Year: 2025
Type: data-paper
Abstract: The automatic analysis of political discourse requires systematic resources, particularly for non-Anglophone electoral debates, which differ from parliamentary sessions. This paper describes the DebatES dataset, containing manually reviewed transcriptions of nearly all Spanish nationally televised general election debates since 1993. Transcripts are segmented into turns and thematic blocks and include participant metadata. The data is enriched with linguistic-stylistic metrics derived from NLP analysis and extensive annotations combining Large Language Models and manual validation. Annotations cover turn topics, emotions, relevant entity mentions, electoral proposals, and factual claims. To facilitate access and reuse, the dataset is distributed in standard formats (XML and CSV), accompanied by interactive reports for visual exploration. This dataset provides a valuable resource for researchers in linguistics, political science, and language technologies, opening new avenues for studying the evolution of discourse, persuasive strategies, and ideological polarisation within the Spanish political context.
Source: Scientific Data
Institution: Universidad de Sevilla
Language: English
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,490
Funder: Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Awards: G2262748287, G3480869486, G425668148
OpenAlex ID: W4414594029