Character Identification on Multiparty Dialogues

# Character Identification on Multiparty Dialogues
# Based on Chen et al., SemEval 2018
# Paper: https://aclanthology.org/S18-1007/
# Dataset: https://github.com/emorynlp/character-identification
#
# This task asks annotators to identify character mentions in TV show
# dialogue from Friends. Annotators highlight character mention spans
# and link them to the correct character entity.
#
# Span Labels:
# - Character Mention: A reference to a character (name, pronoun, description)
#
# Character Labels:
# - Monica, Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, Other

annotation_task_name: "Character Identification on Multiparty Dialogues"
task_dir: "."

data_files:
  - sample-data.json

item_properties:
  id_key: "id"
  text_key: "text"

output_annotation_dir: "annotation_output/"
output_annotation_format: "json"

port: 8000
server_name: localhost

annotation_schemes:
  - annotation_type: span
    name: character_mentions
    description: "Highlight all character mentions (names, pronouns, descriptions referring to characters)."
    labels:
      - "Character Mention"

  - annotation_type: radio
    name: character_identity
    description: "Which character does the primary mention refer to?"
    labels:
      - "Monica"
      - "Rachel"
      - "Ross"
      - "Chandler"
      - "Joey"
      - "Phoebe"
      - "Other"
    keyboard_shortcuts:
      "Monica": "1"
      "Rachel": "2"
      "Ross": "3"
      "Chandler": "4"
      "Joey": "5"
      "Phoebe": "6"
      "Other": "7"
    tooltips:
      "Monica": "Monica Geller - chef, organized, competitive"
      "Rachel": "Rachel Green - fashion enthusiast, waitress turned executive"
      "Ross": "Ross Geller - paleontologist, Monica's brother"
      "Chandler": "Chandler Bing - statistical analysis, sarcastic humor"
      "Joey": "Joey Tribbiani - actor, food lover"
      "Phoebe": "Phoebe Buffay - masseuse, musician, quirky"
      "Other": "A character not in the main six cast members"

annotation_instructions: |
  You will be shown a dialogue excerpt from the TV show Friends along with a scene
  description. Your task is to:
  1. Highlight all mentions of characters in the dialogue (names, pronouns, descriptions).
  2. Select which main character the primary mention refers to.

html_layout: |
  <div style="padding: 15px; max-width: 800px; margin: auto;">
    <div style="background: #fefce8; border: 1px solid #fde68a; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">
      <strong style="color: #a16207;">Scene Description:</strong>
      <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 6px 0 0 0;">{{scene_description}}</p>
    </div>
    <div style="background: #f0f9ff; border: 1px solid #bae6fd; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px;">
      <strong style="color: #0369a1;">Dialogue:</strong>
      <p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0 0 0;">{{text}}</p>
    </div>
  </div>

allow_all_users: true
instances_per_annotator: 50
annotation_per_instance: 2
allow_skip: true
skip_reason_required: false