FoQA: A Faroese Question-Answering Dataset

Annika Simonsen, Dan Saattrup Nielsen, Hafsteinn Einarsson

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Abstract

We present FoQA, a Faroese extractive question-answering (QA) dataset with
2,000 samples, created using a semiautomated approach combining Large
Language Models (LLMs) and human validation. The dataset was generated from
Faroese Wikipedia articles using GPT-4-
turbo for initial QA generation, followed
by question rephrasing to increase complexity and native speaker validation to
ensure quality. We provide baseline performance metrics for FoQA across multiple models, including LLMs and BERT,
demonstrating its effectiveness in evaluating Faroese QA performance. The dataset
is released in three versions: a validated
set of 2,000 samples, a complete set of
all 10,001 generated samples, and a set of
2,395 rejected samples for error analysis.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Third Workshop on Resources and Representations for Under-Resourced Languages and Domains (RESOURCEFUL 2025)
Place of PublicationTallinn
PublisherUniversity of Tartu Library
Pages48-57
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • LLM
  • Large language models
  • datasets

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