Benchmark definition

BIG-bench

ActiveEstablishedCommon useBIG_BENCH_FAMILY_REFERENCE

A collaborative benchmark suite with more than 200 diverse tasks for probing language-model capabilities.

Applicability does not mean evaluated; benchmark result/model score data is outside this UI contract.

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Description
BIG-bench is represented primarily as a benchmark family/suite in CTXDEX. Its many individual tasks are not automatically promoted to standalone BenchmarkDefinitions.
What it measures
A broad range of language-model capabilities across a large heterogeneous task collection.
Comparison guidance
Not published
Intended difficulty
Not published

Not recorded for this benchmark: what it does not measure, why it matters, motivation, gap addressed.

Classification

Categories
General reasoningKnowledge
Domains
General academic
Evaluation style

None recorded

Structure

One undivided item set. No components or scenarios recorded.

Tasks

None recorded

Metrics

What a result on this benchmark would be reported as. ctxdex does not carry results.

MetricRoleDirectionUnit
Accuracy
PrimaryHigher is betterPercent

Methodology

None recorded

Evaluation environment

What the benchmark's harness provides and allows. These are properties of the environment, not model requirements, and applicability does not test for them.

Interaction

None. Static prompts and answers.

Evaluation style
Not recorded
Environment summary
Not published

Model requirements

Required conditions decide applicability. Relevant ones describe what the benchmark exercises and decide nothing.

Required · decides applicability

No required conditions recorded. Every model is Not recorded for this benchmark.

Relevant · informational

General purpose modelsReasoning models

CTXDEX models

Not recorded58 of 58

This benchmark records no required conditions. Without requirements, no model can be shown to meet them, so every model is Not recorded. This is correct, not missing data.

Scale

None recorded

Data and access

Dataset
Open
Evaluation code
Open source
Unknown
Leaderboard, Peer review, Maintenance

Coverage

Languages, regions

None recorded

Coverage summary
Not published

Limitations

None recorded

Lineage

Family
FamilyBIG-bench
Related

None recorded

Other definitions in family
Changes

None recorded

Sources

Freshness

Content version
1.0
Last reviewed
2026-09-22
Refresh model
Static
Time sensitivity
Low
Benchmark data
c40cccac878af5d0

13 contract fields are empty for every benchmark in this release and are not shown: applicability groups, conditional requirements, feature requirements, model relevance domains, required capabilities, openness summary, reference artifacts, interaction protocols, tool protocols, benchmark last major refresh at, short name, target expertise level, target population.