metadata

name: Persian Poetry QA Dataset
description: >
  This dataset is structured in a question-answering format derived from a rich
  collection of Persian poems along with metadata about the poets and the
  verses. 

  It is designed to be utilized for various Natural Language Processing and
  analysis tasks related to Persian poetry, such as Question Answering, Text
  Generation, Language Modeling, and Style Analysis.
license: gpl-2.0
url: https://github.com/ganjoor/desktop/releases/tag/v2.81
citation: |
  Persian Poetry QA Dataset. Collected by Kakooch from the Ganjoor Project.
  Available at: https://huggingface.co/datasets/persian_poetry
size: Custom
language:
  - fa
splits:
  train:
    description: >-
      This split contains Persian poems structured for QA, where each row asks
      for a sample poem from a specific poet with the poem or verse as the
      answer.
features:
  context:
    description: A static string which is 'Persian Poetry or شعر فارسی'.
    type: string
  question:
    description: >-
      A string that asks for a sample poem from a specific poet in the format
      'یک نمونه از شعر [POET_NAME]'.
    type: string
  answer:
    description: Text of a hemistich or verse.
    type: string
  answer_start:
    description: >-
      The starting character index of `answer` within `context` (Note: this is
      always -1 in the current dataset as `answer` is not a substring of
      `context`).
    type: int32
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: poems-qa.csv

Persian Poetry Dataset

Dataset Description

Overview

This dataset contains a collection of Persian poems structured in a question-answering format. The dataset is derived from various Persian poets and their poems, providing a rich source for exploring Persian poetry in a structured manner suitable for machine learning applications, especially in natural language processing tasks like question answering.

Data Collection

Data Collection Source: The data is sourced from the Ganjoor project. The specific database file can be found in the releases section of their GitHub repository.
Time Period: Oct-12-2023
Collection Methods: The data was collected by downloading the raw database file from the Ganjoor project's GitHub repository.

Data Structure

The dataset is structured into a CSV file with the following columns:

context: A static string which is "Persian Poetry or شعر فارسی".
question: A string that asks for a sample poem from a specific poet in the format "یک نمونه از شعر [POET_NAME]".
answer: Text of a hemistich or verse. Verses of a hemistich are TAB SEPARATED
answer_start: The starting character index of answer within context (Note: this is always -1 in the current dataset as answer is not a substring of context).

Data Example

context,question,answer,answer_start
Persian Poetry,یک نمونه از شعر صائب تبریزی,خار نتواند گرفتن دامن ریگ روان 	 رهنورد شوق، افسردن نمی داند که چیست,-1

Dataset Usage

Use Cases

This dataset can be utilized for various Natural Language Processing and analysis tasks related to Persian poetry, such as:

Question Answering
Text Generation
Language Modeling
Style Analysis

Challenges & Limitations

The answer_start field is always -1 as the answer is not a substring of context. Depending on your use-case, you might need to adjust how context and answer_start are determined.
The dataset does not contain long verses that are over 100 characters.

License

GPL-2 (GNU General Public License) ingerited from original ganjoor project

Additional Information

Citation

Persian Poetry Dataset. Collected by Kakooch from the Ganjoor Project. Available at: https://huggingface.co/datasets/persian_poetry

Dataset Link

Download the dataset from Hugging Face

Contact

Email: kakooch@gmail.com | GitHub: kakooch

This README was generated by Kakooch.