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license: cc-by-4.0
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pretty_name: Multimodal Educational Question Answering Dataset
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size_categories:
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- 1M<n<10M
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tags:
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- multimodal
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- vision-language
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- vlm
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- llm
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- image-text
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- educational
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- question-answering
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- document-understanding
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- stem
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- non-stem
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- reasoning
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- chart-understanding
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- diagram-understanding
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- mathematical-reasoning
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- rag
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- instruction-tuning
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- json
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- pdf
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- computer-vision
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- ocr
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# Multimodal Educational Question Answering Dataset
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## Overview
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The **Multimodal Educational Question Answering Dataset** is a large-scale educational corpus designed for **Vision Language Models (VLMs), Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), document intelligence systems, OCR research, and multimodal reasoning applications.**
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The dataset combines **text, images, mathematical equations, diagrams, charts, tables, and detailed explanations**, enabling AI systems to reason across both textual and visual information.
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Unlike conventional QA datasets that contain only text, this dataset preserves educational illustrations, scientific figures, mathematical expressions, graphs, and document layouts, making it ideal for next-generation multimodal AI.
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# Dataset Highlights
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| Property | Value |
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| Dataset Type | Multimodal Educational QA |
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| Modalities | Text + Images + Equations + Tables + Charts |
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| Languages | 12 |
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| Formats | JSON & PDF |
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| Image Support | ✅ |
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| Mathematical Equations | LaTeX & MathML |
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| Multiple Choice Questions | ✅ |
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| Detailed Explanations | ✅ |
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| AI Ready | ✅ |
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# Modalities Included
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The dataset combines multiple information sources within a single sample.
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- Text
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- Educational Images
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- Scientific Diagrams
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- Flowcharts
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- Tables
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- Graphs
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- Mathematical Formulae
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- Chemical Structures
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- Physics Diagrams
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- Biology Illustrations
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- OCR-readable Documents
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- Structured Metadata
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# Supported Languages
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- English
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- Hindi
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- Telugu
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- Marathi
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- Bengali
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- Arabic
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- Tamil
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- Gujarati
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- Kannada
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- Punjabi
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- Odia
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- Malayalam
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# Subject Coverage
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## STEM
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- Mathematics
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- Physics
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- Chemistry
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- Biology
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- Engineering
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- Computer Science
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- Information Technology
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- Medical Sciences
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- Environmental Science
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- Agriculture
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- General Science
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## Non-STEM
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- History
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- Geography
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- Commerce
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- Law
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- Political Science
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- Sociology
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- Teaching
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- Communication
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- General Knowledge
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- Languages
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# Sample Dataset Record
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```json
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{
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"question": "Identify the labeled part of the human heart shown in the diagram.",
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"image": "heart_diagram.png",
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"options": [
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"Left Atrium",
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"Right Atrium",
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"Left Ventricle",
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"Aorta"
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"answer": "Aorta",
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"explanation": "The labeled structure represents the main artery carrying oxygenated blood from the left ventricle."
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```
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# Dataset Features
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- Image-grounded question answering
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- Multiple-choice questions
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- Rich educational explanations
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- Embedded diagrams
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- Scientific illustrations
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- Mathematical equations
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- Charts and graphs
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- OCR-compatible documents
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- Structured JSON annotations
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- Human-readable PDF references
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- Vision-language learning ready
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- Retrieval-friendly format
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# AI Tasks Supported
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- Visual Question Answering (VQA)
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- Multimodal Question Answering
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- Document Understanding
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- OCR
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- Image Captioning
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- Chart Understanding
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- Table Understanding
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- Diagram Reasoning
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- Mathematical Reasoning
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- Scientific Reasoning
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- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
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- Instruction Tuning
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- Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT)
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- Vision-Language Model Training
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# Potential Applications
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- Vision Language Models (VLMs)
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- Educational AI Tutors
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- AI Teaching Assistants
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- Intelligent OCR Systems
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- Document AI
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- Academic Search Engines
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- Digital Libraries
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- Interactive Learning Platforms
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- Educational Chatbots
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- AI Examination Systems
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- Scientific Document Analysis
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- Knowledge Retrieval Systems
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# Industries
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- Artificial Intelligence
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- Education Technology (EdTech)
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- Higher Education
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- Schools
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- Research Organizations
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- Digital Publishing
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- Healthcare Education
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- Government Education
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- Scientific Computing
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- Enterprise Knowledge Management
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# Dataset Structure
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├── PDFs/
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│ ├── Mathematics.pdf
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│ ├── Biology.pdf
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│ ├── Physics.pdf
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│ └── ...
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│
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├── JSONs/
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│ ├── Mathematics.json
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│ ├── Biology.json
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│ ├── Physics.json
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│ └── ...
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│
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├── Images/
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│ ├── diagrams/
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│ ├── charts/
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│ ├── tables/
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│ ├── figures/
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│ └── illustrations/
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```
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# Advantages
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- Large-scale multimodal educational corpus
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- Supports both text and vision models
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- Rich reasoning annotations
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- Multiple educational domains
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- Mathematical notation preserved
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- High-quality structured metadata
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- Ready for enterprise AI workflows
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- Compatible with Hugging Face, ModelScope, and PyTorch ecosystems
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# Recommended Models
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This dataset is suitable for training or fine-tuning:
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- Vision Language Models (VLMs)
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- GPT-style Multimodal Models
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- LLaVA
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- Qwen-VL
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- InternVL
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- Florence
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- BLIP-2
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- IDEFICS
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- Kosmos
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- MiniCPM-V
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- OCR + LLM Pipelines
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# License
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This dataset is released under the **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)** License.
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Users are free to use, modify, distribute, and build upon the dataset with proper attribution.
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# Citation
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```bibtex
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@dataset{multimodal_educational_qa,
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title={Multimodal Educational Question Answering Dataset},
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year={2026},
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license={CC BY 4.0}
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}
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```
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# Conclusion
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The **Multimodal Educational Question Answering Dataset** provides a comprehensive resource for developing intelligent AI systems capable of understanding both textual and visual educational content. By combining questions, answers, explanations, images, diagrams, tables, equations, and multilingual content, it supports a wide range of multimodal learning tasks, making it an ideal dataset for training state-of-the-art Vision Language Models, document AI systems, educational assistants, and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.
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