Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (May 2024)

Human-annotated rationales and explainable text classification: a survey

  • Elize Herrewijnen,
  • Elize Herrewijnen,
  • Dong Nguyen,
  • Floris Bex,
  • Floris Bex,
  • Kees van Deemter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2024.1260952
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

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Asking annotators to explain “why” they labeled an instance yields annotator rationales: natural language explanations that provide reasons for classifications. In this work, we survey the collection and use of annotator rationales. Human-annotated rationales can improve data quality and form a valuable resource for improving machine learning models. Moreover, human-annotated rationales can inspire the construction and evaluation of model-annotated rationales, which can play an important role in explainable artificial intelligence.

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