iRead4Skills

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Published October 30, 2023 | Version V1.0
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iRead4Skills Dataset 1: corpora by complexity level for FR, PT and SP

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Université Catholique de Louvain
  • 2. CENTAL
  • 3. ROR icon Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • 4. CLUNL
  • 5. CITIUS
  • 6. ROR icon University of Santiago de Compostela
  • 7. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Description

The iRead4Skills Dataset 1: corpora by level of complexity for FR, PT and SP is a collection of written texts of several genres and levels of complexity, in txt format, compiled under the scope of the project iReadSkills – Intelligent Reading Improvement System for Fundamental and Transversal Skills Development. The project, funded by the European Commission (grant number: 1010094837) aims to improve reading skills in the adult population by creating an intelligent system that assesses text complexity and suggests appropriate reading materials to adults with low literacy skills, contributing to reducing skills gaps and to provide access to information and culture (https://iread4skills.com/).  

The compilation of this first dataset was based on the complexity levels established as relevant for the project (Very Easy (approx. A1), Easy (approx. A2) and Clear (approx. B1) and on the expected needs of learners and trainers. For some genres, there are also texts of a more complex level. The data will provide the basis for the training and test sets for the complexity analysis systems for the three languages of the project: French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The dataset will be further enhanced, validated, and annotated by end-users, originating forthcoming versions and a second, derived, dataset.

The resource is composed of three sub corpora: French, Portuguese and Spanish.  

Each of the sub corpora considers different complexity levels and covers texts from the following communication domains:

01_personal communication;

02_institutional/professional communication;

03_social media;

04_commercial communication/dissemination;  

05_non-fiction book;  

06_fiction book;  

07_didactic book;

08_academic/school;  

09_political communication/dissemination;  

10_legal documentation;  

11_religious texts/dissemination.

 

French corpus:  

Number of texts: 1271

Number of tokens: 315 930

 

Spanish corpus:

Number of texts: 2000

Number of tokens:  889 857

 

Portuguese corpus:

Number of texts: 2186

Number of tokens: 942 818

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To access and use this dataset, you acknowledge that, as part of the texts in the corpus may be still under copyright, access is only granted for the inspection of research results and to ensure research results reproducibility, but the texts cannot be published freely or for any purposes not compliant with CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

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Funding

HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-07 – Conditions for the successful development of skills matched to needs 1010094837
European Commission