cs249r_book/tinytorch/datasets/tinytalks/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to the TinyTalks dataset will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.0] - 2025-01-28

Added

• Initial release of TinyTalks dataset
• 301 Q&A pairs across 5 difficulty levels:
  • Level 1: Greetings & Identity (47 pairs)
  • Level 2: Simple Facts (82 pairs)
  • Level 3: Basic Math (45 pairs)
  • Level 4: Common Sense Reasoning (87 pairs)
  • Level 5: Multi-turn Context (40 pairs)
• Train/validation/test splits (70/15/15)
• Comprehensive README with usage examples
• DATASHEET.md following "Datasheets for Datasets" best practices
• CC BY 4.0 license
• Generation script (scripts/generate_tinytalks.py)
• Validation script (scripts/validate_dataset.py)
• Statistics script (scripts/stats.py)
• Example usage script (examples/demo_usage.py)

Dataset Statistics

• Total size: ~17.5 KB
• Character vocabulary: 65 unique characters
• Word vocabulary: 865 unique words
• Average question length: 4.8 words (21.6 characters)
• Average answer length: 6.1 words (29.0 characters)

Validation

• ✅ UTF-8 encoding
• ✅ Unix line endings (LF)
• ✅ No duplicate questions
• ✅ No empty questions or answers
• ✅ Proper punctuation
• ✅ Balanced splits with no overlap

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[Unreleased]

Planned for v1.1.0

• Add 50 more Level 4-5 pairs for better reasoning
• Expand math questions to include simple multiplication tables
• Add more conversational context pairs

Planned for v2.0.0

• Multi-language support (Spanish, French)
• Expanded to 500+ pairs
• Add difficulty scores for each Q&A pair

Planned for v3.0.0

• Expand to 1,000+ pairs
• Add more complex reasoning tasks
• Include multi-hop questions
• Add entity recognition annotations

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Version History

• 1.0.0 (2025-01-28) - Initial release