---
task_categories:
- multiple-choice
language:
- eu
- sw
- hi
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
configs:
  - config_name: basque-DO-S_DO_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-DO-S_DO_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-DO-S_IO_DO_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-DO-S_IO_DO_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-IO-IO_S_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-IO-IO_S_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-IO-S_IO_DO_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-IO-S_IO_DO_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-S-IO_S_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-S-IO_S_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-S-S_DO_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-S-S_DO_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-S-S_IO_DO_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-S-S_IO_DO_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: basque-S-S_V_AUX
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: basque-S-S_V_AUX.json
  - config_name: hindi-S_O_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: hindi-S_O_V.json
  - config_name: hindi-S_PossPRN_O_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: hindi-S_PossPRN_O_V.json
  - config_name: hindi-S_PossPRN_PossN_O_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: hindi-S_PossPRN_PossN_O_V.json
  - config_name: hindi-S_ne_O_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: hindi-S_ne_O_V.json
  - config_name: hindi-S_ne_PossPRN_O_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: hindi-S_ne_PossPRN_O_V.json
  - config_name: hindi-S_ne_PossPRN_PossN_O_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: hindi-S_ne_PossPRN_PossN_O_V.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_AP_V_ni_AN
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_AP_V_ni_AN.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_AP_ni_AN
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_AP_ni_AN.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_A_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_A_V.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_A_V1_V2
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_A_V1_V2.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_V.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_ni_A
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_D_ni_A.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_V
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_V.json
  - config_name: swahili-N_of_Poss_ni_A
    data_files:
      - split: test
        path: swahili-N_of_Poss_ni_A.json
pretty_name: Controlled Evaluation of Syntactic Knowledge in Multilingual Language Models
---

# BHS: Controlled Evaluation of Syntactic Knowledge in Basque, Hindi, and Swahili


This benchmark is made up of "targeted syntactic evaluation tests for three low-resource languages (Basque, Hindi, and Swahili)" from the paper 'Controlled Evaluation of Syntactic Knowledge in Multilingual Language Models' ([Kryvosheieva & Levy, 2025](https://aclanthology.org/2025.loreslm-1.30)).


## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description

- **Curated by:** Daria Kryvosheieva and Roger Levy
- **Language(s) (NLP):** Basque, Hindi, and Swahili


### Dataset Sources

- **Repository:** https://github.com/dariakryvosheieva/syntactic_generalization_multilingual
- **Paper:** https://aclanthology.org/2025.loreslm-1.30/

## Uses

This benchmark is designed to evaluate the syntactic capabilities of langauge models.

## Dataset Structure

Basque tasks:
* `basque-DO-S_DO_V_AUX`
* `basque-DO-S_IO_DO_V_AUX`
* `basque-IO-IO_S_V_AUX`
* `basque-IO-S_IO_DO_V_AUX`
* `basque-S-IO_S_V_AUX`
* `basque-S-S_DO_V_AUX`
* `basque-S-S_IO_DO_V_AUX`
* `basque-S-S_V_AUX`

Hindi Tasks:
* `hindi-S_O_V`
* `hindi-S_PossPRN_O_V`
* `hindi-S_PossPRN_PossN_O_V`
* `hindi-S_ne_O_V`
* `hindi-S_ne_PossPRN_O_V`
* `hindi-S_ne_PossPRN_PossN_O_V`

Swahili Tasks:
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_D_AP_V_ni_AN`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_D_AP_ni_AN`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_D_A_V`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_D_A_V1_V2`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_D_V`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_D_ni_A`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_V`
* `swahili-N_of_Poss_ni_A`

## Citation

**BibTeX:**

```
@inproceedings{kryvosheieva-levy-2025-controlled,
    title = "Controlled Evaluation of Syntactic Knowledge in Multilingual Language Models",
    author = "Kryvosheieva, Daria and Levy, Roger",
    editor = "Hettiarachchi, Hansi and Ranasinghe, Tharindu and Rayson, Paul and Mitkov, Ruslan and Gaber, Mohamed and Premasiri, Damith and Tan, Fiona Anting and Uyangodage, Lasitha",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the First Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages",
    month = jan,
    year = "2025",
    address = "Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/2025.loreslm-1.30/",
    pages = "402--413"
}
```

**APA:**

Kryvosheieva, D., & Levy, R. (2025). Controlled Evaluation of Syntactic Knowledge in Multilingual Language Models. In *Proceedings of the First Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages* (pp. 402-413).