Multilingual Narrative Extraction

# Multilingual Narrative Extraction
# Based on SemEval 2025 Task 10 Organizers, SemEval 2025
# Paper: https://aclanthology.org/volumes/2025.semeval-1/
# Dataset: https://github.com/SemEval/semeval-2025-task10
#
# This task asks annotators to extract narrative elements from multilingual
# news texts, including events, actors, locations, temporal markers, and
# causal relations. Annotators also classify the thematic domains of each
# narrative.

annotation_task_name: "Multilingual Narrative Extraction"
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: narrative_elements
    description: "Highlight narrative elements in the text."
    labels:
      - "Event"
      - "Actor"
      - "Location"
      - "Time"
      - "Cause"
      - "Effect"

  - annotation_type: multiselect
    name: narrative_themes
    description: "Select all thematic domains that apply to this narrative."
    labels:
      - "Political"
      - "Economic"
      - "Social"
      - "Environmental"
      - "Cultural"
      - "Conflict"
    tooltips:
      "Political": "Related to government, policy, elections, or political actors"
      "Economic": "Related to markets, trade, employment, or financial systems"
      "Social": "Related to communities, demographics, health, or education"
      "Environmental": "Related to climate, ecology, natural disasters, or sustainability"
      "Cultural": "Related to arts, traditions, identity, or cultural practices"
      "Conflict": "Related to war, disputes, protests, or violence"

annotation_instructions: |
  You will be shown a news text passage. Your task is to:
  1. Read the passage carefully.
  2. Highlight narrative elements: events, actors, locations, temporal markers, causes, and effects.
  3. Select all thematic domains that apply to the narrative.

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;">News Text:</strong>
      <p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0 0 0;">{{text}}</p>
    </div>
    <div style="background: #f0fdf4; border: 1px solid #bbf7d0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px;">
      <strong style="color: #166534;">Source:</strong> <span>{{source}}</span>
      &nbsp; | &nbsp;
      <strong style="color: #166534;">Language:</strong> <span>{{language}}</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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