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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. 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

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.