metadata
configs:
- config_name: default
data_files:
- split: train
path: data/train-*
- split: dev
path: data/dev-*
- split: test
path: data/test-*
dataset_info:
features:
- name: id
dtype: int64
- name: question
dtype: string
- name: A
dtype: string
- name: B
dtype: string
- name: C
dtype: string
- name: D
dtype: string
- name: answer
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num_bytes: 152928
num_examples: 600
- name: dev
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- name: test
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num_examples: 1001
download_size: 249404
dataset_size: 460173
task_categories:
- question-answering
language:
- ar
tags:
- Islamic
- Shared-Task
- PlamX
- ArabicNLP
🏷️ PalmX 2025 — Islamic Culture Evaluation (PalmX-IC)
Dataset Summary
PalmX-IC assesses a model’s knowledge of Islamic culture—rituals, Qurʾān verses, Ḥadīth, historic events, jurisprudence, and religious holidays—core elements of life across the Arab world.
All items are authored in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) . The dataset powers Subtask 2 of the PalmX 2025 shared task.
Dataset Structure
| Split | # MCQs | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 600 | 10 Jun 2025 | With gold answers |
| Dev | 300 | 10 Jun 2025 | With gold answers |
| Test | 1 000 | Blind | Answers withheld |
Example Record
{
"id": 57057,
"question": "في أي شهر هجري فُرض صيام رمضان؟",
"A": "شعبان",
"B": "رمضان",
"C": "محرم",
"D": "ربيع الأول",
"answer": "A"
}
License
PalmX Data License — non-commercial research use.
Access
You will gain access after registering for the shared task.
• Register here → https://forms.gle/cpmYGkAhM3YLXBsQ7
• Website → https://palmx.dlnlp.ai/
Contact & Links
• 🌐 Website: https://palmx.dlnlp.ai/
• 📝 Registration Form: https://forms.gle/cpmYGkAhM3YLXBsQ7
• 📣 Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/palmx2025
Evaluation
If you are willing to evaluate your model performance on Palmx_2025_Islamic, please use the following evaluation code from this GitHub repository:
https://github.com/UBC-NLP/palmx_2025
Citation
If you used this data in your work, please make sure to cite the original paper:
@misc{alwajih2025palmx2025sharedtask,
title={PalmX 2025: The First Shared Task on Benchmarking LLMs on Arabic and Islamic Culture},
author={Fakhraddin Alwajih and Abdellah El Mekki and Hamdy Mubarak and Majd Hawasly and Abubakr Mohamed and Muhammad Abdul-Mageed},
year={2025},
eprint={2509.02550},
archivePrefix={arXiv},
primaryClass={cs.CL},
url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02550},
}