README.md

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license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- question-answering
language:
- en
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---
# CARDBiomedBench

[Paper](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/01/19/2025.01.15.633272) | [Github](https://github.com/NIH-CARD/CARDBiomedBench)

## Dataset Summary

CARDBiomedBench is a biomedical question-answering benchmark designed to evaluate Large Language Models (LLMs) on complex biomedical tasks. It consists of a curated set of question-answer pairs covering various biomedical domains and reasoning types, challenging models to demonstrate deep understanding and reasoning capabilities in the biomedical field.

## Data Fields

- `question`: *string* - The biomedical question posed in the dataset.
- `answer`: *string* - The corresponding answer to the question.
- `bio_category`: *string* - The biological category or categories associated with the question. Multiple categories are separated by a semicolon (`;`).
- `reasoning_category`: *string* - The reasoning category or categories associated with the question. Multiple categories are separated by a semicolon (`;`).
- `uuid`: *string* - Unique identifier for the question-answer pair.
- `template_uuid`: *string* - Unique identifier of the original template question from which this instance was derived.


## Citation

```BibTex
@article {Bianchi2025.01.15.633272,
  author = {Bianchi, Owen and Willey, Maya and Avarado, Chelsea X and Danek, Benjamin and Khani, Marzieh and Kuznetsov, Nicole and Dadu, Anant and Shah, Syed and Koretsky, Mathew J and Makarious, Mary B and Weller, Cory and Levine, Kristin S and Kim, Sungwon and Jarreau, Paige and Vitale, Dan and Marsan, Elise and Iwaki, Hirotaka and Leonard, Hampton and Bandres-Ciga, Sara and Singleton, Andrew B and Nalls, Mike A. and Mokhtari, Shekoufeh and Khashabi, Daniel and Faghri, Faraz},
  title = {CARDBiomedBench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Model Performance in Biomedical Research},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
  URL = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/01/19/2025.01.15.633272},
  journal = {bioRxiv}
}

```