Judgment Guideline for Topic Relevance

1. Introductions
In this task, we will show you <title, text, topic>, We need you to judge whether the topic is related to
the given title/text.
Please follow these steps:

1. Read the title, text and web page.

PS : If you are not so sure about the information in the text or the topic, you should search it first. For
example, if you do not know the person, organization, city or the region from the given text, you
should search it for more information.

2. Select one of the following choices depending on how whether the topic is related to the title
and text.
a) Good: topic is very relevant, accurate, useful, is the focus of the context
b) Fair: topic is somewhat relevant and useful, not directly related, or only describes parts of the
context
c) Bad: topic is irrelevant, inaccurate, useless
d) *Skip: skip the current hit (the context doesn’t have a topic)

* If the context does not have a topic or there is no clear intention, please choose “Skip”:

2. What makes a relevant topic?

Generally, a relevant topic has the following features:

• A subject of conversation or discussion: to provide a topic for discussion.

• The subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts.

• Rhetoric, Logic. a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn.

• Also called theme. the part of a sentence that announces the item about which the rest of the
sentence communicates information.

*While if the following conditions occur, please choose “skip”:

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 • There is no clear intention.

3. Examples

Title Project Jupyter | Try Jupyter

Text Project Jupyter | Try Jupyter|||The Jupyter Notebook is a
web-based interactive computing platform. The notebook
combines live code, equations, narrative text, visualizations,
interactive dashboards and other media.
Url https://jupyter.org/try
Topic software and applications
Judgment Good.
Jupyter is a software related to computer programming.

Title Addin grent-aid access studied

Text The city of Pine Bluff is considering changes to an ordinance that
would allow renters who rent property from an elected official to
participate in a program designed to keep people from becoming
Url https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jan/15/addingrent-
aidaccessstudied/?news-arkansas
Topic legal issues and law in everyday life
Judgment Good.
Talks about ordinance relates to house renting, it’s a relevant
topic.

Title 598-2109
Text 598-2109
Url
Topic construction
Judgment Skip (No clear intention)

Title Indy Lights

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 Text Indy Lights ||| Indy Lights is an American developmental
automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar,
currently known as Indy Lights Presented by Cooper
Tires for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest
step on the Road to Indy, a program of racing series
leading up to the IndyCar Series. The Indy Lights series
has been promoted by Anderson Promotions since 2014,
which also manages the Road to Indy program…

Url https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/american_racing_series
Topic penmanship
Judgment Bad.
talk about auto racing, the topic is not relevant at all.

Title B.C.’s 1st case of COVID-19 confirmed a year ago today

Text A year ago today, a respiratory disease now part of

everyday repertoire officially landed in B.C. in the form
of a presumptive case in a man who had recently
travelled to Wuhan, China. In December.
Url https://www.terracestandard.com/news/b-c-s-1st-
case-of-covid-19-confirmed-a-year-ago-today/
Topic epidemiology
Judgment Good.
The text talks about COVID-19. COVID-19 relates to
epidemiology. So, it’s a relevant topic.

Title Coronavirus Headlines On July 18 - Health Secretary

Tests Positive, PM And Chancellor 'Will Not Self-isolate'
After Being Pinged + More
Text Olympians test positive and hospitality prepares to
reopen

Url https://www.msn.com/en-
gb/money/other/coronavirus-headlines-on-july-18-

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 health-secretary-tests-positive-pm-and-chancellor-will-
not-self-isolate-after-being-pinged-more/vi-AAMhvWP

Topic virology
Judgment Good.
Talsk about news relates to Coronavirus. Coronavirus
relates to virology. It’s a useful topic.

Title 2.9% Niagara Region tax hike slated for approval

Text Financing an organization such as Niagara Region is never easy

as it provides for such things as transportation infrastructure,
clean water, public

Url https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/council/2021/01/20/29-
niagara-region-tax-hike-slated-for-approval.html

Topic ontario
Judgment Good.
The text talks about tax in Niagara Region. Niagara is in ontario.
So, it’s a relevant topic.

Title Airdrie boss Ian Murray reserves special praise for two
stars after improved performance

Text Airdrie boss Ian Murray reserves special praise for two
stars after improved performance The Diamonds beat
Queen's Park 4-3 on penalties after a goalless draw in the
Premier Sports Cup clash
Url https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/airdrie-
boss-ian-murray-reserves-special-praise-for-two-stars-
after-improved-performance/ar-AAMhUdO
Topic premier league
Judgment Good.

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 The people and event mentioned in the text are related
to premier league. Bing search premier league if you
don’t know what it is.

