# FACTIFY-5WQA: 5W Aspect-based Fact Verification through Question Answering Source: [FACTIFY-5WQA: 5W Aspect-based Fact Verification through Question Answering]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2026-01-02T02:41:08.927Z Authors: Anku Rani, S.M Towhidul Islam Tonmoy, Dwip Dalal, Shreya Gautam, Megha Chakraborty, Aman Chadha, Amit Sheth, Amitava Das Published: 2023-05-07T16:52:21.000Z ## Abstract Automatic fact verification has received significant attention recently. Contemporary automatic fact-checking systems focus on estimating truthfulness using numerical scores which are not human-interpretable. A human fact-checker generally follows several logical steps to verify a verisimilitude claim and conclude whether its truthful or a mere masquerade. Popular fact-checking websites follow a common structure for fact categorization such as half true, half false, false, pants on fire, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to have an aspect-based (delineating which part(s) are true and which are false) explainable system that can assist human fact-checkers in asking relevant questions related to a fact, which can then be validated separately to reach a final verdict. In this paper, we propose a 5W framework (who, what, when, where, and why) for question-answer-based fact explainability. To that end, we present a semi-automatically generated dataset called FACTIFY-5WQA, which consists of 391, 041 facts along with relevant 5W QAs - underscoring our major contribution to this paper. A semantic role labeling system has been utilized to locate 5Ws, which generates QA pairs for claims using a masked language model. Finally, we report a baseline QA system to automatically locate those answers from evidence documents, which can serve as a baseline for future research in the field. Lastly, we propose a robust fact verification system that takes paraphrased claims and automatically validates them. The dataset and the baseline model are available at https: //github.com/ankuranii/acl-5W-QA ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. - [5W Question-Answer Generation on 5W QAG vs. 5W QA (val)](): 5W Question-Answer Generation; 5W QAG vs. 5W QA (val); BLEU: 29.22. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]() [Implementation]()