---
language:
  - "ja"
pretty_name: "Okayama University Japanese Essay Dataset"
version: "1.5"
license: cc-by-4.0
tags:
  - text
  - japanese
  - handwritten
task_categories:
  - text-classification
  - image-to-text 
---

# Okayama University Japanese Essay Data

This repository contains Japanese essays collected from Okayama University. The dataset is intended for research and analysis purposes, such as natural language processing, text mining, or educational studies.

## Contents

- Essay texts in Japanese
- Scores of four traints
- Metadata 
- Data files in CSV or TXT format

## Usage

You may use this data for academic or non-commercial research. Please cite appropriately if you use it in publications.

## Structure

- `essays/` : Contains individual essay files
- `essay_texts.jsonl` : Information about each essay text

## License

CC-By-4.0

## Contact

For questions or collaboration, please contact the repository maintainer.

## Reference

- Koichi Takeuchi, Masayuki Ohno, Kouta Motojin, Masahiro Taguchi, Masaya Iizuka, Tasuhiko, Abo and Hitoshi Ueda. Development of Essay Scoring Methods Based on Reference Texts with Construction of Research-Available Japanese Essay Data, IPSJ Journal, 62 (9), 1586-1604, 2021 (in Japanese).
- 竹内 孔一, 大野 雅幸, 泉仁 宏太, 田口 雅弘, 稲田 佳彦, 飯塚 誠也, 阿保 達彦, 上田 均. 研究利用可能な小論文データに基づく参照文書を利用した小論文採点手法の開発, 情報処理学会論文誌, Vol.62, No.9, pp.1586-1604, Sep, 2021.