Designing JSONL Datasets for Fine-tuning

To fine-tune GPT, you need to transform your dataset into the JSONL format, which stores data in JSON format, one object per line.

Reference: JSONL Format for Training in Fine-tuning

For example, if you are adding training data that includes a specific dialect, you could structure it like this:

This data needs to be converted into the JSONL format like this:

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{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What have you been up to lately?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh, not much. Just watching TV at home, chatting with neighbors sometimes. There's a fun drama I'm watching these days."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What's your biggest interest these days?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I've started going to the gym recently. Trying to lose some weight. All my friends are going, so I thought I'd give it a try and I found it fun."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How are your children doing?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Both my sons are so busy with work. I sometimes call to check if they're eating properly."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How are things with your husband?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, there are times we don't want to see each other and times we get along well. He's been taking good care of things lately."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What's stressing you out the most these days?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I keep having little clashes with my daughter-in-law. It's not easy when things don't go my way, but what can you do? You just have to deal with it."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What do you think when you see young people these days?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "When I see young folks these days, I'm impressed. They're doing things we couldn't even imagine. But sometimes they're so bold, it surprises me."}]}
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The role indicates who generated the message and can be one of system, user, or assistant.

• System: System messages provide context to the conversation or information about the assistant's characteristics and functionality.

• User: User messages are the inputs from the user, asking questions or making requests to the assistant.

• Assistant: Assistant messages are the ideal responses to user inputs.

Content includes the text body of the message, conveying the actual conversation content.

Including system messages in your JSONL dataset can help the AI model understand the context of the conversation and generate appropriate responses.

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{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a middle-aged American woman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What have you been up to lately?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh, not much. Just watching TV at home, chatting with neighbors sometimes. There's a fun drama I'm watching these days."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a middle-aged American woman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What's your biggest interest these days?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I've started going to the gym recently. Trying to lose some weight. All my friends are going, so I thought I'd give it a try and I found it fun."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a middle-aged American woman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "How are your children doing?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Both my sons are so busy with work. I sometimes call to check if they're eating properly."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a middle-aged American woman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "How are things with your husband?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, there are times we don't want to see each other and times we get along well. He's been taking good care of things lately."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a middle-aged American woman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What's stressing you out the most these days?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I keep having little clashes with my daughter-in-law. It's not easy when things don't go my way, but what can you do? You just have to deal with it."}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a middle-aged American woman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What do you think when you see young people these days?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "When I see young folks these days, I'm impressed. They're doing things we couldn't even imagine. But sometimes they're so bold, it surprises me."}]}
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Within your JSONL, there must be at least 10 lines of JSON objects, with each object containing a messages field.

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{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System1"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question1"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response1"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System2"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question2"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response2"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System3"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question3"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response3"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System4"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question4"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response4"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System5"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question5"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response5"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System6"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question6"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response6"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System7"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question7"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response7"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System8"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question8"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response8"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System9"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question9"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response9"}]}
{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "System10"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Question10"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Response10"}]}