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Who and What? Using Linguistic Features and Annotator Characteristics to Analyze Annotation Variation

Maximilian Maurer , Maximilian Linde , Gabriella Lapesa This is my paper

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The pith

Annotation variation in harmful language detection stems primarily from interactions between linguistic cues in the text and annotator attitudes rather than from either factor alone.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper analyzes four established datasets for harmful language detection to determine how linguistic properties of the items and characteristics of the annotators jointly produce differences in labels. It applies statistical models that include interaction terms to test whether these two sources combine in ways previous studies treated separately. The results indicate that such interactions, especially involving lexical cues and annotator attitudes, account for much of the observed variation and reveal intersectional patterns. At the same time the specific directions and strengths of the effects change from dataset to dataset. If this account is correct, current practices of collecting large numbers of annotators and releasing disaggregated labels will only be useful if models and guidelines explicitly treat annotation as the joint outcome of text and person.

Core claim

Our analysis of four reference datasets shows that the interplay between linguistic features of the text and annotator characteristics is essential for explaining label variation in harmful language detection. Interactions uncover intersectional effects that single-factor approaches miss, with lexical cues and annotator attitudes emerging as particularly influential. Effect patterns nevertheless differ substantially across the datasets, which limits generalization and transfer.

What carries the argument

Multivariate statistical models that incorporate interaction terms between linguistic features of the items and annotator characteristics such as attitudes and demographics.

Load-bearing premise

The linguistic features and annotator characteristics measured in the study, together with the statistical models applied, are sufficient to capture the main sources of annotation variation without important omitted factors or dataset-specific artifacts.

What would settle it

A follow-up analysis on new harmful language datasets or with additional linguistic and annotator variables that finds statistically insignificant interaction effects or highly consistent patterns across all datasets would undermine the central claim.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.06318 by Gabriella Lapesa, Maximilian Linde, Maximilian Maurer.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Cross-classified data structure for ordinal text view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Posterior estimates for the surviving effects for view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Model predictions for the interaction age:n_hateful (POPQUORN). Labels ( 1 , 0 , -1 ) refer to SD from mean (0) for n_hateful. The dots represent the mean posterior estimates, and vertical bars represent the 95% highest density interval. Inspection reveals that items with such tokens of￾ten are about the author’s opposing views on certain positions on moral grounds or are ironic6 . We find two surviving in… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Posterior estimates for the surviving effects view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Posterior estimates for the surviving effects view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Posterior estimates for surviving effects of view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Example items from POPQUORN con￾taining a relatively high number of words related to moral/behavioral deficiencies (n_dmc colored in cyan ). Don’t worry. Israel has already told the UN there will be no investigation. Gotta love that jew privilege. (a) Congrats on the 1:30 Israeli / Palestinian casualty ra￾tio. Hamas must be patting themselves on their backs and looking for a repeat of that success. (b) A l… view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Posterior estimates for surviving effects of view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Example items from MHS containing a rel view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Example items from MHS containing a rel view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Example: Cluster 6 in the linguistic feature view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: age:n_hateful_all_lexicons (POPQUORN) 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 extremely_conservative conservative slightly_conservative neutral slightly_liberal liberal extremely_liberal ideology annotation age 18−24 30−34 35−39 40−44 45−49 50−54 55−59 60−64 >65 view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: ideology:age (MHS) 24 view at source ↗
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Human label variation has been established as a central phenomenon in NLP: the perspectives different annotators have on the same item need to be embraced. Data collection practices thus shifted towards increasing the annotator numbers and releasing disaggregated datasets, harmful language being most resourced due to its high subjectivity. While this resulted in rich information about \textit{who} annotated (sociodemographics, attitudes, etc.), the \textit{what} (e.g., linguistic properties of items), and their interplay has received little attention. We present the first large-scale analysis of four reference datasets for harmful language detection, bringing together annotator characteristics, linguistic properties of the items, and their interactions in a statistically informed picture. We find that interactions are crucial, revealing intersectional effects ignored in previous work, and that a strong role is played by lexical cues and annotator attitudes. Effect patterns, however, vary considerably across datasets. This urges caution about generalization and transferability.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript presents the first large-scale analysis of four reference datasets for harmful language detection. It integrates annotator characteristics (sociodemographics and attitudes), linguistic properties of the items, and their interactions within statistical models to examine sources of annotation variation. The central claims are that interactions are crucial (revealing intersectional effects ignored in prior work), that lexical cues and annotator attitudes play strong roles, and that effect patterns vary considerably across datasets, urging caution about generalization and transferability.

