The Sign Language Dataset Compendium


Data Collection Task

Describe process

Signers are presented with some kind of instruction, cooking recipes, DIY instruction, IKEA assembly or common knowledge tasks like changing a tire. The signers describe the instructions to each other step-by-step. Goal of this task is to collect detailed descriptions and explanations of a sequence of actions as well as phrases to structure a text.

Stimulus Step-by-step instructions, e.g. IKEA assembly, DIY picture instruction
Target Description and explanation of actions, text structure
Degree of Interaction Low (monologue)
Duration 5 min

Task uses in corpora

Corpus Corpus LSFB
Corpus Language French Belgian Sign Language
# recordings – open access 0
# recordings – restricted access 58
Data available none
Corpus Corpus Vlaamse Gebarentaal
Corpus Language Flemish Sign Language
# recordings – open access 3
# recordings – restricted access 0
Data available https://www.corpusvgt.be/nl/corpussearch?field_geslacht_v1_value=All&field_geslacht_v1_value_1=All&field_leeftijd_v1_value=All&field_leeftijd_v1_value_1=All&field_regio_v1_value=All&field_regio_v1_value_1=All&field_thema_tid=19 (Beschrijven van procedures)
Corpus DGS Corpus
Corpus Language German Sign Language
# recordings – open access 13
# recordings – restricted access 153
Data available https://meine-dgs.de/formats/format4_en.html
Corpus PJM Corpus
Corpus Language Polish Sign Language
# recordings – open access 0
# recordings – restricted access not available
Data available none

This entry was last modified on 23 February 2022.