KODIS: A Multicultural Dispute Resolution Dialogue Corpus

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James Hale, Sushrita Rakshit, Kushal Chawla, Jeanne M. Brett, Jonathan Gratch

Published: 2025, Last Modified: 07 May 2026CoRR 2025EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: We present KODIS, a dyadic dispute resolution corpus containing thousands of dialogues from over 75 countries. Motivated by a theoretical model of culture and conflict, participants engage in a typical customer service dispute designed by experts to evoke strong emotions and conflict. The corpus contains a rich set of dispositional, process, and outcome measures. The initial analysis supports theories of how anger expressions lead to escalatory spirals and highlights cultural differences in emotional expression. We make this corpus and data collection framework available to the community.