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K9Bench 🐕

K9Bench is a video question-answering benchmark for evaluating fine-grained understanding of canine actions, and interactions in real-world YouTube videos.

⚠️ Terms of Use

For Your Information

The dataset provides access to videos, images, metadata, and/or links to videos obtained from YouTube and other publicly available sources. The dataset authors, maintainers, and affiliated organizations do not own the copyrights to the videos or other third-party content referenced or linked within the dataset.

Ownership and copyright of all videos and related content remain with the respective YouTube channel owners, creators, or rights holders. It is the responsibility of the original source channels and content owners to ensure that their content complies with YouTube's terms, policies, and applicable laws.

The released dataset consists only of YouTube URLs/video IDs, QA pairs, and dataset splits. The original video files are not redistributed. Referenced videos are published on YouTube under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, and they remain the property of their respective creators and subject to YouTube's Terms of Service. The CC BY-NC 4.0 license of this dataset applies only to the QA pairs and metadata created by the dataset authors, and does not apply to the underlying YouTube videos.

By accessing or using this dataset, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms:

1. Permitted Use

The dataset may be used only for non-commercial scientific, academic, or research purposes.

Any commercial use, including but not limited to product development, commercial training, resale, licensing, redistribution, or use in commercial services, is strictly prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained from the dataset authors.

2. Copyright and Ownership

The dataset authors do not claim ownership of the YouTube videos or any third-party media referenced in the dataset.

You understand and acknowledge that:

The dataset may contain links to YouTube videos or references to publicly available media.

The dataset authors do not own the videos linked or referenced in the dataset.

Copyright and ownership of the videos remain with the respective content owners.

You are responsible for ensuring that your use of any linked or referenced content complies with applicable copyright laws, YouTube's Terms of Service, and any other relevant licenses or restrictions.

Any use of the underlying videos must respect the rights of content creators, including attribution as required by the CC BY license where applicable.

3. Restrictions on Sharing and Redistribution

You agree that the dataset must not be shared, distributed, published, transferred, sublicensed, or redistributed, in whole or in part, to any third-party individual, group, institution, company, or organization.

Access to the dataset is granted only to the approved data requestor or authorized user.

4. Use of Videos and Images in Publications

Videos, images, frames, or visual examples from the dataset may only be shown in academic publications, research papers, theses, posters, or academic presentations.

Any such use must be limited to what is necessary for scholarly communication and must properly acknowledge the dataset and, where applicable, the original content source.

5. Compliance with Dataset License

By accessing or using the dataset, you agree to comply with the applicable dataset license and all terms stated in this Terms of Use document.

You specifically acknowledge and agree that:

You understand that the dataset authors do not own the YouTube videos linked or referenced in the dataset;

You will use the dataset for non-commercial research purposes only;

You will not redistribute or share the dataset with unauthorized third parties;

You will not create a new or derivative dataset without written consent;

You agree to the dataset license and all usage restrictions.

6. Termination of Access

The dataset authors reserve the right to revoke or terminate access to the dataset if you violate any of these Terms of Use or use the dataset in a manner inconsistent with the stated research and non-commercial purposes.

7. No Warranty

The dataset is provided 'as is' without warranties of any kind, express or implied. The dataset authors make no guarantees regarding the availability, accuracy, legality, completeness, or continued accessibility of any linked videos or third-party content.

8. Video Takedown and Opt-Out

Content creators and rights holders may request removal of their video from this dataset at any time by submitting the takedown form, or by emailing khushattarde2003@gmail.com or yusufali.dtu.98@gmail.com. Please include the YouTube URL or video ID and confirm that you are the creator or an authorized rights holder. Valid requests will be processed within 15 days, and the corresponding video reference, QA pairs, and metadata will be removed from the dataset and its splits. By accessing the dataset, you agree to honor such removals by discontinuing use of removed items and using the most recent version of the dataset.

9. Acceptance

By downloading, accessing, or using the dataset, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.

Dataset Summary

Each sample pairs a YouTube video with a multiple-choice question requiring detailed visual understanding of dog behavior. Questions span five categories: action sequence, cause-effect analysis, context analysis, interaction analysis, and posture analysis.

Dataset Structure

Field	Type	Description
`idx`	int	Unique sequential index
`video_url`	string	Full YouTube URL
`question_category`	string	One of 5 categories
`question`	string	The question about the video
`options`	dict	Five answer choices (A–E)
`correct_answer`	string	Ground-truth answer (A–E)

Question Categories

action sequence — ordering of behavioral events
cause-effect analysis — causal relationships between actions
context analysis — situational and environmental influences
interaction analysis — social signals between animals or humans
posture analysis — body language and physical cues

Splits

Split	Rows
test	4,744

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("ogmen/K9Bench")
sample = ds["test"][0]
print(sample["question"])
print(sample["options"])
print(sample["correct_answer"])

🌐 Website

Project Website: https://ogmenrobotics.github.io/K9Bench/

Citation

@article{attarde2026k9bench,
  title={K9-Bench: Evaluating Multimodal LLMs on Canine-Centric Videos},
  author={Attarde, Khush and Ali, Yusuf and Thukral, Megha and Bhutani, Divye and Ploetz, Thomas and Kira, Zsolt},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.02680},
  year={2026},
  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02680}
}

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Paper for ogmen/K9Bench

K9-Bench: Evaluating Multimodal LLMs on Canine-Centric Videos

Paper • 2607.02680 • Published Jul 2