QA_SPECIAL_TOKENS = {"Question": "", "Answer": "", "StartPrefix": "", "EndPrefix": ""} def format_pair(pairs): assert len(pairs) % 2 == 0 return [ "{}{}{}".format(QA_SPECIAL_TOKENS["Question"], pairs[i], QA_SPECIAL_TOKENS["Answer"]) if i % 2 == 0 else pairs[i] for i in range(0, len(pairs), 2) ]