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ParaNames - multilingual parallel names/entities (bltlab/ParaNames), dga entries

Southern Dagaare(dga)TextNERWest Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Southern Dagaare (dga)
Modality
Text
Domain
General
Size
1M<n<10M n (samples)
Institution
Sean Fahey; Kenton Murray et al. (bltlab, JHU); from Wikidata
Last Updated
2 Jul 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierCC-BY-4.0

Open — attribution required; commercial use allowed.

RedistributionYes

PII RISK

Unknown risk

Full Record

31 of 46 fields stated

Every column the registry tracks. Values marked derivedwere filled by a rule or read from the source's text rather than stated in its metadata; the rule or the quoted sentence is shown under the value.

Registry columns (24/27)

iso code
dga
Dataset name
ParaNames - multilingual parallel names/entities (bltlab/ParaNames), dga entries
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://huggingface.co/datasets/bltlab/ParaNames
NLP Task
NER
Domain
General
Data Format
parquet
Size Metric
Tokens
Size Value
1M<n<10M n (samples)
License
CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
Hugging Face
Year Published
2023
Creator/Author(s)
Sean Fahey; Kenton Murray et al. (bltlab, JHU); from Wikidata
Funder/Partner
Other
Dialect Coverage
Standard
Gender Balance
No
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Automatic
Status
Active
Has Datasheet
No
PII Risk
Not stated
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Agboola Blessing
Date Indexed
2026-07-02
Notes / Flags
VERIFY (plausible). ParaNames is a massive multilingual parallel name resource (~400+ languages, person/location/org names) derived from Wikidata labels. If Dag…

Quality (DQI) (6/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
CC-BY-4.0
Redistribution Allowed?
Yes
Content Hash
b9fd0e773dda2fac29db0aaf84a0e6bf873e2183derivedHugging Face card: commit sha
Submitted By
hf_data pipeline (automated)
Fetch Date
2026-07-02
Last Updated Date
2024-05-16derivedHugging Face card: lastModified
Annotation Guidelines Available?
Not stated
IAA Score
Not stated
Cleaning Notes
Not stated
Benchmark Exists?
Not stated
Benchmark Citation
Not stated

Representativeness (DRI) (1/7)

Gender Distribution
Not stated
Region Coverage
Not stated
Region Distribution
Not stated
Age Range Coverage
Not stated
Register
Not stated
Marginalized Group Note
Not stated
Demographic Fields Reported Count
0

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage100%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation71%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://huggingface.co/datasets/bltlab/ParaNames
Fetch Timestamp
2 Jul 2026
Content Hash
b9fd0e773dda2fac29db0aaf84a0e6bf873e2183

Audit Log

Record indexed from Hugging Face

2 Jul 2026

Source status: Active

2 Jul 2026

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