# Stance Detection on FNC-1 (test)

Source: [Stance Detection on FNC-1 (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/stance-detection-on-fnc-1-test>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T06:08:44.997Z

Evaluation of Stance Detection performance on the test split of the Fake News Challenge FNC-1 dataset, reporting standard classification metrics.

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.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Stance Detection |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | Fake News Challenge FNC-1 (test) |
| Metric | Weighted Accuracy |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 10 of 10 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Weighted Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/stance-detection-on-fnc-1-test.md?metric=Weighted%20Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Macro F1](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/stance-detection-on-fnc-1-test.md?metric=Macro%20F1>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/stance-detection-on-fnc-1-test.md?metric=Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Weighted Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sMemNN | 0.8123 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| sMemNN | 0.7897 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| Gradient Boosting | 0.752 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| sMemNN | 0.7513 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| LSTM+CNN | 0.6021 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| LSTM | 0.5723 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| All-discuss | 0.4389 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| CNN+LSTM | 0.4202 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| CNN | 0.4066 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |
| All-unrelated | 0.3937 | Not recorded | 68fa64401e209131cea037b0 |

### sMemNN

Weighted Accuracy: 0.8123. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29c5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/www.fakenewschallenge.org>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"110M","Trainable Parameters":"105M","enrichment":"BOW with TF.IDF"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### sMemNN

Weighted Accuracy: 0.7897. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29c4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/www.fakenewschallenge.org>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"5.5M","Trainable Parameters":"377.5K"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Gradient Boosting

Weighted Accuracy: 0.752. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29c2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### sMemNN

Weighted Accuracy: 0.7513. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29c3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/www.fakenewschallenge.org>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"5.4M","Trainable Parameters":"275.2K","Similarity type":"dot product"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LSTM+CNN

Weighted Accuracy: 0.6021. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29c1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"2.8M","Trainable Parameters":"281.5K"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LSTM

Weighted Accuracy: 0.5723. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29bf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"2.8M","Trainable Parameters":"261.3K"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### All-discuss

Weighted Accuracy: 0.4389. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29bd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CNN+LSTM

Weighted Accuracy: 0.4202. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29c0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa62841e209131ce9f9d28.md>)

[Implementation](<http://jeffdonahue.com/lrcn/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"4.2M","Trainable Parameters":"361.5K"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CNN

Weighted Accuracy: 0.4066. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29be.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Total Parameters":"2.7M","Trainable Parameters":"188.7K"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### All-unrelated

Weighted Accuracy: 0.3937. Result ID: 698c1acfc330d5bfdbca29bc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64401e209131cea037b0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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