The sample_dataset folder does not includes a qa.parquet, corpus.parquet file that is significantly large and cannot be uploaded directly to Git due to size limitations.

To prepare and use datasets available in the sample_dataset folder, specifically triviaqa, hotpotqa, msmarco and eli5, you can follow the outlined methods below.

The example provided uses triviaqa, but the same approach applies to msmarco, eli5 and hotpotqa.

To execute the Python script from the terminal and save the dataset to a specified path, use the command:

python ./sample_dataset/triviaqa/load_triviaqa_dataset.py --save_path /path/to/save/dataset

This runs the load_triviaqa_dataset.py script located in the ./sample_dataset/triviaqa/ directory, using the --save_path argument to specify the dataset's save location.

If you run the script without the --save_path argument, the dataset will be saved to a default location, which is the directory containing the load_triviaqa_dataset.py file, essentially ./sample_dataset/triviaqa/:

python ./sample_dataset/triviaqa/load_triviaqa_dataset.py

This behavior allows for a straightforward execution without needing to specify a path, making it convenient for quick tests or when working directly within the target directory.