ffurfaro/keep-it-simple
keep-it-simple Objective: An ultra-minimalist dataset for pre-training tiny language models. The logic relies on bidirectional symmetry (A is B and B is A]) to foster deep semantic understanding. By training the model to predict the "prompt" from the "text" and vice versa, we maximize the utility of every pair. Data Sources Simple English Wikipedia: Simplified encyclopedic articles. Vikidia (FR): Educational content for younger audiences. OPUS Books (en-fr):… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/ffurfaro/keep-it-simple.
keep-it-simple
Objective: An ultra-minimalist dataset for pre-training tiny language models. The logic relies on bidirectional symmetry (A is B and B is A]) to foster deep semantic understanding. By training the model to predict the "prompt" from the "text" and vice versa, we maximize the utility of every pair.
Data Sources
- Simple English Wikipedia: Simplified encyclopedic articles.
- Vikidia (FR): Educational content for younger audiences.
- [OPUS Books (en-fr)](https://aclanthology.org/L12-1246/): Aligned English-French literary translations.
- [Cosmopedia-100k](https://huggingface.co/blog/cosmopedia): Synthetic educational content.
Structure
Context & Usage
- Bidirectional Training: Each source item yields two training entries (
prompt$\rightarrow$textandtext$\rightarrow$prompt). This enforces semantic symmetry, reversal curve and limitate span corruption. - Minimalism: More compact than the [BabyLM](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20092) challenge; focused on density and the purity of pairs to maximize efficiency on tiny, resource-constrained architectures.
- Goal: Rapid testing of alignment theories and training "pocket" models for fundamental, bidirectional interactions.
This dataset is a minimalist research tool.
