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--- |
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license: cc |
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task_categories: |
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- image-to-text |
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language: |
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- en |
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tags: |
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- art |
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pretty_name: Explain XKCD |
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size_categories: |
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- 1K<n<10K |
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dataset_info: |
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features: |
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- name: number |
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dtype: string |
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- name: date |
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dtype: string |
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- name: title |
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dtype: string |
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- name: before |
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dtype: string |
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- name: image |
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dtype: image |
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- name: titletext |
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dtype: string |
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- name: transcript |
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dtype: string |
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- name: explanation |
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dtype: string |
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splits: |
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- name: train |
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num_bytes: 183315711.73 |
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num_examples: 2795 |
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download_size: 226687075 |
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dataset_size: 183315711.73 |
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configs: |
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- config_name: default |
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data_files: |
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- split: train |
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path: data/train-* |
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--- |
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# Dataset Card for Explain XKCD |
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## Dataset Description |
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- **Homepage:** https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |
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- **Repository:** https://huggingface.co/datasets/dchichkov/explainxkcd |
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- **Paper:** |
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- **Leaderboard:** |
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- **Point of Contact:** |
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### Dataset Summary |
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An import of the Explain XKCD wiki (up to March 30, 2024), containing explanations for 2668 xkcd comics. |
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| Field | Type | Description | |
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| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
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| `number` | string | The xkcd comic’s sequential number (e.g. `"3"`, `"1000"`). | |
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| `date` | string | Publication date of the comic, in “Month Day, Year” format (e.g. `"September 30, 2005"`). | |
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| `title` | string | The displayed title of the comic (e.g. `"Island (sketch)"`). | |
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| `before` | string | Any original or archived title/caption metadata, typically a MediaWiki-style link or HTML snippet pointing back to the source (e.g. the LiveJournal archive). | |
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| `image` | string | Filename of the comic image (e.g. `"island_color.jpg"`) in the images/. | |
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| `titletext` | string | The “alt” or tooltip text that appears when you hover over the comic on xkcd’s site. | |
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| `transcript` | string | A plain-text transcript of the comic panels and dialogue. | |
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| `explanation` | string | A detailed explanation of the joke or references in the comic, suitable for the “Explain xkcd” format. | |
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NOTE: original image filenames in xkcd included spaces, in this dataset these were replaced with underscores. |
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## Licensing Information |
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Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) |
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```text |
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Explain xkcd: It’s ’cause you’re dumb. (2025). Main Page. Fan-maintained wiki. Retrieved May 19, 2025, from https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |
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``` |
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License (CC BY-NC 2.5) |
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```text |
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xkcd: License Page. Retrieved Retrieved May 19, 2025, from https://xkcd.com/license.html |
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``` |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) |
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```text |
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This work |
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``` |
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### Citation Information |
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```bibtex |
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@misc{dchichkov_explainxkcd_2025, |
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author = {Chichkov, Dmitry}, |
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title = {{Explain XKCD Dataset}}, |
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year = {2024}, |
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howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/dchichkov/explainxkcd}}, |
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note = {Fan-curated import of the Explain XKCD wiki up to March 30, 2024} |
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} |
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### Contributions |
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Thanks to [@dchichkov](https://github.com/dchichkov) for adding this dataset. |
