Challenge: a new text generation dataset is needed to controllable text summarization, but it lacks the domain knowledge.
Approach: They propose to use existing text generation datasets to leverage input and control signals . they propose to annotate each meta-review sentence manually with a control signal .
Outcome: The proposed method can be used to control the structure of a text generation dataset . it can be applied to a variety of tasks, including a task with a large number of meta-review sentences .

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