ClaimCheck

Overview

ClaimCheck is a fact-checking system that processes claims and verifies their veracity using various modules and models.

Pre-requisites

1. Create a new Programmable Search Engine in Google:

   • Go to the Programmable Search Engine and create a new search engine.
   • Note down the CSE ID.
   • Enable the Custom Search JSON API in the Google Cloud Console.
   • Note down the API key.

2. Get your API key from SerpAPI.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/idirlab/ClaimCheck.git
   cd ClaimCheck

2. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Update the API keys in the code:

   • Open claim_matching.py and update the Google Cloud API key and CSE ID.
   • Open search.py and update the SerpAPI key.

Usage

To run the fact-checking system from the command line, use the fact-check.py script. It takes two arguments: the path to the JSON file containing the claims and the number of records to process.

Command Line Arguments:

• json_path: Path to the AVeriTeC JSON file.
• num_records: Number of claims to run.

Example:

python fact-check.py /path/to/json/file.json 5

Replace /path/to/json/file.json with the actual path to your AVeriTeC JSON file and 5 with the number of records you want to process. You can find AVeriTeC JSON files here.