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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: TypeError
Message: Couldn't cast array of type string to null
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1827, in _prepare_split_single
for key, table in generator:
^^^^^^^^^
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 613, in wrapped
for item in generator(*args, **kwargs):
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 343, in _generate_tables
self._cast_table(pa_table, json_field_paths=json_field_paths),
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 132, in _cast_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self.info.features.arrow_schema)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2378, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2312, in cast_table_to_schema
cast_array_to_feature(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
table[name] if name in table_column_names else pa.array([None] * len(table), type=schema.field(name).type),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
feature,
^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 1861, in wrapper
return pa.chunked_array([func(chunk, *args, **kwargs) for chunk in array.chunks])
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2152, in cast_array_to_feature
return array_cast(
array,
...<2 lines>...
allow_decimal_to_str=allow_decimal_to_str,
)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 1863, in wrapper
return func(array, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2014, in array_cast
raise TypeError(f"Couldn't cast array of type {_short_str(array.type)} to {_short_str(pa_type)}")
TypeError: Couldn't cast array of type string to null
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1369, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations, partial, estimated_dataset_info = stream_convert_to_parquet(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
builder, max_dataset_size_bytes=max_dataset_size_bytes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 948, in stream_convert_to_parquet
builder._prepare_split(split_generator=splits_generators[split], file_format="parquet")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1694, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
gen_kwargs=gen_kwargs, job_id=job_id, **_prepare_split_args
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
):
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1880, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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"jw-cath... | Sermon 39: Catholic Spirit Text: "And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart And Jehonadab answered: It is. If it be, give me thine hand." 2 Kings 10:15. Introduction 1. It is all... |
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Wesley Corpus
The open writings of John and Charles Wesley: 4,939 works, 20,734 passages, 5.46 million words: sermons, journals, letters, treatises, hymns and biblical notes, with source-edition citations and structured metadata.
Two configurations:
works: one record per work, full text inline intext, plus title, author, type, composition date, numbering, source edition, transcription and modernization notes, automatic themes, prev/next links and word count.passages: one record per passage of an open work (work_idlinks toworks), matching the passage records served by the site.
What is not included
129 works are excluded because their sources failed a quality gate (more than 5% non-word rate at the source). Publishing damaged OCR as trainable text would teach a wrong Wesley, so those works are not in this dataset. They are disclosed on the licence page and on their (noindex) pages on the site.
Licence
The texts. John and Charles Wesley's writings are in the public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Where a transcription error has been corrected, that correction is released under CC0.
The apparatus. Titles, provenance notes, editorial notes, cross-references, curated themes and the JSON records themselves are CC BY 4.0. Attribute to "History of Methodism / Wesley Corpus."
Machine use. Machine-learning training, fine-tuning, evaluation and retrieval are explicitly permitted and welcome under those terms; keep attribution on the apparatus.
Full terms: https://corpus.historyofmethodism.com/license
Canonical home
https://corpus.historyofmethodism.com. This dataset is a machine-generated export of the site (generated 2026-09-07 by scripts/build_export.py), regenerated from the source and never hand-edited; the site remains the one published address of the text.
Notes on the data
These are transcriptions of historical printed editions, with the errors that implies; each work records its source edition and text basis. Fields marked themes_auto are computed, not curated.
Contact: wilson@wrootlabs.com
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