# MovieSum: An Abstractive Summarization Dataset for Movie Screenplays

- id: src_01M569MG6NKVHTZ24Y08BMV58V
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T01 · tags: level:advanced, kind:dataset, task:screenplay-summarization, format:json
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:19.978Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569MG6NKVHTZ24Y08BMV58V

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).

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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",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Rohit Saxena, Frank Keller (University of Edinburgh)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "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: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281
- [upstream_claim] Abstract: the authors manually formatted the screenplays to represent structural elements. · locator: Abstract · source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281
- [upstream_claim] Abstract: metadata with IMDb IDs is provided. · locator: Abstract · source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281
- [sourced_fact] HF dataset card states the license as Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0. · locator: HF dataset card, License section · source: https://huggingface.co/datasets/rohitsaxena/MovieSum
- [sourced_fact] HF dataset card describes 2,200 screenplays and their Wikipedia summaries. · locator: HF dataset card · source: https://huggingface.co/datasets/rohitsaxena/MovieSum
- [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: https://huggingface.co/api/datasets/rohitsaxena/MovieSum
- [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:
- documentation: license=CC-BY-4.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · 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. · evidence: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06281
- dataset: license=CC-BY-NC-4.0 hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=restricted training=restricted · 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. · evidence: https://huggingface.co/datasets/rohitsaxena/MovieSum

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