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ReCAM - Reading Comprehension of Abstract Meaning

Multiple-choice cloze-style reading comprehension requiring understanding of abstract concepts, based on SemEval-2021 Task 4 (Zheng et al.). Annotators select the best word to fill a blank in a passage from five abstract-concept options.

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Configuration Fileconfig.yaml

This Potato config reproduces the annotation task. Save it as config.yaml and run potato start config.yaml to try it.

yaml
# ReCAM - Reading Comprehension of Abstract Meaning
# Based on Zheng et al., SemEval 2021
# Paper: https://aclanthology.org/2021.semeval-1.4/
# Dataset: https://github.com/boyuanzheng010/SemEval2021-Reading-Comprehension-of-Abstract-Meaning
#
# Annotators read a passage with a blank and select the best word from
# five options to fill the blank. Options are abstract concepts that
# require understanding beyond surface-level reading.

annotation_task_name: "ReCAM - Reading Comprehension of Abstract Meaning"
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: radio
    name: answer_choice
    description: "Select the best word to fill the blank in the passage."
    labels:
      - "A"
      - "B"
      - "C"
      - "D"
      - "E"
    keyboard_shortcuts:
      "A": "1"
      "B": "2"
      "C": "3"
      "D": "4"
      "E": "5"
    tooltips:
      "A": "Select option A"
      "B": "Select option B"
      "C": "Select option C"
      "D": "Select option D"
      "E": "Select option E"

annotation_instructions: |
  You will see a passage with a blank (marked as _____). Your task is to select
  the best word from five options (A-E) to fill the blank.

  1. Read the entire passage carefully.
  2. Consider the meaning of each option in the context of the passage.
  3. Select the option that best completes the passage.

  Note: The correct answers are typically abstract concepts (e.g., emotions, ideas,
  qualities) rather than concrete nouns. Pay attention to the overall meaning and
  tone of the passage.

html_layout: |
  <div style="padding: 15px; max-width: 800px; margin: auto;">
    <div style="background: #f0f9ff; border: 1px solid #bae6fd; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px;">
      <strong style="color: #0369a1;">Passage:</strong>
      <p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0 0 0;">{{text}}</p>
    </div>
    <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 16px;">
      <div style="background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px;">
        <strong style="color: #475569;">A:</strong> {{option_a}}
      </div>
      <div style="background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px;">
        <strong style="color: #475569;">B:</strong> {{option_b}}
      </div>
      <div style="background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px;">
        <strong style="color: #475569;">C:</strong> {{option_c}}
      </div>
      <div style="background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px;">
        <strong style="color: #475569;">D:</strong> {{option_d}}
      </div>
      <div style="background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px;">
        <strong style="color: #475569;">E:</strong> {{option_e}}
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

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

Sample Datasample-data.json

json
[
  {
    "id": "recam_001",
    "text": "The community came together after the natural disaster, showing remarkable _____ in the face of adversity. Neighbors helped rebuild homes and shared resources freely.",
    "option_a": "resilience",
    "option_b": "confusion",
    "option_c": "hostility",
    "option_d": "indifference",
    "option_e": "fragility"
  },
  {
    "id": "recam_002",
    "text": "Despite years of _____ between the two nations, the leaders finally agreed to sit down for peace negotiations. Both sides acknowledged that continued conflict served no one.",
    "option_a": "harmony",
    "option_b": "cooperation",
    "option_c": "animosity",
    "option_d": "friendship",
    "option_e": "prosperity"
  }
]

// ... and 8 more items

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Dataset & paper

Zheng et al., SemEval 2021

Citation (BibTeX)

bibtex
@inproceedings{zheng-etal-2021-semeval,
    title = "{S}em{E}val-2021 {T}ask 4: {R}eading {C}omprehension of {A}bstract {M}eaning",
    author = "Zheng, Boyuan  and Yang, Xiaoyu  and Ruan, Yu-Ping  and Ling, Zhenhua  and Liu, Quan  and Wei, Si  and Zhu, Xiaodan",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2021)",
    month = aug,
    year = "2021",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    pages = "37--50",
    doi = "10.18653/v1/2021.semeval-1.4",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/2021.semeval-1.4/"
}

Details

Annotation Types

radio

Domain

NLPSemEval

Use Cases

Reading ComprehensionAbstract Reasoning

Tags

semevalsemeval-2021shared-taskreading-comprehensionabstract-meaningcloze

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