diff --git a/lmms_eval/tasks/cinepile/cinepile.yaml b/lmms_eval/tasks/cinepile/cinepile.yaml
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+dataset_path: tomg-group-umd/cinepile
+dataset_kwargs:
+  cache_dir: cinepile_cache
+  From_YouTube: True
+task: cinepile
+test_split: test
+output_type: generate_until
+doc_to_visual: !function utils.cinepile_doc_to_visual
+doc_to_text: !function utils.cinepile_doc_to_text
+doc_to_target: !function utils.cinepile_doc_to_target
+generation_kwargs:
+  max_new_tokens: 16
+  temperature: 0
+  top_p: 1.0
+  num_beams: 1
+  do_sample: false
+# The return value of process_results will be used by metrics
+process_results: !function utils.cinepile_process_results
+# Note that the metric name can be either a registed metric function (such as the case for GQA) or a key name returned by process_results
+lmms_eval_specific_kwargs:
+  default:
+    pre_prompt: "You will be provided with subtitles from a specific scene of a movie and all the video frames from that scene. After going through the movie scene and seeing the frames, please answer the question that follows. The question will have five possible answers labeled A, B, C, D, and E, please try to provide the most probable answer in your opinion. Your output should be just one of A,B,C,D,E and nothing else.\n**Output Format:**\n\t**Answer:** <Option_key>"
+    post_prompt: "Note: Follow the output format strictly. Only answer with the option key (A, B, C, D, E) and nothing else."
+metric_list: ##
+  - metric: cinepile_accuracy
+    aggregation: !function utils.cinepile_aggregate_results
+    higher_is_better: true
+metadata:
+  - version: 0.0
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diff --git a/lmms_eval/tasks/cinepile/utils.py b/lmms_eval/tasks/cinepile/utils.py
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+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from collections import defaultdict
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import yaml
+
+eval_logger = logging.getLogger("lmms-eval")
+hf_home = os.getenv("HF_HOME", "~/.cache/huggingface/")
+base_cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(hf_home)
+
+
+def cinepile_doc_to_visual(doc):
+    with open(Path(__file__).parent / "cinepile.yaml", "r") as f:
+        raw_data = f.readlines()
+        safe_data = []
+        for i, line in enumerate(raw_data):
+            # remove function definition since yaml load cannot handle it
+            if "!function" not in line:
+                safe_data.append(line)
+    task_name = yaml.safe_load("".join(safe_data))["task"]
+    cache_dir = os.path.join(base_cache_dir, task_name)
+
+    video_path = doc["videoID"] + ".mp4"
+    video_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, video_path)
+    if os.path.exists(video_path):
+        video_path = video_path
+    elif os.path.exists(video_path.replace("mp4", "MP4")):
+        video_path = video_path.replace("mp4", "MP4")
+    elif os.path.exists(video_path.replace("mp4", "mkv")):
+        video_path = video_path.replace("mp4", "mkv")
+    else:
+        sys.exit(f"video path:{video_path} does not exist, please check")
+    return [video_path]
+
+
+def format_question_and_options(question, options):
+    """
+    Formats a question and a list of options into a single string with options labeled A, B, C, etc.
+
+    Parameters:
+    - question (str): The question to be formatted.
+    - options (list of str): The options for the question.
+
+    Returns:
+    - str: The formatted question and options.
+    """
+    formatted_string = f"{question}\n"
+    option_labels = [chr(ord("A") + i) for i in range(len(options))]  # Generate option labels dynamically
+
+    for label, option in zip(option_labels, options):
+        formatted_string += f"- {label}) {option}\n"
+
+    return formatted_string
+
+
+def cinepile_doc_to_text(doc, model_specific_prompt_kwargs=None):
+    formatted_question = format_question_and_options(doc["question"], doc["choices"])
+    model_input = f"{model_specific_prompt_kwargs['pre_prompt']}\n\n**Subtitles:**\n{doc['subtitles']}\n\n{formatted_question}\n{model_specific_prompt_kwargs['post_prompt']}"
+    return model_input
+
+
+def cinepile_doc_to_target(doc):
+    ans_key_to_option = {0: "A", 1: "B", 2: "C", 3: "D", 4: "E"}
+    answer_key, answer_key_position = doc["answer_key"], doc["answer_key_position"]
+
+    answer = f"{ans_key_to_option[answer_key_position]}) {answer_key}"
+    return answer
+
+
+def normalize_string(input_string):
+    """
+    Extracts and returns the option number and option text from a given string.
+    The option number is expected to be a single letter followed by an optional bracket and/or period.
+    The option text is any text following the option number and its bracket/period.
+    If the string does not contain an option number, the entire string is considered as the option text.