Title One of our own: Holohan relishing role as a hero in his

home away from home

Text One of our own: Holohan relishing role as a hero in his

home away from home Kilkenny’s Gavan Holohan has
made a big contribution to Hartlepool United’s return to
the Football League.
Url https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/football/one-of-
our-own-holohan-relishing-role-as-a-hero-in-his-home-
away-from-home/ar-AAMi8l6

Topic premier league

Judgment Good.
The people and event mentioned in the text are related
to premier league. Bing search premier league if you
don’t know what it is.

Title Since the essence of addiction is the formation of 'wrong

brain synapse', can we train ourselves to create a more
powerful 'right brain synapse' to defeat it for a long
time?
Text I think that addictive personalities will always be
addicted to something. I don't know why that is true. It
may be easier to move their addiction from the
morelethal addictions to the less lethal addictions. Life
expectancy on heroin versus life expectancy on alcohol
or pot. It seems odd but in real life it may be a
possibilityfor those who have failed at every other
method of treatment. This is simply a personal opinion
on the subject.
Url https://www.quora.com/Since-the-essence-of-
addiction-is-the-formation-of-wrong-brain-synapse-

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 can-we-train-ourselves-to-create-a-more-powerful-
right-brain-synapse-to-defeat-it-for-a-long-time

Topic baby care products

Judgment Bad. Talks abou "neurons" and "synapse". The given
topic is not relevant.

Title After Jesus’ Resurrection, Was His Body Flesh or

Spirit？

Text “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for
the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put
to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which
he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because
they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited
in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared,
in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought
safely through water.”

Url https://quora.com/after-jesus-resurrection-was-his-
body-flesh-or-spirit
Topic 2019 elections
Judgment Bad.
talks about "resurrection" or "the resurrection of jesus"
or " jesus ", the topic is not relevant.

Title African FTA Growth Impact Too Small to Affect Ratings

Text The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade

Agreement (AfCFTA) on its own is unlikely to be a driv

Url https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/african-
fta-growth-impact-too-small-to-affect-ratings-07-01-
2021?ite=483936&ito=2638&itq=9d257274-3da8-437d-
8609-8cddb40e987c&itx%5Bidio%5D=88647216

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Topic international economics
Judgment Good.
The text talks about African economics. So, the given topic
is relevant.

Title Who wrote the National Pledge of India?

Text It must be noted that his efforts to popularise the pledge
were encouraged by then education minister Raja Saheb
of Vizianagaram, P V G Raju and nationalist Tenneti
Viswanatham. Sources at the Tenneti Foundation say
that Venkata Subba Rao was a frequent visitor at the
residence of the late Tenneti. The duo diligently worked
to ensure that the pledge was accorded constitutional
recognition.

Url https://quora.com/who-wrote-the-national-pledge-of-
india
Topic time travel
Judgment Bad.
talks about "pledge of allegiance","pledges" or "the
National Pledge of India ", the given topic is not relevant.

Title How to apply for a Schengen visa going to Austria?

Text Through VFS

Url https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-apply-for-a-
Schengen-visa-going-to-Austria
Topic amtrak
Judgment Bad.
talks about "schengen visa", the given topic is not
relevant at all.

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Title How to apply for a Schengen visa going to Austria?

Text Through VFS

Url https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-apply-for-a-
Schengen-visa-going-to-Austria
Topic amtrak
Judgment Bad.
talks about "schengen visa", the given topic is not
relevant at all.

Title How to apply for a Schengen visa going to Austria?

Text Pride of Four Memorial Tournament held in Denison
DENISON, Texas (KXII) -On May 24, 2020, Durant High
School students. Kaleb Foster, Fernando Flores, Jack
Sarver, and Hunter Ford lost their lives at the hands of
drunk driver. However, their families and the Texoma
Community are making sure their memory lives on. This
weekend, Texoma Tournaments and PAC Sports put on
the Pride of Four Memorial Tournament out at Texoma
Health Foundation Park. The tournament was to raise
funds for the Pride of Four Memorial Scholarship, a
scholarship created in memory of those four Durant
students.
Url https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/pride-of-
four-memorial-tournament-held-in-denison/ar-
AAMiyQc
Topic pride
Judgment Bad.
talks about " Pride of Four Memorial Tournament ", not
“pride” , the given topic is not relevant.

Title The Splash Zone 7/19/21: Do Dolphins Have Enough At

Running Back?
Text The Splash Zone 7/19/21: Do Dolphins Have Enough At
Running Back? Welcome to the Splash Zone, the
quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring

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 you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24
hours.
Url https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/the-splash-
zone-71921-do-dolphins-have-enough-at-running-
back/ar-AAMjuXc
Topic marine biology
Judgment Bad.
The Dolphins in the given text is a team name. Not a
species. So the topic is not relevant.