Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition

Mohan Raj Chanthran; Lay Ki Soon; Huey Fang Ong; Bhawani Selvaretnam

doi:10.1109/IALP68296.2024.11156693

Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition

Mohan Raj Chanthran, Lay Ki Soon, Huey Fang Ong, Bhawani Selvaretnam

Malaysia Sch of Information Technology

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Abstract

Malaysian English, being a low-resource creole language, presents unique challenges for natural language processing tasks such as Named Entity Recognition (NER) and Relational Extraction (RE). In this paper, we propose a methodology utilizing Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Annotation to address these challenges and enhance the annotation process for NER and RE tasks in Malaysian English. By implementing this methodology, we effectively expanded the MEN Dataset from 6,061 entities to 12,456 entities and from 4,095 relation instances to 7,794 relation instances. This promising outcome serves as an encouragement to expand resources for any low-resource language by implementing the discussed methodology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2025
Editors	Lei Wang, Rong Tong, Sarah Flora Samson Juan, Yanfeng Lu, Ping Ping Tan, Suhaila Saee, Minghui Dong
Place of Publication	Piscataway NJ USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	165-169
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331589790
ISBN (Print)	9798331589806
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IALP68296.2024.11156693
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP) 2025 - Sarawak, Malaysia Duration: 4 Aug 2025 → 6 Aug 2025 Conference number: 29th https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/11156192/proceeding (Proceedings) https://www.colips.org/conferences/ialp2025/wp/ (Website)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP) 2025
Abbreviated title	IALP 2025
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Sarawak
Period	4/08/25 → 6/08/25
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/11156192/proceeding (Proceedings) https://www.colips.org/conferences/ialp2025/wp/ (Website)

Keywords

Human-in-the-Loop Annotation
Low-Resource Language
Malaysian English
Named Entity Recognition
Relation Extraction

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Chanthran, M. R., Soon, L. K., Ong, H. F., & Selvaretnam, B. (2025). Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition. In L. Wang, R. Tong, S. F. S. Juan, Y. Lu, P. P. Tan, S. Saee, & M. Dong (Eds.), Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2025 (pp. 165-169). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IALP68296.2024.11156693

Chanthran, Mohan Raj ; Soon, Lay Ki ; Ong, Huey Fang et al. / Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition. Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2025. editor / Lei Wang ; Rong Tong ; Sarah Flora Samson Juan ; Yanfeng Lu ; Ping Ping Tan ; Suhaila Saee ; Minghui Dong. Piscataway NJ USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2025. pp. 165-169

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Chanthran, MR , Soon, LK , Ong, HF & Selvaretnam, B 2025, Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition. in L Wang, R Tong, SFS Juan, Y Lu, PP Tan, S Saee & M Dong (eds), Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2025. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 165-169, International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP) 2025, Sarawak, Malaysia, 4/08/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/IALP68296.2024.11156693

Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition. / Chanthran, Mohan Raj ; Soon, Lay Ki ; Ong, Huey Fang et al.
Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2025. ed. / Lei Wang; Rong Tong; Sarah Flora Samson Juan; Yanfeng Lu; Ping Ping Tan; Suhaila Saee; Minghui Dong. Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2025. p. 165-169.

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Chanthran MR , Soon LK , Ong HF, Selvaretnam B. Expanding Malaysian English Dataset with Human-in-the-Loop Annotation for Entity and Relation Recognition. In Wang L, Tong R, Juan SFS, Lu Y, Tan PP, Saee S, Dong M, editors, Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2025. Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2025. p. 165-169 doi: 10.1109/IALP68296.2024.11156693

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