---
license: mit
task_categories:
- question-answering
- text-generation
language:
- en
tags:
- small-language-models
- slm
- fine-tuning
- short-qa
- low-resource
- hallucination-reduction
pretty_name: Short QA Fine-Tuning Dataset for Small Language Models
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: prompt
    dtype: string
  - name: answer
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 572797
    num_examples: 5020
  download_size: 310328
  dataset_size: 572797
---
> [!WARNING]
> **This is v2 Of FineTuning dataset so this dataset is update version of old one and this dataset is amazing and factual dataset**
# Dataset Card for Nebulixlabs/FineTuning

## Dataset Summary

**Nebulixlabs/FineTuning** is a short question-answer (QA) pair dataset purpose-built for fine-tuning **very small language models (SLMs)** — roughly in the **1M to 150M parameter** range. Each example consists of a short question (typically **5–6 words**) and a short answer (typically **3–4 words**).

The dataset was created around an empirical observation: very small base models (1M–50M params) can only reliably predict short sequences of about **12–15 words** before accuracy degrades and hallucination increases, regardless of how large their context window is. Training such models on long-form QA pairs pushes them past this reliable generation length, causing hallucinated or incoherent answers.

By constraining both inputs and outputs to short, low-complexity spans, this dataset lets small models learn to answer questions **within their actual reliable generation capacity**, significantly reducing hallucination compared to training on longer QA pairs.

## Supported Tasks

- **Question Answering (short-form):** Train/fine-tune a model to map a short question to a short, factual or direct answer.
- **Hallucination mitigation research:** Useful for studying how output length and training data length affect hallucination rates in small language models.

## Intended Models

This dataset is primarily intended for:
- Small language models (SLMs) in the **1M–50M parameter** range (primary use case).
- Mid-size models up to **~150M parameters**, since empirical experiments showed models around this size are also prone to high hallucination rates and benefit from short-pair fine-tuning.

It is **not recommended** for larger/mature models (e.g., 1B+ parameters), which can already handle longer context and generation reliably and may be under-utilized by such short pairs.

## Languages

English (`en`).

## Dataset Structure

### Data Instances

Each instance is a short question-answer pair. Example:

```json
{
  "prompt": "What is the capital of France?",
  "answer": "Paris."
}
```

### Data Fields

| Field      | Type   | Description                                      |
|------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------|
| `prompt` | string | A short question, typically 5–6 words long.       |
| `answer`   | string | A short, direct answer, typically 3–4 words long.  |

### Data Splits


| Split | # Examples |
|-------|-----------|
| train |    5k  |

## Dataset Creation

### Rationale

Experiments showed that very small base models (1M–50M parameters) reliably generate correct output only up to **12–15 words**, independent of context length. Fine-tuning such models on longer QA pairs causes hallucination even within a large context window. This dataset keeps both question and answer short so the generation task stays within the model's reliable output range, which:
- Reduces hallucination during inference.
- Makes training signal cleaner and easier for tiny models to fit.
- Allows models as large as ~150M parameters (which also showed elevated hallucination rates in testing) to benefit from the same short-pair format.

### Curation Rationale / Source Data

> *This dataset is synthatic generated by Sarwam 105B Conversation model*

### Annotations

> *This dataset is tested and verified*

## Considerations for Using the Data

### Limitations

- Short QA format is **not suitable** for tasks requiring long-form reasoning, multi-turn dialogue, or detailed explanations.
- Intended specifically for small-parameter models; larger models may not show meaningful benefit.
- Answer brevity may limit factual nuance (e.g., no room for caveats or partial answers).


## Additional Information

### Licensing

Specify the license under which this dataset is released (e.g., MIT, CC-BY-4.0, Apache-2.0).

### Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{nebulixlabs_finetuning,
  title = {Nebulixlabs/FineTuning: Short QA Pairs for Small Language Model Fine-Tuning},
  author = {Nebulixlabs},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/Nebulixlabs/FineTuning}
}
```

### Contact

For questions, issues, or contributions, open a discussion on the dataset's Hugging Face repository page.