#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Prepare an anonymized BeliefSim dataset package for Hugging Face. The script keeps claims, participant judgments, evaluation triplets, and WVS group priors. It drops direct identifiers, IP/location metadata, and open-text free-response notes. """ import hashlib import json import re import zipfile from pathlib import Path from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET import pandas as pd ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] OUT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "data" SALT = "beliefsim-release-v1" PANDORA_PATH = ROOT / "misinfo_combined_latest_with_acc_new.csv" MIST_PATH = ROOT / "wvs_misinfo" / "MIST - Sample 1 - Raw Dataset.csv" MIST_ITEM_DB = ROOT / "wvs_misinfo" / "MIST - Phase 4 - Item Database (January 2020).xlsx" WVS_FILES = { "gender": ROOT / "wvs_misinfo" / "gender_alldimensions_wvs.csv", "living_area": ROOT / "wvs_misinfo" / "urbrur_alldimensions_wvs.csv", "age": ROOT / "wvs_misinfo" / "age_alldimensions.csv", "education": ROOT / "wvs_misinfo" / "education_alldimensions.csv", } def anonymize(prefix: str, *parts: object) -> str: raw = "|".join("" if p is None else str(p) for p in parts) digest = hashlib.sha256(f"{SALT}|{prefix}|{raw}".encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:16] return f"{prefix}_{digest}" def clean_text(value: object) -> str: if pd.isna(value): return "" return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", str(value)).strip() def norm(value: object) -> str: return re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", " ", clean_text(value).lower()).strip() def first_nonempty(row: pd.Series, candidates: list) -> str: for col in candidates: if col in row.index: val = clean_text(row[col]) if val and val.lower() != "nan": return val return "" def extract_claim(prompt_text: str) -> str: text = re.sub(r"^\s*News:\s*", "", clean_text(prompt_text), flags=re.I) for marker in ["Supporting Stance:", "Refuting Stance:", "Your responses:", "Your response:"]: if marker in text: text = text.split(marker, 1)[0] return clean_text(text) def standardize_pandora_judgment(value: object) -> str: v = norm(value) if not v: return "" if "importid" in v or v in {"true information", "misinformation", "have you heard of the information before", "comments notes"}: return "" if "true information" in v or v in {"true", "real"}: return "true_information" if "misinformation" in v or v in {"false", "fake"}: return "misinformation" if "not sure" in v or "unsure" in v: return "not_sure" return clean_text(value) def standardize_mist_judgment(value: object) -> str: v = norm(value) if not v: return "" if v in {"real", "true", "1"} or "real" in v: return "true_information" if v in {"fake", "false", "0"} or "fake" in v: return "misinformation" return clean_text(value) def age_bucket(value: object) -> str: s = clean_text(value) if not s: return "" m = re.search(r"\d+", s) if not m: return s age = int(m.group()) if age < 30: return "18-29" if age < 45: return "30-44" if age < 60: return "45-59" return "60+" def education_bucket(value: object) -> str: v = norm(value) if not v: return "" completed = [ "bachelor", "master", "doctor", "professional", "college degree", "university", "graduate", ] if any(token in v for token in completed): return "completed" return "not_completed" def load_pandora() -> tuple: if not PANDORA_PATH.exists(): return [], [], [] raw = pd.read_csv(PANDORA_PATH, header=None, dtype=str, low_memory=False) qids = [clean_text(x) for x in raw.iloc[0].tolist()] labels = [clean_text(x) for x in raw.iloc[1].tolist()] columns = [] seen: dict = {} qid_map: dict = {} for qid, label in zip(qids, labels): base = label or qid or "unnamed" seen[base] = seen.get(base, 0) + 1 col = base if seen[base] == 1 else f"{base}__{seen[base]}" columns.append(col) if qid: qid_map[col] = qid # Qualtrics export rows: machine ids, question text, choice/import rows, then responses. df = raw.iloc[4:].copy() df.columns = columns news_cols = [c for c in df.columns if norm(c).startswith("news")] claims: dict[str, dict] = {} judgments: list = [] instances: list = [] # In this Qualtrics export the answer to "Your responses" is stored in the # same column as the long claim prompt; the next two columns are heard-before # and free-text notes, which are intentionally not released. response_cols = {c: c for c in news_cols} demo_cols = { "gender": ["What is your