WojoodNER 2024: The Second Arabic Named Entity Recognition Shared Task

We present WojoodNER-2024, the second Arabic Named Entity Recognition (NER) Shared Task. In WojoodNER-2024, we focus on fine-grained Arabic NER. We provided participants with a new Arabic fine-grained NER dataset called Wojoodfine, annotated with subtypes of entities. WojoodNER-2024 encompassed three subtasks: ($i$) Closed-Track Flat Fine-Grained NER, ($ii$) Closed-Track Nested Fine-Grained NER, and ($iii$) an Open-Track NER for the Israeli War on Gaza. A total of 43 unique teams registered for this shared task. Five teams participated in the Flat Fine-Grained Subtask, among which two teams tackled the Nested Fine-Grained Subtask and one team participated in the Open-Track NER Subtask. The winning teams achieved $F_1$ scores of 91% and 92% in the Flat Fine-Grained and Nested Fine-Grained Subtasks, respectively. The sole team in the Open-Track Subtask achieved an $F_1$ score of 73.7%.