metadata

license: cc-by-sa-4.0
language:
  - en
dataset_info:
  features:
    - name: id
      dtype: string
    - name: text
      dtype: string
    - name: thml
      dtype: string
    - name: refs
      sequence: string
    - name: author
      dtype: string
    - name: title
      dtype: string
    - name: rights
      dtype: string
    - name: published
      dtype: string
    - name: all-MiniLM-L6-v2
      sequence: float64
  splits:
    - name: train
      num_bytes: 9776045339
      num_examples: 2215132
  download_size: 7000628494
  dataset_size: 9776045339

CCEL Paragraphs

Dataset Description

Dataset Summary

This dataset includes all paragraphs from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. It also includes scripture references extracted from the ThML.

Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

It is expected that this dataset can be used as part of the training pipeline for large language models. In particular, it could be used to create a clustering benchmark by using scripture references as labels.

Languages

This dataset is primarily in English, but the dialects of English vary and span many centuries.

Dataset Structure

Data Instances

{
  "id": "ccel/c/calvin/calcom42.xml:v.i-p11",
  "text": "In the first place, it is abundantly evident...",
  "thml": "<p id=\"v.i-p11\">In the first place, it is abundantly evident...",
  "refs": [ "Bible:Col.2.8" ],
  "author": "calvin",
  "title": null,
  "rights": "Public Domain",
  "published": null,
  "all-MiniLM-L6-v2": [ -0.048882219940423965, 0.08679354935884476, 0.011388723738491535...]
}

Data Fields

id: Unique id for this paragraph as an particular id from a specific xml source
text: The extracted text of this paragraph
thml: The complete ThML for this paragraph
refs: Any references extracted from the ThML
author: Author of the work if available
title: Title of the work if available
rights: License info for the work if available
published: Publication date if available
all-MiniLM-L6-v2: Embedding for this paragraph. This is the result of running languagemodels.embed() on the text field.

Data Splits

This includes a single "train" split with all paragraphs included.

Dataset Creation

Source Data

Initial Data Collection and Normalization

The source data (found in ccel directory) consists of freely licensed works from the CCEL.

Who are the source language producers?

This data has numerous authors. All are human. Dates of authorship vary and span several millenia.

Personal and Sensitive Information

There should be no personally identifiable information for living humans in this dataset.

Considerations for Using the Data

Social Impact of Dataset

This dataset provides opportunities for ongoing research and exploration of classic Christian literature.

Discussion of Biases

This dataset is biased towards classical Christian beliefs and perspectives.

Additional Information

Dataset Curators

This dataset was created by Jon Craton. The source dataset was curated and maintained by the numerous contributors to the CCEL.

Licensing Information

CCEL Paragraphs by Jon Craton is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contributions

Thanks to @jncraton for adding this dataset.