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MovieSum: An Abstractive Summarization Dataset for Movie Screenplays

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Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281

HF dataset size about 477 MB per the card; not downloaded. A different HF dataset chuanli1013/MovieSum exists (derivative; not read).

Structured fields

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  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "v1 (submitted 12 Aug 2024; only version); comments: ACL 2024 Findings",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "ACL 2024 Findings dataset of 2,200 movie screenplays paired with Wikipedia plot summaries, formatted to keep structural elements and keyed by IMDb IDs. Useful as a test bed for screenplay summarization; the card's CC BY-NC license and unstated screenplay provenance make reuse uncertain.",
  "source_type": "paper",
  "availability": "available",
  "source_owner": "Rohit Saxena, Frank Keller (University of Edinburgh)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Source and copyright status of the 2,200 screenplays are not stated on the card.",
    "License appears in card body text but not in HF machine-readable metadata.",
    "Movie screenplays only (not TV episodes)."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2024-08-12T16:43:09.000Z"
}

Evidence claims

[upstream_claim] Abstract: 2,200 movie screenplays accompanied by Wikipedia plot summaries. · locator: Abstract source
[upstream_claim] Abstract: the authors manually formatted the screenplays to represent structural elements. · locator: Abstract source
[upstream_claim] Abstract: metadata with IMDb IDs is provided. · locator: Abstract source
[sourced_fact] HF dataset card states the license as Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0. · locator: HF dataset card, License section source
[sourced_fact] HF dataset card describes 2,200 screenplays and their Wikipedia summaries. · locator: HF dataset card source
[inference] The HF API record for the dataset (read via the fetch tool) lists no license tag and no cardData, so the license appears only in the card body text. · locator: HF API tags source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	CC-BY-4.0	permitted	permitted	permitted	unknown	https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281 arXiv abs page shows a 'view license' link to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 for the paper text; attribution required. Says nothing about datasets or code.
dataset	CC-BY-NC-4.0	restricted	restricted	restricted	restricted	https://huggingface.co/datasets/rohitsaxena/MovieSum Card body says 'Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0' (non-commercial only; attribution). The card does not say where the screenplays were obtained and does not address the copyright of the screenplays themselves, only the authors' dataset; the HF API record has no license tag. Non-commercial terms restrict commercial model training.

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