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 ### Data Splits
-The data is split into a training, validation and test set. The samples are picked at random according to the following scheme:
+The data is split into training, validation, and test sets.
+The samples are picked at random, with the test set consisting of 153 samples, the validation set consisting of 45 samples,
+and the training set consisting of 300 samples.
 
- The test set (153) consists of samples only from the "part 3" batch since these are the samples that were annotated by the external annotators, thus giving it the highest quality.
+| | Train   | validation   | Test  |
+| ------------ | :-------: | :-----: | :-----: |
+| exploration  | 61      | 3     | 27     |
+| evaluation   | 66      | 8    | 35     |
+| part 3       | 173      | 34     | 61   |
 
- The validation set (45) consists of samples only from the "evaluation" batch, which is the second highest quality batch.
+## Dataset Creation
 
- The training set (300), consists of all the rest.
+### Source Data
+
+#### Initial Data Collection and Preprocessing
+ The data was collected using the Reddit API, initially extracting 550 posts. After filtering out irrelevant content, such as posts with community guidelines, non-English language, and other non-pertinent material, 520 posts remained. The dataset was then split into 70% from "r/lonely" and 30% from "r/offmychest," resulting in a final set of 498 posts. Posts were limited to 300 words, excluding titles, to maintain annotators’ focus and uphold the overall quality of the dataset.
+
+#### Text contributors
+The text contributors are users of the [r/lonely]( https://www.reddit.com/r/lonely/) and 
+[r/r/offmychest]( https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/). No further demographic information was available.
+
+### Annotations
+There were two annotation tasks:
+Task 1 - Classifying Causes of Loneliness:
+This task involves classifying posts into multiple categories reflecting the causes of loneliness:
+
+Lack of family contact
+Lack of friends
+Lack of romantic relationships
+Lack of community or social support
+Lack of physical touch
+Other
+Not lonely
+
+Task 2 - Rating Intensity of Loneliness:
+This task requires rating the intensity of loneliness on a scale from 1 to 5, based on the annotators’ personal assessment, where 1 represents 'not lonely' and 5 represents 'extremely lonely.'
+
+**The complete annotation guidelines can be found in guidelines.pdf**
 
-| | Train   | Dev   | Test  |
-| ------------ | :-------: | :-----: | :-----: |
-| exploration  | 80      | 0     | 0     |
-| evaluation   | 40      | 40    | 0     |
-| part 3       | 90      | 0     | 150   |
 
 
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