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Codebook
Definitions:
* tweet: a post on mircoblogging website Twitter. Here, a tweet is an original message posted by a Twitter user, not including retweets.
* author: a Twitter user who posts a tweet.
* audience: a set of Twitter users who are able to view the tweet posted by an author.
* Tweet conveying an information need: a tweet in which the author explicitly asks for a piece of information, or for a confirmation of an informational claim. The author expects an answer either from the general audience (anyone who are able to view the tweet) or from a particular audience.
Categories:
1: the tweet conveys an information need
2: the tweet doesn't convey an information need
3: I can't decide based on the tweet.
Category 1:
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Partition 1: factual vs. subjective information need
- a) the tweet asks for a piece of factual knowledge, or a confirmation of a piece of factual knowledge.
- objective, fact checkable claims.
- This includes questions for the personal status of the audience.
- b) the tweet asks for opinions, ideas, preferences, recommendations, suggestions, or personal plans of the audience, including the confirmation of such.
- subjective, claims that are not fact checkable at the present;
- This includes plans, which are fact checkable in the future, not at the present.
- This includes invitations because they imply a question about the plan of the audience (to be distinguished from requests for actions).
- This also includes offers made by the author to the audience.
- c) Cannot decide between a) and b).
Partition 2: general audience vs. particular audiance
- i) the tweet asks for a piece of information from the general audience (anyone who is able to view the tweet).
- ii) the tweet asks for a piece of information from a particular audience (a definite subset of users who are able to view the tweet).
- iii) Cannot decide between i) and ii).
Please find the examples below.
Category 2:
* Greetings;
* Questions that don't expect an answer;
* Summary of the URL included (eye attractors);
* Rhetorical questions;
* Imperial requests (requests for actions; to be distinguished from invitations);
* Sarcasm;
* Humor, jokes;
* Pure expression of emotion (complaints, regrets, anger, etc);
* Pure conversation starters (the only purpose is to start a conversation).
examples of exclusion
Category 3: Cannot decide.
There are several tweets that are hard to decide whether they are IN or not. Please find them in ambiguous tweets
Examples of Tweets conveying Information Need:
Partition 1:
- a) Do you know whether there is a roadwork in I94? Which restaurant has a discount? Who's the first president in India? more examples
- b) Do anyone have some recommendation on restaurants in China? Should I do this? Do you think this is good? Are you going to LA this weekend? more examples
Partition 2:
- i) Do you know whether there is a roadwork in I94? Which restaurant has a discount? Who's the first president in India? Do anyone have some recommendation on restaurants in China? Should I do this?more examples
- ii) "@abc, do you think this is good?" "Are you going to LA this weekend, Jimmy?" "Who is the president of India?@abc @xyz" more examples