| --- |
| 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 |
| dtype: string |
| splits: |
| - name: train |
| num_bytes: 152928 |
| num_examples: 600 |
| - name: dev |
| num_bytes: 77428 |
| num_examples: 300 |
| - name: test |
| num_bytes: 229817 |
| 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 |
| ```json |
| { |
| "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: |
| |
| ```bibtex |
| @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}, |
| } |
| |
