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Boolean Questions (BoolQ)

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TL;DR. A dataset used to evaluate an LLM's ability to answer yes/no questions based on a given text passage.

Technical Definition

A dataset used to evaluate an LLM's ability to answer yes/no questions based on a given text passage.

How it works

Boolean Questions (BoolQ) is a benchmark dataset designed to test a language model's reading comprehension skills. It presents a question and a passage, requiring the model to determine whether the answer is 'yes' or 'no' based solely on the provided text.

Related Concepts

  • Question Answering (QA) — A system's ability to automatically answer questions posed in natural language.

Further Reading

  • Google ML Glossary