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+# Populist Argument Schemes 🗣️
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+A curated dataset of translated tweets from four political leaders, annotated with argument schemes according to argumentation theory. The dataset enables fine-tuning and evaluation of language models for argument mining, rhetorical analysis, and populist discourse detection.
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+---
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+## Dataset Summary
+
+This dataset contains **English-translated tweets** from:
+- **Matteo Salvini** 🇮🇹
+- **Jair Bolsonaro** 🇧🇷
+- **Donald Trump** 🇺🇸
+- **Joe Biden** 🇺🇸
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+Each tweet is annotated with its **primary argumentation scheme** (based on *Argument 1*) following a scheme taxonomy inspired by Walton and Macagno. The dataset is derived from Fabrizio Macagno's original annotated corpus on the *Language of Populism* and translated for cross-lingual NLP applications.
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+## Features
+
+- `Politician`: Name of the political figure (e.g., "Trump")
+- `Argument`: The tweet text (translated into English)
+- `Argument Scheme`: The full name of the primary argumentation scheme (e.g., "Argument from Consequences")
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+---
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+## Argument Scheme Labels
+
+The dataset includes 13 argument schemes:
+
+| Code  | Argument Scheme                        |
+|-------|----------------------------------------|
+| AA    | Argument from Analogy                  |
+| AC    | Argument from Consequences             |
+| AH    | Ad Hominem                             |
+| AS    | Argument from Sign                     |
+| AV    | Argument from Values                   |
+| BEX   | Argument from Best Explanation         |
+| CE    | Argument from Cause to Effect          |
+| CLASS | Argument from Classification           |
+| CO    | Argument from Commitment               |
+| PK    | Argument from Position to Know         |
+| PO    | Argument from Popular Opinion          |
+| PR    | Argument from Practical Reasoning      |
+| VV    | Victimization                          |
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+---
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+## Use Cases
+
+This dataset can be used for:
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+- Fine-tuning LLMs for **argument scheme classification**
+- Training models for **argument mining** and **fallacy detection**
+- Studying **populist rhetoric** and comparative discourse analysis
+- Building educational tools for **teaching argumentation theory**
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