---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
- text-generation
language:
- hi
tags:
- BFCL
- Hindi
pretty_name: Hindi BFCL
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---

## Dataset Description:
The BFCL-Hi (Hindi BFCL) dataset evaluates the function-calling capability of large language models (LLMs) when questions are asked in Hindi. This is the GCP-translated version of the English BFCL dataset, in which question-function-answer pairs across various domains and multiple languages are originally curated in English.

This dataset is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.

## Dataset Owner:
NVIDIA Corporation


## Dataset Creation Date:
April 2025

## License/Terms of Use: 
This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0). Additional Information: Apache
2.0 License.

## Intended Usage:
Evaluate LLM's ability to call functions and tools when queries are asked in the Hindi language.

## Dataset Characterization
Data Collection Method<br>
* Synthetic<br>

Labeling Method<br>
* Not Applicable <br>

## Dataset Format
Text

## Dataset Quantification
6.9MB of prompt-label pairs, comprising 2251 individual samples.

## Ethical Considerations:
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## Citing

If you find our work helpful, please consider citing our paper:
```
@article{kamath2025benchmarking,
  title={Benchmarking Hindi LLMs: A New Suite of Datasets and a Comparative Analysis},
  author={Kamath, Anusha and Singla, Kanishk and Paul, Rakesh and Joshi, Raviraj and Vaidya, Utkarsh and Chauhan, Sanjay Singh and Wartikar, Niranjan},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.19831},
  year={2025}
}
```