Past TAC Data

(Data for current -- TAC 2009 -- tracks is available only to registered TAC 2009 track participants. See the TAC 2009 Tracks page for registration information.)

The data available on this page include test data and evaluation results for past TAC cycles. (Task guidelines for past years can be found on the track home pages.)

A "Past Data" ID and password sequence is required in order to access any data on this page. The "Past Data" ID and password sequence is static from year to year and is different from any "Team" ID and password sequence that an organization may have received as a registered track participant in any TAC year (including the current year).

To receive the required "Past Data" ID and password sequence that allows access to past TAC data, please complete the Agreement Concerning Dissemination of TAC Results and any additional User Agreements that are required for the particular track, task, and year (See Table below). TAC Agreement forms are available at:

• TAC User Agreements Page

Fax the Organization Applications to NIST, retain the Individual Applications at your organization. When you send your fax, please also send Lori Buckland an email message letting her know your faxed forms are coming. Indicate in your email message that you are requesting 'Past TAC Data'. Lori will send a response email confirming receipt of your forms. If this is the first time you are requesting "Past Data" for TAC, you will also receive a "Past Data" ID and password sequence; otherwise, you may use your existing "Past Data" ID and password to access the data.

* Agreement Concerning Dissemination of TAC Results is required for accessing any TAC data.

Past TAC Data
Year	Track	Task	Required User Agreements	Data
2008	Question Answering	Opinion QA	* Blog06	[Questions, answers, submitted runs, evaluation results]
2008	Summarization	Opinion Pilot	* Blog06	[Documents, summaries, evaluation results]
2008	Summarization	Update	* AQUAINT-2	[Documents, summaries, evaluation results]
2008	Recognizing Textual Entailment	Classification	*	[Annotated test data; submitted runs]