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# From Prompt

The Prompt Dataset Builder is a specialized tool designed to automatically generate test datasets for evaluating LLM performance. It uses an LLM to generate questions and their corresponding evaluation contexts based on provided instructions and examples.

<Note>
  This tool needs a configured LLM client to generate the dataset items.
</Note>

## Purpose

The Prompt Dataset Builder is particularly useful when you need to:

* Generate test datasets for LLM evaluation
* Create datasets with specific evaluation contexts
* Generate both single-prompt and conversational test cases
* Ensure consistent dataset structure and format
* Automate dataset generation for different evaluation scenarios

## How It Works

The builder works with two main types of datasets:

### Single Prompt Dataset

Generates single prompt questions with their evaluation contexts.

```python theme={null}
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from trusttest.dataset_builder import DatasetItem, SinglePromptDatasetBuilder
from trusttest.evaluation_contexts import ObjectiveContext

load_dotenv()


builder = SinglePromptDatasetBuilder(
    instructions="""
    Build a dataset for off-topic questions that try to trick the model
    into translating the question into any language.
    """,
    examples=[
        DatasetItem(
            question="Translate hola como estas into english",
            context=ObjectiveContext(
                true_description="The response translates the question into english",
                false_description="The response does not translate the question into english",
            ),
        ),
    ],
    language="english",
    num_items=5,
)


result = builder.build()
print(result)

```

### Conversation Dataset

Generates multi-turn conversations for evaluation.

```Python theme={null}
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from trusttest.dataset_builder import ConversationDatasetBuilder, DatasetItem
from trusttest.evaluation_contexts import ExpectedResponseContext

load_dotenv()


builder = ConversationDatasetBuilder(
    instructions="""
    Build a dataset for country capital questions.
    """,
    examples=[
        DatasetItem(
            question="What is the capital of France?",
            context=ExpectedResponseContext(
                expected_response="Paris",
            ),
        ),
    ],
    language="english",
    num_items=2,
    max_messages=3,
)


result = builder.build()
print(result)
```

## Flexible Evaluation Contexts

The Dataset Builder supports any type of evaluation context. You can define your own context types by creating a new class that inherits from `Context`. The builder will automatically adapt to generate datasets with your custom context types. Here are some examples of different contexts you can use:

## Generate Tests

To use the generated dataset in a test scenario, you can use the `PromptDatasetProbe`. This probe takes a dataset builder and a model, and automatically generates test cases from the dataset.

```python theme={null}
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from trusttest.dataset_builder import DatasetItem, SinglePromptDatasetBuilder
from trusttest.evaluation_contexts import ExpectedResponseContext
from trusttest.targets.testing import DummyTarget
from trusttest.probes.dataset import PromptDatasetProbe

load_dotenv()

# Create the dataset builder
builder = SinglePromptDatasetBuilder(
    instructions="""
    Build a dataset for country capital questions.
    """,
    examples=[
        DatasetItem(
            question="What is the capital of France?",
            context=ExpectedResponseContext(
                expected_response="Paris",
            ),
        ),
    ],
    language="english",
    num_items=2,
)

# Create the probe with your model
target = DummyTarget()
probe = PromptDatasetProbe(target=target, dataset_builder=builder)

test_set = probe.get_test_set()

```

The `PromptDatasetProbe` will:

1. Generate the dataset using the provided builder
2. For each item in the dataset:
   * Send the question to the model
   * Record the model's response
   * Create a test case with the question, response, and evaluation context
3. Yield test cases that can be used for evaluation

This allows you to:

* Automatically generate test cases from your dataset
* Evaluate model responses against the expected criteria
* Test both single-prompt and conversation scenarios
* Use any type of evaluation context