The study consists of 4 separate datasets. Their structure is given below. Each key represents a column name, with details about the contained data in the explanation field. Primary keys are marked in bold. If a combined key is used, all entries that the combined key is composed of are marked. Foreign keys that can be used to reference other tables are marked in italics.
| Key | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Topic ID | Unique identifier for the topic context the item was judged in |
| Argument ID | Unique identifier for the item in regards to the discussion it is part of |
| Discussion ID | Unique identifier of the discussion the item is part of |
| Is Argument? | Boolean value, indicating wether the item is an argument, or not |
| Stance | Denotes the stance of the item, can be Pro, Con or Not specified |
| Relevance | Relevance score as judged by the annotator, on a scale of 1 (not relevant) to 4 (very relevant) |
| Logical Quality | Logical quality score as judged by the annotator, on a scale of 1 (very bad) to 4 (very good) |
| Rhetorical Quality | Rhetorical quality score as judged by the annotator, on a scale of 1 (very bad) to 4 (very good) |
| Dialectical Quality | Dialectical quality score as judged by the annotator, on a scale of 1 (very bad) to 4 (very good) |
| Premise | Text of the items' premise |
| Conclusion | Text of the items' conclusion |
| Comment | Optional Comment made by the annotator |
| Key | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Topic ID | Unique identifier for the topic context |
| Engine | Name of the engine the ranking this entry stems from was obtained with |
| Rank | The rank of the argument in the respective engines ranking |
| Argument ID | Unique identifier for the argument in regards to the discussion it is part of |
| Discussion ID | Unique identifier of the discussion the argument is part of |
| Key | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Topic ID | ID of the topic judged by this annotator |
| Age | Age of the annotator |
| Gender | Gender of the annotator |
| Comment | Annotators’ comments about the study |
| Key | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Topic ID | Unique identifier for the topic |
| Biased | Boolean value indicating whether the topic is biased or not, i.e. if the annotator was tasked to adopt a predetermined stance (topic thesis) |
| Annotator Stance | Stance of the annotator, can be I agree, I disagree or Neutral; if the topic is biased, the stance is determined in regards to the topic description; if the topic is unbiased, the stance is determined in regards to the topic thesis |
| Thesis | Predetermined stance for unbiased topics, empty otherwise |
| Description | Text description of the topic |
| Query | Query used for this topic as input for the retrieval models |