Datasets:

allenai
/

sciq

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	language_creators:
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	language:
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	license:
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	task_categories:
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	task_ids:
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	paperswithcode_id: sciq
	pretty_name: SciQ
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	- name: question
	dtype: string
	- name: distractor3
	dtype: string
	- name: distractor1
	dtype: string
	- name: distractor2
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	- name: correct_answer
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	- name: support
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	- name: train
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	- name: validation
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	- name: test
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	num_examples: 1000
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	data_files:
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	- split: validation
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	- split: test
	path: data/test-*
	---

	# Dataset Card for "sciq"

	## Table of Contents
	- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
	- [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
	- [Supported Tasks and Leaderboards](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards)
	- [Languages](#languages)
	- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
	- [Data Instances](#data-instances)
	- [Data Fields](#data-fields)
	- [Data Splits](#data-splits)
	- [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation)
	- [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale)
	- [Source Data](#source-data)
	- [Annotations](#annotations)
	- [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information)
	- [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
	- [Social Impact of Dataset](#social-impact-of-dataset)
	- [Discussion of Biases](#discussion-of-biases)
	- [Other Known Limitations](#other-known-limitations)
	- [Additional Information](#additional-information)
	- [Dataset Curators](#dataset-curators)
	- [Licensing Information](#licensing-information)
	- [Citation Information](#citation-information)
	- [Contributions](#contributions)

	## Dataset Description

	- Homepage: [https://allenai.org/data/sciq](https://allenai.org/data/sciq)
	- Repository: [More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)
	- Paper: [More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)
	- Point of Contact: [More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)
	- Size of downloaded dataset files: 2.82 MB
	- Size of the generated dataset: 7.68 MB
	- Total amount of disk used: 10.50 MB

	### Dataset Summary

	The SciQ dataset contains 13,679 crowdsourced science exam questions about Physics, Chemistry and Biology, among others. The questions are in multiple-choice format with 4 answer options each. For the majority of the questions, an additional paragraph with supporting evidence for the correct answer is provided.

	### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Languages

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	## Dataset Structure

	### Data Instances

	#### default

	- Size of downloaded dataset files: 2.82 MB
	- Size of the generated dataset: 7.68 MB
	- Total amount of disk used: 10.50 MB

	An example of 'train' looks as follows.
	```
	This example was too long and was cropped:

	{
	"correct_answer": "coriolis effect",
	"distractor1": "muon effect",
	"distractor2": "centrifugal effect",
	"distractor3": "tropical effect",
	"question": "What phenomenon makes global winds blow northeast to southwest or the reverse in the northern hemisphere and northwest to southeast or the reverse in the southern hemisphere?",
	"support": "\"Without Coriolis Effect the global winds would blow north to south or south to north. But Coriolis makes them blow northeast to..."
	}
	```

	### Data Fields

	The data fields are the same among all splits.

	#### default
	- `question`: a `string` feature.
	- `distractor3`: a `string` feature.
	- `distractor1`: a `string` feature.
	- `distractor2`: a `string` feature.
	- `correct_answer`: a `string` feature.
	- `support`: a `string` feature.

	### Data Splits

	\| name \|train\|validation\|test\|
	\|-------\|----:\|---------:\|---:\|
	\|default\|11679\| 1000\|1000\|

	## Dataset Creation

	### Curation Rationale

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Source Data

	#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	#### Who are the source language producers?

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Annotations

	#### Annotation process

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	#### Who are the annotators?

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Personal and Sensitive Information

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	## Considerations for Using the Data

	### Social Impact of Dataset

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Discussion of Biases

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Other Known Limitations

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	## Additional Information

	### Dataset Curators

	[More Information Needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)

	### Licensing Information

	The dataset is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).

	### Citation Information

	```
	@inproceedings{SciQ,
	title={Crowdsourcing Multiple Choice Science Questions},
	author={Johannes Welbl, Nelson F. Liu, Matt Gardner},
	year={2017},
	journal={arXiv:1707.06209v1}
	}
	```

	### Contributions

	Thanks to [@patrickvonplaten](https://github.com/patrickvonplaten), [@lewtun](https://github.com/lewtun), [@thomwolf](https://github.com/thomwolf) for adding this dataset.