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NaijaRC: A Multi-choice Reading Comprehension Dataset for Nigerian Languages

arXiv 2308.09768 ↗First posted 18 Aug 2023cs.CLcited by 4

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Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper, we create NaijaRC: a new multi-choice Reading Comprehension dataset for three native Nigeria languages that is based on high-school reading comprehension examination. We provide baseline results by performing cross-lingual transfer using existing English RACE and Belebele training dataset based on a pre-trained encoder-only model. Additionally, we provide results by prompting large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4.

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  1. 2023AfroBench: How Good are Large Language Models on African Languages?cited by 43
  2. 2025Charting the Landscape of African NLP: Mapping Progress and Shaping the Road Aheadcited by 15
  3. 2024Y-NQ: English-Yor`ub'a Evaluation dataset for Open-Book Reading Comprehension and Text Generationcited by 1
  4. 2025NaijaNLP: A Survey of Nigerian Low-Resource Languagescited by 0