Science for Fun: The CLEF 2023 JOKER Track on Automatic Wordplay Analysis

Liana Ermakova, Tristan Miller, Anne Gwenn Bosser, Victor Manuel Palma Preciado, Grigori Sidorov, Adam Jatowt

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Abstract

Understanding and translating humorous wordplay often requires recognition of implicit cultural references, knowledge of word formation processes, and discernment of double meanings – issues which pose challenges for humans and computers alike. This paper introduces the CLEF 2023 JOKER track, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to the creation of reusable test collections, evaluation metrics, and methods for the automatic processing of wordplay. We describe the track’s interconnected shared tasks for the detection, location, interpretation, and translation of puns. We also describe associated data sets and evaluation methodologies, and invite contributions making further use of our data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Information Retrieval - 45th European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2023, Proceedings
EditorsJaap Kamps, Lorraine Goeuriot, Fabio Crestani, Maria Maistro, Hideo Joho, Brian Davis, Cathal Gurrin, Annalina Caputo, Udo Kruschwitz
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages546-556
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783031282409
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event45th European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2023 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 2 Apr 20236 Apr 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13982 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference45th European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2023
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period2/04/236/04/23

Keywords

  • Humour
  • Machine translation
  • Puns
  • Wordplay
  • Wordplay detection
  • Wordplay generation
  • Wordplay interpretation

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