riyaanjijo14/socratic_malayalam

Malayalam Science QA Dataset for Socratic Reasoning

Overview

This dataset contains 60 question-answer pairs in Malayalam derived from Kerala SCERT Class 8 Basic Science topics.

The dataset is designed as a foundation for training or fine-tuning language models to perform:

• Question Answering (QA)
• Educational Tutoring
• Socratic Dialogue Generation
• Reasoning-based Science Instruction
• Malayalam Educational Assistants

The questions are intentionally written to encourage reasoning and conceptual understanding rather than simple memorization.

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Dataset Statistics

Property	Value
Language	Malayalam
Total Questions	60
Total Answers	60
Format	Question → Answer
Education Level	Grade 8
Source Domain	Basic Science
Curriculum	Kerala SCERT

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Topics Covered

Chapter 2: Motion and Force

1. Distance, Displacement and Speed
2. Uniform and Non-uniform Motion
3. Effects of Force and Inertia

Chapter 5: Elements and Compounds

4. Elements, Atoms and Symbols
5. Compounds and Molecules
6. Chemical Formulae
7. Chemical Equations

Chapter 6: Metals and Non-metals

8. Physical Properties of Metals and Non-metals
9. Differences Between Metals and Non-metals

Chapter 9: Cells and Tissues

10. Discovery of Cells and Cell Theory
11. Plant Cells and Animal Cells
12. Plant and Animal Tissues

Each topic contains 5 questions, resulting in a total of 60 question-answer pairs.

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Dataset Format

Example:

{
  "question": "ജലത്തിന്റെ രാസസൂത്രം എന്താണ്?",
  "answer": "H₂O"
}

Dataset structure:

[
  {
    "question": "...",
    "answer": "..."
  }
]

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Intended Use

This dataset can be used for:

• Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT)
• Instruction Tuning
• Socratic Dialogue Generation
• Educational Chatbots
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Evaluation
• Malayalam Science QA Benchmarks

A possible conversion for Socratic training:

{
  "instruction": "ജലത്തിന്റെ രാസസൂത്രം എന്താണ്?",
  "output": "H₂O"
}

or

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "ജലത്തിന്റെ രാസസൂത്രം എന്താണ്?"
    },
    {
      "role": "assistant",
      "content": "H₂O"
    }
  ]
}

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Limitations

• Limited to Class 8 science concepts.
• Answers are short and factual.
• Not intended as a comprehensive science benchmark.
• Some questions may require additional context for higher-level reasoning tasks.

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License

Please ensure compliance with the licensing terms of the original educational materials used to create this dataset.

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Citation

If you use this dataset in research, please cite:

@dataset{malayalam_science_qa_socratic,
  title={Malayalam Science QA Dataset for Socratic Reasoning},
  year={2026},
  language={Malayalam}
}