CCiV: Chinese Ci-Generation & Evaluation Benchmark

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Dataset, prompts, evaluation code, and result artifacts for the CCiV paper (ICASSP).

CCiV is a comprehensive benchmark for evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) on Chinese Ci (Song dynasty poetry) generation tasks. It provides multi-dimensional evaluation metrics including structural format accuracy, tonal pattern compliance, and LLM-as-judge semantic assessment.

Features

• 300 High-Quality Ci Samples: Covering 36 classical Cipai (tune patterns) including浣溪沙, 鹧鸪天, 菩萨蛮, etc.
• Multi-Dimensional Evaluation:
  • Structural Format Accuracy: Validates sentence count and character count per line
  • Tonal Pattern Score: Evaluates compliance with classical ping-ze (平仄) patterns
  • LLM-as-Judge: Assesses informativeness and aesthetic quality
• Flexible Model Support: Local vLLM inference and API-based evaluation (OpenAI, Kimi, Doubao, Gemini)
• Complete Evaluation Pipeline: From data preparation to result analysis

Project Structure

CCiV/
├── ci_gen.json # 300 Ci generation samples
├── dev_fewshot.json # Few-shot development examples
├── evaluate_cipai.py # Main evaluation script
├── gen_csv.py # Aggregate metrics to CSV
├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies
├── README.md # English documentation
├── README_zh.md # Chinese documentation
├── src/ # Utility modules
│ ├── cipai_utils.py # Format evaluation utilities
│ ├── cipai2info.json # Cipai format database (36 patterns)
│ └── xinyun/ # Tonal pattern conversion toolkit
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── converter.py # Poem to tonal pattern converter
│ ├── pinyin_utils.py # Pinyin processing utilities
│ └── exceptions.py
└── llm_eval/ # LLM-as-judge evaluation
├── main.py # LLM evaluation script
├── k2/ # Kimi API results
├── doubao/ # Doubao API results
└── gemini/ # Gemini API results

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/CCiV.git
cd CCiV
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# For local vLLM inference (optional)
pip install vllm>=0.6.0

Quick Start

1. Local Evaluation (vLLM)

python evaluate_cipai.py \
-s ./results_enhanced \
-m /path/to/model \
-v qwen2.5_7b_inst \
-t ./ci_gen.json \
-g 1

2. API Mode Evaluation

# Using OpenAI-compatible API
python evaluate_cipai.py \
-s ./results_api \
--mode api \
-m gpt-4o \
-v gpt-4o \
--api_key $API_KEY \
--api_base $API_BASE# Using custom chat endpoint
python evaluate_cipai.py \
-s ./results_api \
--mode api \
-m your-model \
-v v1 \
--api_key $API_KEY \
--chat_url https://your-api.com/chat

3. Aggregate Metrics to CSV

python gen_csv.py

Edit gen_csv.py to customize the target folder and metrics:

# For form-aware resultsfolder='./results_enhanced'main(folder, metric_key=['score', 'tonal_score', 'tonal_multiple_score'])
# For zero-shot resultsfolder='./results_direct'main(folder, metric_key=['score'])

4. LLM-as-Judge Evaluation

cd llm_eval
# Using Kimi API
python main.py --model kimi-k2-0711-preview --prefix k2
# Using Gemini API
python main.py --model gemini-2.0-flash --prefix gemini
# Using Doubao API
python main.py --model your-model --prefix doubao

Set environment variables before running:

# Kimi APIexport KIMI_API_KEY="your-key"export KIMI_API_BASE="https://api.moonshot.cn"# Doubao APIexport ARK_API_KEY="your-key"export ARK_API_BASE="https://ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3"

Data Format

Input Data (ci_gen.json)

Each sample contains:

{
"instruction": "按照提供的词牌名和题目写一首词...",
"input": "词牌: 浣溪沙\n题目: 春雨渡江有忆",
"output": "参考词作内容",
"cipai": "浣溪沙",
"format_standard": "{...}",
"sample_id": "fuxi_CiG_0"
}

Output Format

• <save_dir>/<version>.json: Raw generation results
• <save_dir>/<version>_evaluated.json: Results with evaluation metrics

Evaluation Metrics

Metric	Description
score	Structural format accuracy (boolean)
tonal_score	Tonal pattern compliance score (0.0-1.0)
tonal_multiple_score	Best match across multiple templates (0.0-1.0)
informativeness	Information density score (1-5)
aesthetic	Artistic quality score (1-5)

Supported Cipai (36 Patterns)

Cipai	Cipai	Cipai	Cipai
浣溪沙	鹧鸪天	菩萨蛮	蝶恋花
临江仙	满江红	清平乐	水调歌头
虞美人	沁园春	念奴娇	满庭芳
西江月	金缕曲	点绛唇	减字木兰花
踏莎行	浪淘沙	水龙吟	望江南
如梦令	南乡子	贺新郎	卜算子
采桑子	摸鱼儿	忆江南	渔家傲
江城子	鹊桥仙	忆秦娥	青玉案
苏幕遮	一剪梅	声声慢	醉花阴

Command Line Arguments

evaluate_cipai.py

Argument	Short	Default	Description
--mode		vllm	Mode: vllm or api
--save_dir	-s	./results	Output directory
--version	-v	v1	Version identifier
--model_name_or_path	-m	None	Model path or name
--test_path	-t	./ci_gen.json	Test data path
--gpu_num	-g	1	Number of GPUs
--quantization	-q	None	Quantization type
--max_length	-l	1024	Max generation length
--api_key	-k	EMPTY	API key
--api_base	-b	None	API base URL
--chat_url	-c	None	Custom chat URL

llm_eval/main.py

Argument	Default	Description
--model	kimi-k2-0711-preview	Model name for evaluation
--prefix	k2	API prefix (k2/doubao/gemini)
--input-dir	None	Input directory
--output-dir	None	Output directory

Citation

If you use this benchmark in your research, please cite:

@inproceedings{cciv2025,
title={CCiV: A Benchmark for Chinese Ci-Generation and Evaluation},
author={Your Name},
booktitle={Arxiv},
year={2025}
}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgments

• Tonal pattern evaluation based on the 14-rhyme system (中华新韵, 2005)
• Cipai format data sourced from classical Chinese poetry databases