/test-* - config_name: debates-room-for-debate-full data_files: - split: train path: debates-room-for-debate-full/train-* - split: test path: debates-room-for-debate-full/test-* license: odc-by language: - en --- # Arguments & Debates Carefully chosen argumentative texts suitable for exercising argument mapping and logical analysis. Chosen and postprocessed from great sources that can be accessed online: - different editions of "Pros and Cons - A Debater's Handbook" - Britannica's procon.org - NYT column "Room for Debate" via I. Habernal's ARC task repo 🙏 - Debatabase by idebate.net Subset categories: - `arguments-*`: one main argument per text - `debates-*-handful`: 3-5 arguments per text - `debates-*-full`: 5+x arguments per text ## Licensing Information This **collection** is released under the **Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0** [license](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/).