Qwen 3.5 9B - NC Bench

qwen/qwen3.5-9b

Qwen 3.5 9B

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Release Date

Mar 10th, 2026

Context Size

262k

Reasoning

Yes

Benchmark Cost

$1.20

Speed

73.9 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	85	82	79	79	79	81%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	84	84	83	82	80	82%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	87	84	83	83	79	83%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	85	84	84	81	78	82%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	83	82	82	79	77	81%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	91	82	81	79	76	82%
Detailed Writing Rules						81.83%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	81	81	79	79	75	79%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	83	83	82	77	69	79%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	82	81	80	79	77	80%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	85	80	78	75	75	79%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	79	78	77	75	73	76%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	86	82	77	77	76	80%
genre						78.76%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	85	84	83	79	78	82%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	89	86	85	78	77	83%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	87	82	81	81	80	82%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	84	84	84	83	80	83%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	88	85	82	81	79	83%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	87	86	83	82	82	84%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						82.82%
81.14%

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	96	95	94	94	76	91%
Medium: The Hollow (Inferred) Tooling Reasoning	97	97	97	96	90	95%
Medium: Through the Thornveil (Scattered) Tooling Reasoning	93	92	90	88	88	90%
Short: The Rusty Lantern (Explicit) Tooling Reasoning	98	98	93	90	86	93%
92.43%

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	25	25	25	25	25	25	17	17	17	13	21%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	50	25	25	60%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	25	73%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	50	17	67%
basic entries											55.10%
detailed entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	50	50	42	17	17	17	13	3	41%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	90%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	25	83%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	50	25	68%
detailed entries											70.18%
62.64%

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	95	93	92	91	91	90	87	87	86	83	89%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	98	98	96	96	95	95	92	91	90	87	94%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) Tooling Reasoning	97	93	93	93	90	88	88	84	79	33	84%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	97	97	99%
matrix											91.59%
tiers
5 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	91	98%
10 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	92	99%
20 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	97	97	96	92	89	89	89	86	86	53	87%
40 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	97	97	97	97	92	70	95%
tiers											94.84%
93.21%

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
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%
91.67%

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	100	100	100	100	100	99	72	68	50	19	81%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	67	59	51	50	42	34	34	0	0	0	34%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue Rule Following Utility	80	52	50	40	33	23	1	0	0	0	28%
dialogue-200											47.46%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue Rule Following Utility	21	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	89	71	57	48	39	3	3	0	0	0	31%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue Rule Following Utility	48	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7%
dialogue-500											13.90%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	14	0	0	71%
36.49%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Asking for directions (German) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) Language	100	100	100	100	0	80%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) Language	100	100	100	100	0	80%
90.00%

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	96	95	93	56	88%
Character dialogue (German) in a story Language	100	100	100	94	91	97%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story Language	100	76	58	50	0	57%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	94	99%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story Language	100	100	94	90	73	91%
86.36%

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Write sentences with 10 words each Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Write sentences with 20 words each Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
outline-count											96.67%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	95%
Count point of views for Jack Harper Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count point of views for Olivia Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
pov-count											95.00%
95.83%

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
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	96	95	93	61	92%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	99	99	99	99	24	89%
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	99	99	99	74	96%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	96	94	82	79	79	79	49	80%
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	96	89	88	87	81	81	67	84%
Generic Prompt								93.36%
Specific Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
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	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	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	99	99	47	92%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	99	96	96	95	52	52	39	76%
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	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	100%
Specific Prompt								96.33%
94.85%

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	67	97%
96.67%

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	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%
Simple Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	80%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	70%
Unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
76.00%

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	100	100	100%
20 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
50 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
sentences											100.00%
words
10 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
50 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
200 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
words											98.00%
99.23%