2 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Census Of India 1941, Vol-IV, Bengal, published by censusindia.gov.in. The source is a 18-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include appendix bengal caste tables, r. a. dutch, bengal, scheduled castes, agarwallas, rajputs, baruis, tribes. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. Question types in the export: 1 definition, 1 factual. 1 of the 2 pairs (50.0%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 1 are factual or table-based questions. 100.00% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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df.head()First 2 of 2 rows
| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_document | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What type of document is the one authored by R. A. Dutch? | Census | Dutch, R. A. Caste Tables Description = Selected Castes, By Districts, Bengal, Non-Scheduled castes (Excluding those Included Among Tribes).; Publisher = Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal; Year of Publication = 1942; Type = Census; Source = Census Library, India; Language = English; Retention Period = Permanent; Census Year = 1941; India/State = Bengal; Pages = 13 p.; converted Adobe Scan-to-PDF Utility 4. Census Of India 1941, Vol-IV, Bengal | 172 | definition | 0.940 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28410/download/31592/25425_1941_CAS.pdf | Caste Tables Description = Selected Castes, By Districts, Bengal, Non-Scheduled castes (Excluding those Included Among Tribes).; Publisher = Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal; Year of Publication = 1942; Type = Census; Source = Census Library, India; Language = English; Retention Period = Permanent; Census Year = 1941; India/State = Bengal; Pages = 13 p.; converted Adobe Scan-to-PDF Utility 4. | pdf-properties | 0.700 | valid | |
| What is the title of the document authored by R. A. Dutch? | Caste Tables Description = Selected Castes, By Districts, Bengal, Non-Scheduled castes (Excluding those Included Among Tribes). | Dutch, R. A. Caste Tables Description = Selected Castes, By Districts, Bengal, Non-Scheduled castes (Excluding those Included Among Tribes).; Publisher = Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal; Year of Publication = 1942; Type = Census; Source = Census Library, India; Language = English; Retention Period = Permanent; Census Year = 1941; India/State = Bengal; Pages = 13 p.; converted Adobe Scan-to-PDF Utility 4. Census Of India 1941, Vol-IV, Bengal | 13 | factual | 0.570 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28410/download/31592/25425_1941_CAS.pdf | A. Caste Tables Description = Selected Castes, By Districts, Bengal, Non-Scheduled castes (Excluding those Included Among Tribes).; Publisher = Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal; Year of Publication = 1942; Type = Census; Source = Census Library, India; Language = English; Retention Period = Permanent; Census Year = 1941; India/State = Bengal; Pages = 13 p.; converted Adobe Scan-to-PDF Utility 4. | pdf-properties | 0.700 |
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