Significance. If the statistical findings prove robust, the work would advance NLP research on subjective annotation tasks by demonstrating that isolated analyses of annotator traits or item features are insufficient and that modeling their interactions is necessary to capture intersectional effects. This could influence data collection practices and model development for harmful language detection by highlighting dataset-specific patterns and the risks of overgeneralization.

major comments (2)
  1. [Methods] Methods: The manuscript provides no details on the regression specifications used to assess interactions (e.g., logistic vs. linear mixed-effects models, exact terms for annotator-linguistic interactions, inclusion of random effects for annotators/items, or controls for dataset as a factor). Without these, the claim that interactions are 'crucial' cannot be evaluated for robustness against omitted-variable bias or dataset artifacts.
  2. [Results] Results: The assertion that 'effect patterns vary considerably across datasets' is presented without quantitative support such as tests for coefficient heterogeneity, cross-dataset interaction significance, or formal comparisons of model fits. This weakens the argument that the variation undermines generalization.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The phrase 'statistically informed picture' is vague; a one-sentence summary of the modeling approach (e.g., 'via mixed-effects regressions with interaction terms') would improve clarity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive feedback on our manuscript. We address each major comment below and have revised the paper to provide the requested details and quantitative support.

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  1. Referee: [Methods] Methods: The manuscript provides no details on the regression specifications used to assess interactions (e.g., logistic vs. linear mixed-effects models, exact terms for annotator-linguistic interactions, inclusion of random effects for annotators/items, or controls for dataset as a factor). Without these, the claim that interactions are 'crucial' cannot be evaluated for robustness against omitted-variable bias or dataset artifacts.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the original manuscript did not include sufficient detail on the regression specifications. In the revised version, we have added a new subsection titled 'Statistical Analysis' under Methods. We employed logistic mixed-effects models (implemented in R using the lme4 package) with the binary annotation label (harmful vs. non-harmful) as the dependent variable. Fixed effects comprised main effects for annotator characteristics (sociodemographics and attitudes), linguistic features (lexical, syntactic, and semantic cues extracted via standard NLP pipelines), and all two-way interaction terms between annotator traits and linguistic features. Random intercepts were specified for both annotators and items to account for repeated measures and individual variability. Dataset was included as a fixed factor, with additional interactions to permit dataset-specific effects. These specifications directly mitigate concerns about omitted-variable bias and enable evaluation of the robustness of the interaction effects. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Results] Results: The assertion that 'effect patterns vary considerably across datasets' is presented without quantitative support such as tests for coefficient heterogeneity, cross-dataset interaction significance, or formal comparisons of model fits. This weakens the argument that the variation undermines generalization.

    Authors: We agree that additional quantitative evidence would strengthen this claim. The revised manuscript now includes a combined multi-dataset model with three-way interaction terms (annotator characteristic × linguistic feature × dataset). We report results from likelihood ratio tests comparing nested models with and without the dataset interactions, as well as Wald tests for pairwise differences in key interaction coefficients across datasets. Several interactions (particularly those involving annotator attitudes and lexical cues) show statistically significant heterogeneity (p < 0.05 after correction). We also added a supplementary table with model fit comparisons (AIC/BIC) between pooled and dataset-specific models. These additions provide formal support for the observed variation and the associated caution regarding generalization and transferability. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: empirical regression analysis on existing datasets

full rationale

The paper conducts statistical analysis (regressions on linguistic features, annotator traits, and interactions) across four pre-existing harmful language datasets. No derivations, predictions, or results reduce to inputs by construction; all claims are observational patterns extracted from fitted models on the data. No self-citations support load-bearing uniqueness theorems, ansatzes, or self-definitions. The work is self-contained empirical analysis without closed theoretical loops.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The analysis relies on standard statistical assumptions about feature independence and model linearity but introduces no new free parameters or invented entities beyond those in the reference datasets and chosen linguistic/annotator variables.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Linguistic features and annotator characteristics can be treated as measurable, independent inputs to regression or similar models without substantial measurement error.
    Invoked implicitly when combining the two sources of variation in a single analysis framework.

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