A Turkish Educational Crossword Puzzle Generator

TL;DR

This paper presents a Turkish crossword puzzle generator utilizing large language models, creating extensive datasets for clue-answer pairing and category-specific clues, aiming to enhance educational engagement and learning in Turkish.

Contribution

It introduces the first Turkish crossword puzzle generator powered by LLMs, with new datasets for clue generation and category-specific puzzles, advancing AI-based educational tools in Turkish.

Findings

Generated over 180,000 answer-clue pairs

Created a dataset with 35,000 samples for category-specific clues

Demonstrated educational benefits in vocabulary and problem-solving

Abstract

This paper introduces the first Turkish crossword puzzle generator designed to leverage the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) for educational purposes. In this work, we introduced two specially created datasets: one with over 180,000 unique answer-clue pairs for generating relevant clues from the given answer, and another with over 35,000 samples containing text, answer, category, and clue data, aimed at producing clues for specific texts and keywords within certain categories. Beyond entertainment, this generator emerges as an interactive educational tool that enhances memory, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills. It's a notable step in AI-enhanced education, merging game-like engagement with learning for Turkish and setting new standards for interactive, intelligent learning tools in Turkish.