EDNIL (2020)

Event Detection from News in Indian Languages


TASK 1:

Event Identification: Identify the piece of text from news articles that contain an event. The events are of two type: Manmade Disaster and Natural Disaster

Submission Format:

The submission format for this task is shown in the below examples:

EXAMPLE 1:
Test Data 1:
7 people have died in coastal Kerala and 6 in Tamil Nadu and nearly 90 fishermen are missing as a depression above the Bay of Bengal turned into a cyclonic storm Ockhi.

Submission File:

      <DOCUMENT>
      <DOCID>FILE_NAME</DOCID>
      <NATURAL_DISASTER> cyclonic storm</NATURAL_DISASTER>
      </DOCUMENT>

EXAMPLE 2:
Test Data 2:
The Sainthia train collision occurred on 19 July 2010, at Sainthia railway station in West Bengal, India, when the Uttar Banga Express collided with the Vananchal Express as it was leaving the platform.

Submission File:

      <DOCUMENT>
      <DOCID>FILE_NAME</DOCID>
      <MANMADE_DISASTER>train collision</MANMADE_DISASTER>
      </DOCUMENT>


TASK 2:

Event Frame: From a news article extract the words associated with the following parameters:

  1. Type: Type of event. We have two types of events Manmade disaster and Natural disaster
  2. Subtype: Subtype of event
    1. Manmade disaster has the following subtypes:
      1. CRIME
      2. RIOTS
      3. AVIATION_HAZARD
      4. ACCIDENTS
      5. SUICIDE_ATTACK
      6. TRAIN_COLLISION
      7. VEHICULAR_COLLISION
      8. TRANSPORT_HAZARDS
      9. INDUSTRIAL_ACCIDENT
      10. FIRE
      11. NORMAL_BOMBING
      12. TERRORIST_ATTACK
      13. MISCELLANEOUS
      14. SHOOT_OUT
      15. SURGICAL_STRIKES
      16. ARMED_CONFLICTS
    2. Natural disaster has the following subtypes:
      1. FOREST_FIRE
      2. HURRICANE
      3. COLD_WAVE
      4. TORNADO
      5. STORM
      6. HAIL_STORMS
      7. BLIZZARD
      8. AVALANCHES
      9. HEAT_WAVE
      10. CYCLONE
      11. DROUGHT
      12. HEAVY_RAINFALL
      13. LIMNIC_ERRUPTIONS
      14. FLOODS
      15. TSUNAMI
      16. LAND_SLIDE
      17. VOLCANO
      18. EARTHQUAKE
      19. ROCK_FALL
      20. FAMINE
      21. EPIDEMIC
  3. Casualties: No of people is injured or killed/Damages to properties
  4. Time: When the event takes place
  5. Place: Where the event takes place
  6. Reason: Why and how the event takes place

Submission Format:

The submission format for Task 2 is shown in the two examples given below:

EXAMPLE 1:
Test Data 1:
At least 13 were killed and 19 others, mostly civilians, were wounded on Sunday when a suicide car bomber struck an Afghan army convoy in southern Helmand province.

Submission File:
      <DOCUMENT>
      <DOCID> FILE_NAME </DOCID>
      < MANMADE_DISASTER   SUBTYPE= "TERROR_ACT" > suicide car bomber  </MANMADE_DISASTER>
      <CASUALTIES> At least 13 were killed and 19 others, mostly civilians, were wounded </CASUALTIES>
      <TIME> Sunday </TIME>
      <REASON> struck an Afghan army convoy </REASON>
      </DOCUMENT>

EXAMPLE 2:
Test Data 1:
Queensland storm brings 130,000 lightning strikes to south-east, brings down trees.

Submission File:
      <DOCUMENT>
      <DOCID>FILE_NAME</DOCID>
      <PLACE>Queensland</PLACE> 
      <NATURAL_DISASTER SUBTYPE= “STROM” >storm </NATURAL_DISASTER>
      <CASUALTIES>brings down trees.</CASUALTIES>
      </DOCUMENT>