Ministral 3 14B - NC Bench

mistralai/ministral-14b-2512

Ministral 3 14B

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Release Date

Dec 2nd, 2025

Context Size

262k

Reasoning

Benchmark Cost

$0.44

Speed

105.4 tok/s

Subcategories

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	83	79	77	71	70	76%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	82	80	74	73	71	76%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	91	87	79	78	77	83%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	82	81	80	80	74	79%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	83	82	82	80	79	81%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	83	82	77	73	72	77%
Detailed Writing Rules						78.76%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	79	74	73	73	68	73%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	82	80	78	77	75	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	85	84	83	82	79	82%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	82	81	80	79	74	79%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	89	81	80	76	71	79%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	83	82	77	76	75	79%
genre						78.50%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	79	78	75	72	72	75%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	87	81	79	77	67	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	89	88	85	84	83	86%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	81	79	78	77	74	78%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	88	85	83	81	81	84%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	82	81	81	77	73	79%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						79.90%
79.05%

Codex Extraction

Evaluates a model's ability to extract structured codex entries (characters, locations, objects, lore) from prose passages and return them as well-formed XML.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Long: The Spire of Echoes (Dense) Tooling Reasoning	93	92	92	90	89	91%
Medium: The Hollow (Inferred) Tooling Reasoning	93	92	92	91	89	91%
Medium: Through the Thornveil (Scattered) Tooling Reasoning	90	88	88	87	84	87%
Short: The Rusty Lantern (Explicit) Tooling Reasoning	93	93	93	92	90	92%
90.57%

Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)

Tests whether models correctly report "no violations" when a codex is fully consistent with the prose passage. Models that hallucinate false violations (false positives) fail. Uses a 2×2 matrix of text length × codex size, with bare and detailed-entry variants.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
basic entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	2	2	1	18%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	27	26	26	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	10%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	25	3	2	22%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	50	50	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	33%
basic entries											20.86%
detailed entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	28	93%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	29	28	25	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	9%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	34%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
detailed entries											59.08%
39.97%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) Tooling Reasoning	63	63	60	60	60	57	53	48	42	3	51%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	74	71	71	70	69	66	66	64	62	59	67%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) Tooling Reasoning	93	93	88	88	84	84	84	79	52	52	80%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	92	88	84	79	79	79	79	75	71	52	78%
matrix											68.94%
tiers
5 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	69	69	63	63	63	54	54	54	54	53	60%
10 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	72	72	72	72	66	66	64	61	58	53	66%
20 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	94	94	89	86	81	73	73	73	69	69	80%
40 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	93	92	90	88	88	87	83	83	72	71	85%
tiers											72.68%
70.81%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time Reasoning	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50%
Guess the pet Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What instrument does Lucy play? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? Reasoning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Who's the sister? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
87.50%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	22	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	95	86	50	50	49	48	40	10	4	0	43%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	47	43	28	10	10	7	3	1	1	20%
dialogue-200											24.34%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	43	41	26	11	1	0	0	0	0	17%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	49	48	47	41	29	0	0	0	0	26%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue Rule Following Utility	96	88	24	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	23%
dialogue-500											21.99%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
34.14%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Asking for directions (German) Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Friend got new kittens (German) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
50.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Character dialogue (German) in a story Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story Language	100	50	0	0	0	30%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story Language	100	0	0	0	0	20%
10.00%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each Utility	93	91	90	89	88	87	80	80	79	72	85%
Write sentences with 10 words each Utility	92	88	85	80	76	75	72	71	69	52	76%
Write sentences with 20 words each Utility	65	51	49	46	44	42	32	32	4	3	37%
65.88%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes Utility	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%
outline-count											73.33%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia Utility	100	50	50	50	50	50	0	0	0	0	35%
Count point of views for Jack Harper Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	60%
Count point of views for Olivia Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
pov-count											65.00%
69.17%

Text Replacement

Tests deterministic text transformations: renaming characters/locations, expanding contractions, tense rewriting, POV shifts, gender swaps, combined transformations, and word avoidance. Scored by checking each expected change independently.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	Total
Generic Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	86	86	86	83	83	83	67	82%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	78	78	78	78	78	76	73	77%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	88	88	78	78	76	74	74	79%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	82	82	82	74	74	74	71	77%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Generic Prompt								89.60%
Specific Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	97	97	94	94	89	86	86	92%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	67	95%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	98	98	98	98	98	99%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	90	89	88	88	88	87	86	88%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Specific Prompt								96.94%
93.27%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections Tooling	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
90.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Unattributed dialogue Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
20.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	100%
20 sentence summary Utility	100	92	92	77	77	54	54	54	9	0	61%
50 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
sentences											92.10%
words
10 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 word summary Utility	100	98	92	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	83%
50 word summary Utility	100	100	100	92	92	77	77	2	2	0	64%
100 word summary Utility	100	100	100	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	32%
200 word summary Utility	100	98	77	54	27	0	0	0	0	0	36%
words											62.98%
82.73%