README.md

---
annotations_creators:
- expert-generated
language_creators:
- found
language:
- sk
license: other
multilinguality:
- monolingual
pretty_name: Demagog.sk Vyroky
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
source_datasets:
- original
task_categories:
- text-classification
task_ids:
- fact-checking
---

# Demagog.sk Vyroky

## Dataset Description

Demagog.sk Vyroky is a collection of fact-checked political statements scraped from [Demagog.sk](https://demagog.sk/vyroky). Each record contains the original claim, the speaker, the fact-check verdict, and the supporting analysis written by the Demagog.sk editorial team.

- **Total examples:** 20495
- **Latest scrape timestamp:** 2025-10-16T21:00:22.850424+00:00

### Supported Tasks

- **Fact-checking / claim verification:** predict the fact-check verdict (`verdict`) given the statement and optional context.
- **Evidence summarisation:** leverage the `analysis_text` to train models that generate or evaluate fact-check rationales.
- **Speaker and stance profiling:** analyse claims by political actor or party using the `speaker` and `speaker_party` fields.

### Languages

- Slovak (`sk`)

## Data Splits

| Split | Examples |
| --- | --- |
| train | 12297 |
| validation | 4099 |
| test | 4099 |

## Data Fields

- `id`: string identifier (usually the trailing portion of the vyrok URL).
- `numeric_id`: numeric ID when available.
- `url`: canonical Demagog.sk URL for the fact-check.
- `statement`: verbatim political statement under review.
- `speaker`: full name of the speaker.
- `speaker_party`: political affiliation displayed on Demagog.sk.
- `speaker_url`: link to the speaker profile on Demagog.sk.
- `statement_date`: ISO date when the claim was made (if available).
- `verdict`: fact-check verdict label in Slovak (e.g., `Pravda`, `Nepravda`).
- `analysis_text`: editorial commentary summarising the evidence.
- `analysis_paragraphs`: list of paragraphs extracted from the commentary.
- `analysis_sources`: dictionary with `text` and `url` lists aligned per citation.
- `analysis_date`: ISO date when the analysis was published (if available).
- `scraped_at`: ISO timestamp when this dataset snapshot was collected.

## Data Source and Collection Process

- Statements and annotations originate from Demagog.sk fact-check articles.
- The dataset is gathered via the public site API combined with HTML parsing of individual statement pages.
- Verdict labels and commentary are authored by Demagog.sk fact-checkers.

## Considerations for Use

- Fact-check labels follow Demagog.sk taxonomy; users may wish to map them to English equivalents or merge classes for specific tasks.
- Commentary text is written in Slovak; downstream tasks may require translation for non-Slovak models.
- Verify licensing and usage policies of Demagog.sk before redistributing or deploying models trained on this dataset.

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite Demagog.sk and reference this repository. An example citation:

> Demagog.sk. *Factcheck politických diskusií.* https://demagog.sk

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("NaiveNeuron/DemagogSK", name="default")
# For local files, replace the repo name with the path to this folder:
# dataset = load_dataset("path/to/demagogsk_vyroky", name="default")

train = dataset["train"]
validation = dataset["validation"]
test = dataset["test"]
```

## License

The dataset inherits the terms of use of Demagog.sk. Confirm permissions for your intended use case before redistribution.