BIBLE: Biblically Informed Bot Learning Evaluation

BIBLE (Biblically Informed Bot Learning Evaluation) is a comprehensive benchmark dataset designed to evaluate AI models on their understanding of the Holy Bible. It covers all 66 books of Scripture and includes additional thematic categories for People of the Bible, Places in the Bible, and Measurements in the Bible.

⚠️ This dataset is not intended for training. It is strictly for evaluation and benchmarking of models on Biblical knowledge and reasoning.

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⚠️ Accuracy Disclaimer

While the questions in this dataset are sourced directly from trusted materials, a significant portion of the content was generated using NotebookLM based on the referenced source documents. Many of these generated questions and answers were not manually reviewed for theological or factual accuracy.

As such, the accuracy, phrasing, and interpretative correctness of some questions and answers cannot be guaranteed. Users are encouraged to independently verify any content used in formal evaluations, especially in faith-sensitive or doctrinally rigorous contexts.

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📚 Dataset Overview

• ✅ Questions from every book of the Bible (Genesis → Revelation)
• ✅ Additional themed categories:
  • People of the Bible
  • Places in the Bible
  • Measurements in the Bible
• ✅ Structured format with:
  • Multiple-choice options (A–D)
  • A single correct answer
  • Source attribution and extraction method
• ✅ Suitable for:
  • Benchmarking model comprehension of Scripture
  • Evaluating closed-book Biblical knowledge in LLMs
  • Faith-aligned QA assessments

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📊 Model Accuracy on BIBLE Benchmark

The following table summarizes the performance of various quantized models (Q4_K_M) evaluated on the BIBLE benchmark. Accuracy reflects the percentage of correct answers across the full benchmark dataset.

Model Name	Total Accuracy
Gemma 2 2b Instruct	40.21%
Gemma 3 1b Instruct	27.96%
Gemma 3 4b Instruct	41.52%
Granite 3.1 Dense 2b Instruct	39.99%
Granite 3.1 MoE 1b Instruct	22.21%
Granite 3.2 2b Instruct	40.19%
InternLM2.5 1.8b	28.74%
Llama 3.2 1b Instruct	24.32%
Llama 3.2 3b Instruct	41.73%
Phi4-mini Instruct	40.78%
Qwen2.5 1.5b Instruct	41.03%
Qwen2.5 3b Instruct	47.94%
SmolLM2 1.7b Instruct	30.38%

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📁 Dataset Structure

Each example in the dataset is a dictionary with the following fields:

• question: A Bible-based question
• choices: A list of four possible answers (A–D)
• answer: The correct choice, as a letter ("A", "B", "C", or "D")
• category: The book of the Bible or theme the question belongs to
• source: A URL pointing to the original source material
• qa_extraction: Notes on how the question-answer pair was derived (e.g. directly from the source or generated via NotebookLM given the source)

🔍 Example

{
  "question": "What two things did God create in the beginning (Gen. 1:1)?",
  "choices": [
    "The light and the darkness",
    "The heavens and the earth",
    "The land and the sea",
    "The world and the stars"
  ],
  "answer": "B",
  "category": "Genesis",
  "source": "https://biblicalelearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/01_GenesisMCQuestions.pdf",
  "qa_extraction": "Obtained directly from the source."
}

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🔗 Data Sources and Attribution

This dataset was built from publicly available resources. Full respect and credit is given to the following original sources:

• Biblical eLearning
  Developed by Dr. Ted Hildebrandt, Biblical eLearning is dedicated to providing free online Biblical resources to the global Christian community. The site hosts high-quality, Biblically grounded materials from expert teachers, aiming to preserve and share faithful teaching digitally for the glory of God and the good of others. Many of these resources, including the Bible Quizzers material used in this dataset, are freely downloadable in PDF format for personal study or educational use.
  📖 Download Bible Quizzers PDFs

• World English Bible (WEB) via eBible.org
  eBible.org is the original home of the World English Bible and a global volunteer movement committed to making the Holy Bible freely available in the languages and formats most useful to people worldwide. Founded by Michael Paul Johnson, who also serves as senior editor of the WEB, the site hosts hundreds of translations, including the original Hebrew and Greek texts, and supports a wide range of digital formats for both reading and development. The mission of eBible.org is rooted in the Great Commission and made possible by a large network of volunteers who work to ensure quality, accessibility, and faithful distribution of Scripture.
  📖 Download the WEB Bible PDFs

• GotQuestions Ministries
  GotQuestions.org
  A leading online ministry offering Biblical answers to spiritually related questions, GotQuestions.org is a theologically conservative, evangelical resource rooted in Scripture. Since 2002, the site has received over 2.5 billion pageviews, offering articles, Q&A, podcasts, and tools for those seeking to understand the Word of God.

Each question entry includes the corresponding source URL and method of extraction of the data.
If you use this dataset, please ensure these sources are properly cited.

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🔍 Intended Use

The BIBLE dataset is intended for:

• Evaluating Biblical literacy in large language models
• Testing for factual Scriptural grounding
• Benchmarking theological comprehension
• Identifying hallucination in religious QA settings

It is not suitable for model training, and it is recommended that models be evaluated "as-is" without memorization or prior exposure to the benchmark.

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⚖️ License

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
It contains public domain and freely licensed material, but users are responsible for proper attribution and for complying with the original source usage guidelines.

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🤝 Contributing

Found an issue or want to contribute additional benchmark questions?
Pull requests and community suggestions are welcome — feel free to open an issue or submit a PR.

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