gender?", "gender"], "age_group": ["How old are you?", "age"], "living_area": ["How would you describe the area you live in?", "area", "living_area"], "education_bucket": [ "What is the highest level of education you have completed?", "degree", "education", ], } id_candidates = ["ResponseId", "Response ID", "PROLIFIC_ID"] for row_idx, row in df.iterrows(): row_judgments = [] participant_id = anonymize("pandora", row_idx, first_nonempty(row, id_candidates)) demographics = {} for key, candidates in demo_cols.items(): val = first_nonempty(row, candidates) demographics[key] = education_bucket(val) if key == "education_bucket" else clean_text(val) if demographics.get("age_group"): demographics["age_group"] = age_bucket(demographics["age_group"]) for news_col in news_cols: prompt_text = clean_text(row.get(news_col, "")) resp_col = response_cols.get(news_col, "") judgment = standardize_pandora_judgment(row.get(resp_col, "")) if resp_col else "" claim_text = extract_claim(prompt_text) if not claim_text or not judgment: continue claim_id = qid_map.get(news_col, "") or anonymize("pandora_claim", news_col) claims[claim_id] = { "source": "PANDORA", "claim_id": claim_id, "claim_text": claim_text, "gold_label": "", "content_warning": True, } record = { "source": "PANDORA", "participant_id": participant_id, "claim_id": claim_id, "judgment": judgment, **demographics, } judgments.append(record) row_judgments.append(record) for i in range(2, len(row_judgments)): b1, b2, target = row_judgments[i - 2], row_judgments[i - 1], row_judgments[i] instances.append( { "source": "PANDORA", "instance_id": anonymize("pandora_instance", participant_id, target["claim_id"], i), "participant_id": participant_id, "target_claim_id": target["claim_id"], "target_judgment": target["judgment"], "observed_claim_1_id": b1["claim_id"], "observed_judgment_1": b1["judgment"], "observed_claim_2_id": b2["claim_id"], "observed_judgment_2": b2["judgment"], **demographics, } ) return list(claims.values()), judgments, instances def read_xlsx_first_sheet(path): """Read a simple XLSX first sheet using only the Python standard library.""" ns = {"a": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"} with zipfile.ZipFile(str(path)) as zf: shared = [] if "xl/sharedStrings.xml" in zf.namelist(): root = ET.fromstring(zf.read("xl/sharedStrings.xml")) for item in root.findall(".//a:si", ns): shared.append("".join(t.text or "" for t in item.findall(".//a:t", ns))) sheet_name = "xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml" root = ET.fromstring(zf.read(sheet_name)) rows = [] for row in root.findall(".//a:sheetData/a:row", ns): values = [] for cell in row.findall("a:c", ns): cell_type = cell.attrib.get("t", "") value_node = cell.find("a:v", ns) inline_node = cell.find("a:is/a:t", ns) value = "" if inline_node is not None: value = inline_node.text or "" elif value_node is not None: raw = value_node.text or "" value = shared[int(raw)] if cell_type == "s" and raw.isdigit() and int(raw) < len(shared) else raw values.append(value) rows.append(values) if not rows: return pd.DataFrame() width = max(len(r) for r in rows) rows = [r + [""] * (width - len(r)) for r in rows] header = [clean_text(x) or "column_{}".format(i) for i, x in enumerate(rows[0])] return pd.DataFrame(rows[1:], columns=header) def load_mist_item_db() -> pd.DataFrame: try: db = pd.read_excel(MIST_ITEM_DB, dtype=str) except ImportError: db = read_xlsx_first_sheet(MIST_ITEM_DB) cols = {norm(c): c for c in db.columns} id_col = cols.get("id") or next((c for c in db.columns if norm(c) == "id"), "") headline_col = ( cols.get("headline") or cols.get("item") or next((c for c in db.columns if "headline" in norm(c) or "item" == norm(c)), "") ) out = db[[id_col, headline_col]].copy() out.columns = ["item_id", "claim_text"] out["gold_label"] = out["item_id"].map(lambda x: "true_information" if clean_text(x).upper().startswith("R") else "misinformation") out["claim_id"] = [f"MIST_{i + 1}" for i in range(len(out))] return out def load_mist() -> tuple: if not MIST_PATH.exists() or not MIST_ITEM_DB.exists(): return [], [], [] df = pd.read_csv(MIST_PATH, dtype=str, low_memory=False) item_db = load_mist_item_db() claims = [ { "source": "MIST-1", "claim_id": row.claim_id, "claim_text": clean_text(row.claim_text), "gold_label": row.gold_label, "content_warning": True, } for row in item_db.itertuples(index=False) ] claim_ids = item_db["claim_id"].tolist() mist_cols = [c