Ministral 8B - NC Bench

ministral-8b-2410

Ministral 8B

via mistral

Release Date

Oct 16th, 2024

Context Size

128k

Reasoning

Benchmark Cost

$0.33

Speed

–

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	79	72	68	66	66	70%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	82	81	76	76	66	76%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	82	81	80	79	73	79%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	79	78	77	71	67	74%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	86	79	78	76	71	78%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	81	77	76	75	72	76%
Detailed Writing Rules						75.67%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	78	75	71	70	66	72%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	84	79	79	76	72	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	87	84	83	81	77	83%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	80	77	76	68	63	73%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	82	75	71	70	67	73%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	83	81	80	77	75	79%
genre						76.27%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	79	73	71	70	69	72%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	84	83	82	79	74	80%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	77	77	76	76	75	76%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	85	79	78	78	70	78%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	89	84	81	80	73	81%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	83	80	77	76	75	78%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						77.71%
76.55%

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	92	92	91	91	90	91%
Medium: The Hollow (Inferred) Tooling Reasoning	94	94	93	93	92	93%
Medium: Through the Thornveil (Scattered) Tooling Reasoning	92	91	91	90	88	90%
Short: The Rusty Lantern (Explicit) Tooling Reasoning	99	97	90	89	87	92%
91.70%

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	100	100	100	28	27	26	26	26	1	1	44%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	50	27	27	26	26	66%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	28	27	26	3	68%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	2	25%
basic entries											50.53%
detailed entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	27	26	26	2	1	1	1	38%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
detailed entries											84.61%
67.57%

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	65	63	60	57	56	53	51	51	51	51	56%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	76	74	71	69	69	66	66	66	66	64	69%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) Tooling Reasoning	79	68	66	66	62	60	59	57	40	17	57%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	88	88	84	79	79	76	75	75	63	60	77%
matrix											64.63%
tiers
5 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	69	49	49	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	47%
10 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	86	81	81	81	76	71	69	69	64	78%
20 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	78	78	74	71	66	66	62	56	33	0	58%
40 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	75	75	71	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	35%
tiers											54.65%
59.64%

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	0	0	80%
Contextual pronoun Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
Fruits excluding citrus Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
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	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	0	0	40%
What instrument does Lucy play? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	50%
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	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
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	0	90%
75.00%

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	49	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	48	47	16	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	12%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue Rule Following Utility	95	95	78	68	51	50	49	44	18	0	55%
dialogue-200											24.46%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue Rule Following Utility	49	49	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	48	39	36	29	20	1	0	0	0	0	17%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5%
dialogue-500											12.09%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue Rule Following	61	61	61	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	20%
18.50%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) Language	100	100	0	0	0	40%
Asking for directions (German) Language	100	100	100	0	0	60%
Friend got new kittens (German) Language	100	100	100	100	0	80%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) Language	100	100	0	0	0	40%
55.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story Language	100	100	73	67	0	68%
Character dialogue (German) in a story Language	100	92	69	0	0	52%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story Language	64	56	50	0	0	34%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story Language	100	91	64	54	0	62%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story Language	100	82	59	0	0	48%
52.81%

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	100	100	78	78	64	56	45	36	32	20	61%
Write sentences with 10 words each Utility	49	36	34	28	28	16	15	10	0	0	22%
Write sentences with 20 words each Utility	13	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2%
28.35%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
outline-count											70.00%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia Utility	100	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15%
Count point of views for Jack Harper Utility	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%
Count point of views for Olivia Utility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
pov-count											21.67%
45.83%

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	92	92	86	64	61	56	56	72%
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	68	66	63	62	57	54	53	60%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	98	98	98	98	96	91	89	95%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	65	65	63	63	63	56	45	60%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	76	72	72	71	71	69	68	71%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	71	69	68	66	65	61	60	66%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	99	98	98	98	97	97	91	97%
Generic Prompt								77.31%
Specific Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	97	97	97	97	94	92	83	94%
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	99	99	99	99	99	94	91	97%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
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	76	75	75	75	75	75	74	75%
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	95	98%
Specific Prompt								96.02%
86.67%

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	0	0	80%
80.00%

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	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30%
Unattributed dialogue Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
8.00%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
5 paragraph summary Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
paragraphs											33.33%
sentences
1 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
3 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	100%
10 sentence summary Utility	92	77	77	77	54	27	27	9	0	0	44%
20 sentence summary Utility	100	98	54	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	28%
50 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%
sentences											60.35%
words
10 word summary Utility	98	98	92	54	9	0	0	0	0	0	35%
20 word summary Utility	100	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
50 word summary Utility	100	98	92	77	27	0	0	0	0	0	40%
100 word summary Utility	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9%
200 word summary Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
words											18.82%
38.14%