+    """
+    input_string = input_string.replace("*", "").strip()
+    if re.match(r"^[A-E]$", input_string, re.IGNORECASE):
+        return input_string.upper(), ""
+
+    match = re.search(r"Answer:\s*([A-E])\)?\.?\s*(.*)", input_string, re.IGNORECASE)
+    if match:
+        option_number = match.group(1).upper()  # Normalize option number to uppercase
+        option_text = match.group(2).strip()
+        return option_number, option_text
+    else:
+        # If no option number is found after 'Answer:', consider it as no valid answer provided
+        return None, input_string.strip()
+
+
+def evaluate_semantic_similarity(response, answer_key_number, answer_key_text, normalize_fn):
+    """
+    Evaluates whether the answer key and student response are semantically the same.
+    Returns a score of 1 if they match, otherwise 0.
+    """
+    student_response_number, student_response_text = eval(normalize_fn)(response)
+
+    # Compare option numbers and option texts (if available) to determine a match
+    if answer_key_number and student_response_number:
+        if answer_key_number == student_response_number:
+            if answer_key_text and student_response_text:
+                # If both strings have option texts, they must match as well
+                return (1, student_response_number, student_response_text) if answer_key_text.lower() == student_response_text.lower() else (0, student_response_number, student_response_text)
+            # If only option numbers are provided or one string lacks option text, it's a match
+            return (1, student_response_number, student_response_text)
+    elif answer_key_text.lower() == student_response_text.lower():
+        # If no option numbers are present, but the option texts match, it's also considered a match
+        return (1, student_response_number, student_response_text)
+
+    return (0, student_response_number, student_response_text)
+
+
+def eval_response(response, answer_key_number, answer_key_text, normalize_fn="normalize_string"):
+    return evaluate_semantic_similarity(response, answer_key_number, answer_key_text, normalize_fn)
+
+
+def cinepile_process_results(doc, results):
+    """
+    Args:
+        doc: a instance of the eval dataset
+        results: [pred]
+    Returns:
+        a dictionary with key: metric name (in this case accuracy), value: metric value
+    """
+    pred = results[0]
+
+    ans_key_map = {0: "A", 1: "B", 2: "C", 3: "D", 4: "E"}
+    answer = ans_key_map[doc["answer_key_position"]]
+    correct, response_number, response_text = eval_response(pred, answer, doc["answer_key"])
+
+    question_category = doc["question_category"]
+    hard_split = doc["hard_split"]
+
+    data_dict = {
+        "question": doc["question"],
+        "question_category": question_category,
+        "hard_split": hard_split,
+        "correct": correct,
+        "answer": answer,
+        "raw_response": pred,
+        "response_ext_number": response_number,
+        "response_ext_text": response_text,
+    }
+
+    return {"cinepile_accuracy": data_dict}
+
+
+CATEGORIES = ["Character and\nRelationship Dynamics", "Narrative and\nPlot Analysis", "Setting and\nTechnical Analysis", "Temporal", "Theme Exploration"]
+HARD_SPLIT = ["True", "False"]
+
+
+def cinepile_aggregate_results(results):
+    """
+    Args:
+        results: a list of values returned by process_results
+    Returns:
+        A score
+    """
+
+    cat2score = defaultdict(dict)
+    for result in results:
+        score = result["correct"]
+        ques_category = result["question_category"]
+        hard_split = result["hard_split"]
+        if ques_category not in cat2score:
+            cat2score[ques_category] = defaultdict(dict)
+
+            cat2score[ques_category][HARD_SPLIT[0]] = {"correct": 0, "answered": 0}
+            cat2score[ques_category][HARD_SPLIT[1]] = {"correct": 0, "answered": 0}
+
+        cat2score[ques_category][hard_split]["answered"] += 1
+        cat2score[ques_category][hard_split]["correct"] += score
+
+    total_correct, total_answered = 0, 0
+    for category in CATEGORIES:
+        for hard_split in HARD_SPLIT:
+            total_correct += cat2score[category][hard_split]["correct"]
+            total_answered += cat2score[category][hard_split]["answered"]
+
+    aggregate_accuracy = 100 * total_correct / total_answered if total_answered > 0 else 0
+    eval_logger.info(f"Overall Performance: {aggregate_accuracy: .1f}%")
+
+    for category in CATEGORIES:
+        category_correct, category_answered = 0, 0
+        for hard_split in HARD_SPLIT:
+            category_correct += cat2score[category][hard_split]["correct"]
+            category_answered += cat2score[category][hard_split]["answered"]
+        category_accuracy = 100 * category_correct / category_answered if category_answered > 0 else 0
+        eval_logger.info(f"\t{category} Acc: {category_accuracy:.1f}%")
+        for hard_split in HARD_SPLIT:
+            correct = cat2score[category][hard_split]["correct"]
+            answered = cat2score[category][hard_split]["answered"]
+            accuracy = 100 * correct / answered if answered > 0 else 0
+            eval_logger.info(f"\t\t{category} Hard {hard_split}: {accuracy:.1f}%")
+
+    return aggregate_accuracy