---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
task_categories:
- question-answering
language:
- tg
tags:
- benchmark
- multiple-choice
- evaluation
- low-resource
- academic
pretty_name: TALIM
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---

# TALIM: Tajik Academic Language Intelligence Measurement

TALIM is a large-scale academic benchmark for evaluating academic reasoning and 
language understanding in Tajik. Questions are sourced natively from the National 
Testing Center (NTC) of Tajikistan.

## Dataset Summary

- **Language:** Tajik (Cyrillic script)
- **Size:** 9,136 questions
- **Subjects:** Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, 
  Literature, Grammar, Law
- **Formats:** Multiple-choice (73.5%), Matching (14.7%), Free-response (11.8%)
- **Difficulty levels:** Level A (Grade 11), Level B (Grade 9)
- **License:** CC BY-NC 4.0

## Data Fields

- `number`: Question ID
- `question`: Question text in Tajik Cyrillic
- `options`: Answer options as JSON (null for free-response)
- `type`: Question format (multiple-choice / matching / free-response)
- `topic`: Fine-grained topic label
- `section`: Difficulty level (A or B)
- `answer`: Correct answer label
- `subject`: Academic subject

## Usage

This dataset is intended for evaluating language model performance on 
Tajik academic reasoning tasks. It should not be used for model training 
or outside of research contexts.

## Citation

```bibtex
@article{talim2026,
  title={TALIM: A Benchmark Dataset for Tajik Academic Language Intelligence Measurement},
  author={Anonymous},
  year={2026}
}
```

## License

This dataset is released under CC BY-NC 4.0. It is derived from publicly 
administered examination materials of the National Testing Center of Tajikistan 
and is intended for non-commercial research use only.