for c in df.columns if re.fullmatch(r"MIST_\d+", clean_text(c))] if not mist_cols: mist_cols = [c for c in df.columns if clean_text(c) in claim_ids] judgments: list = [] instances: list = [] gender_cols = [c for c in df.columns if norm(c) in {"gender", "sex"} or "gender" in norm(c)] age_cols = [c for c in df.columns if norm(c) == "age" or "age" in norm(c)] edu_cols = [c for c in df.columns if "education" in norm(c) or "degree" in norm(c)] for row_idx, row in df.iterrows(): demographics = { "gender": first_nonempty(row, gender_cols), "age_group": age_bucket(first_nonempty(row, age_cols)), "living_area": "", "education_bucket": education_bucket(first_nonempty(row, edu_cols)), } participant_id = anonymize("mist", row_idx) row_judgments = [] for col in mist_cols: judgment = standardize_mist_judgment(row.get(col, "")) if not judgment: continue rec = { "source": "MIST-1", "participant_id": participant_id, "claim_id": clean_text(col), "judgment": judgment, **demographics, } judgments.append(rec) row_judgments.append(rec) for i in range(2, len(row_judgments)): b1, b2, target = row_judgments[i - 2], row_judgments[i - 1], row_judgments[i] instances.append( { "source": "MIST-1", "instance_id": anonymize("mist_instance", participant_id, target["claim_id"], i), "participant_id": participant_id, "target_claim_id": target["claim_id"], "target_judgment": target["judgment"], "observed_claim_1_id": b1["claim_id"], "observed_judgment_1": b1["judgment"], "observed_claim_2_id": b2["claim_id"], "observed_judgment_2": b2["judgment"], **demographics, } ) return claims, judgments, instances def load_wvs_priors() -> list: records: list = [] for axis, path in WVS_FILES.items(): if not path.exists(): continue df = pd.read_csv(path, dtype=str) q_col = next((c for c in df.columns if norm(c) in {"question", "question text"}), "") id_col = next((c for c in df.columns if norm(c) in {"question no", "question_no", "qid"}), "") for _, row in df.iterrows(): for col in df.columns: n = norm(col) if not n.endswith("distribution") or n == "overall distribution": continue group = re.sub(r"_?distribution$", "", col).strip("_") most_col = f"{group}_most" least_col = f"{group}_least" records.append( { "demographic_axis": axis, "group": group, "question_id": clean_text(row.get(id_col, "")) if id_col else "", "question_text": clean_text(row.get(q_col, "")) if q_col else "", "distribution": clean_text(row.get(col, "")), "most_common": clean_text(row.get(most_col, "")), "least_common": clean_text(row.get(least_col, "")), "source_file": path.name, } ) return records def main() -> None: OUT.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) p_claims, p_judgments, p_instances = load_pandora() m_claims, m_judgments, m_instances = load_mist() wvs = load_wvs_priors() claims = pd.DataFrame(p_claims + m_claims).drop_duplicates(["source", "claim_id"]) judgments = pd.DataFrame(p_judgments + m_judgments) instances = pd.DataFrame(p_instances + m_instances) priors = pd.DataFrame(wvs) claims.to_csv(OUT / "claims.csv", index=False) judgments.to_csv(OUT / "judgments.csv", index=False) instances.to_csv(OUT / "evaluation_instances.csv", index=False) priors.to_csv(OUT / "wvs_group_priors.csv", index=False) summary = { "claims": len(claims), "judgments": len(judgments), "evaluation_instances": len(instances), "wvs_group_prior_rows": len(priors), "sources": { "PANDORA": { "claims": int((claims["source"] == "PANDORA").sum()) if not claims.empty else 0, "judgments": int((judgments["source"] == "PANDORA").sum()) if not judgments.empty else 0, "evaluation_instances": int((instances["source"] == "PANDORA").sum()) if not instances.empty else 0, }, "MIST-1": { "claims": int((claims["source"] == "MIST-1").sum()) if not claims.empty else 0, "judgments": int((judgments["source"] == "MIST-1").sum()) if not judgments.empty else 0, "evaluation_instances": int((instances["source"] == "MIST-1").sum()) if not instances.empty else 0, }, }, "privacy": { "dropped": [ "ResponseId", "PROLIFIC_ID", "IPAddress", "LocationLatitude", "LocationLongitude", "open-text notes/comments", "raw timestamps", ], "participant_ids": "deterministic salted SHA-256 hashes, truncated to 16 hex characters", "demographics": "broad gender, age bucket, education bucket, and living-area fields only", }, } (OUT / "dataset_summary.json").write_text(json.dumps(summary, indent=2)) print(json.dumps(summary, indent=2)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()