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license: mit |
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task_categories: |
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- question-answering |
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language: |
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- en |
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tags: |
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- agent |
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--- |
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# Mathematics Stack Exchange Q&A Dataset |
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A curated dataset of question-and-answer pairs harvested from Mathematics Stack Exchange (math.stackexchange.com). Each entry contains the question, the top answer (if available), metadata (scores, tags, URL), and a combined Q/A text useful for training and evaluation of question-answering and tutoring models. |
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## Dataset summary |
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- Source: Mathematics Stack Exchange (via the official Stack Exchange API) |
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- Content: High-quality Q&A pairs (question title + body, top answer body) |
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- Formats: CSV and JSON |
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- Typical fields: |
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- `question_id` (int) |
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- `question_title` (string) |
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- `question_body` (string, cleaned of HTML) |
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- `question_score` (int) |
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- `question_tags` (string, comma-separated) |
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- `question_url` (string) |
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- `answer_body` (string, cleaned of HTML; empty if no answer) |
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- `answer_score` (int) |
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- `answer_accepted` (bool) |
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- `combined_text` (string, "Q: <title>\n\n<body>\n\nA: <answer or placeholder>") |
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- `scraped_at` (ISO 8601 timestamp) |
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Example CSV header: |
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``` |
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question_id,question_title,question_body,question_score,question_tags,question_url,answer_body,answer_score,answer_accepted,combined_text,scraped_at |
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``` |
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## License and attribution |
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Content in this dataset is user-contributed content from Stack Exchange and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. |
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When using or redistributing the dataset, include attribution. A suggested attribution statement: |
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"Data from Mathematics Stack Exchange (math.stackexchange.com). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0." |
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Also include a link to the original question pages (the `question_url` field) when practical. |
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## How the dataset was generated |
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The dataset was produced by a script that uses the official Stack Exchange API: |
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- Requests top-voted mathematics questions (configurable count) |
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- For each question, fetches the top answer (if any) |
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- Cleans HTML from bodies (HTML entities unescaped and tags removed), collapses whitespace |
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- Produces both CSV and JSON exports |
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- Respects rate limits and inserts polite delays |
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Notes: |
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- The generator script is not included in this repository. If you want to include it, add the script file (for example `scripts/generate_math_se_dataset.py`) and reference it here. |
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- For reproducibility, include the script, the exact arguments used, and the timestamp of generation. |
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## Regenerating the dataset |
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Prerequisites: |
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- Python 3.8+ (or compatible) |
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- `requests` (for API calls) |
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- Optional: a Stack Exchange API key (recommended for higher rate limits) |
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Important considerations: |
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- Respect Stack Exchange API rate limits; use an API key if you will fetch many pages. |
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- The script should include backoff/retry and delays between requests; do not parallelize requests without careful rate-limit handling. |
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- If exporting large datasets, consider paging and storing intermediate results. |
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## Data quality & known limitations |
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- Bodies are cleaned of HTML but some formatting (math markup, code blocks, LaTeX) may be simplified or lost; consider preserving LaTeX if you need formula fidelity. |
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- Only the top answer (by score) is captured — accepted vs. highest-scored may differ; both are recorded if available. |
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- Potential biases: |
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- Questions with higher votes and English-language questions are overrepresented if using a top-voted query. |
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- Highly specialized or duplicate content may appear. |
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- Empty `answer_body` means no answer was available at scraping time. |
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- Some fields may contain non-ASCII characters; files are exported with UTF-8 encoding. |
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## Suggested preprocessing for ML |
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- Deduplicate entries by `question_id`. |
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- Normalize or preserve LaTeX as needed (consider using a LaTeX-aware tokenizer when training models that must understand formulas). |
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- Truncate or chunk very long texts (both question and answer) when fitting into model context windows. |
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- Optionally filter by tags for domain-specific datasets (e.g., `algebra`, `calculus`, `probability`). |
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## Use cases |
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- Training and evaluating question-answering systems and math tutoring chatbots |
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- Fine-tuning language models on math Q&A patterns |
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- Research on problem-solving strategies and reasoning in mathematics |
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- Building retrieval-augmented systems with real Q&A examples |
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## Privacy, ethics, and policy |
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- The dataset contains user-contributed content under CC BY-SA; comply with the license and provide attribution. |
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- Do not claim the content as your own; include proper attribution and linkbacks where practical. |
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- Avoid publishing personally identifiable information beyond what is already publicly available on Stack Exchange. |
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## Citation |
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If you use this dataset in publications, we suggest citing it as: |
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Furkan Nar or https://github.com/TheOfficialFurkanNar/StackMathematics. (2026). Mathematics Stack Exchange Q&A Dataset. Retrieved from https://github.com/TheOfficialFurkanNar/StackMathematics (data originally from mathematics.stackexchange.com; licensed CC BY-SA 4.0) |
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## Contact |
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Contact via: |
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furkannar168@hotmail.com |
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For questions about this dataset or generation script, open an issue in this repository or contact the maintainer. |
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## Community & Support |
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Join the community to ask questions, discuss the dataset, and get help: |
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- Discord: https://discord.gg/dcjh8S5H |
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