Run: 2026-02-17-01KHMMZDSAP1B3RC0Q0RQ609JV

Run Details

Model:
Mistral Large
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
27.6s
Cost:
$0.012018

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
85.55% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
32.56% AI-ism word frequency (details)
100.00% Cliché density (details)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell) (details)
100.00% Filter word density (details)
100.00% Gibberish response detection (details)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse (details)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks) (details)
25.31% Name drop frequency (details)
16.07% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse (details)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding) (details)
100.00% Paragraph length variance (details)
100.00% Passive voice overuse (details)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
41.59% Sentence opener variety (details)
92.59% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
36.39% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
46.33% Technical jargon density (details)
25.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
95.95% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
79.9114% Overall

Model input

System
You are an expert novelist with a gift for vivid, immersive prose. You write in tight third-person limited point of view with a strong narrative voice. Your prose is clean, precise, and engaging — you favor strong verbs, concrete details, and natural-sounding dialogue. You will be given a story bible (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, and lore. Use these details to ground your writing in the established world. Stay consistent with the codex. Write only the prose of the scene. Do not include titles, chapter headings, markdown formatting, or any commentary before or after the scene.
User/Human
<codex> <character id="4412" name="Aurora Carter" aliases="Rory, Laila, Aurora, Carter, Malphora" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Protagonist"> <eyeColor>bright blue</eyeColor> <hair>straight shoulder-length black</hair> <height>5'6"</height> <age>25</age> <scar>small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident</scar> <description>Aurora, referred to by her friends as Rory, is cool-headed, intelligent, and known for quick out-of-the-box thinking.</description> <backstory>Born in Cardiff to an Irish barrister father (Brendan Carter) and Welsh teacher mother (Jennifer Carter née Ellis), Rory reluctantly pursued Pre-Law at Cardiff University. She fled to London at the behest of her childhood friend Eva after leaving an abusive ex named Evan. By day, Rory works part-time as a delivery person for Yu-Fei Cheung's Golden Empress restaurant. She lives in a flat above Silas' bar.</backstory> </character> <character id="4418" name="Nyx" aliases="Nyx, the Shadow, Nightwhisper" pronouns="they/them" species="Shade" storyRole="Wild Card"> <eyeColor>faintly glowing violet</eyeColor> <height>approximately 6'2" in solid form</height> <age>ageless</age> <form>humanoid silhouette of living shadow, can shift between solid and incorporeal</form> <voice>sounds like a whisper carried on the wind</voice> <description>A being of living shadow, existing between the mortal plane and the spaces between realms.</description> <backstory>Nyx was once a human sorcerer named Aldric who became trapped between realms during a failed summoning ritual in 1643. They now exist as a Shade, bound to the mortal plane but able to slip between shadows.</backstory> </character> <character id="4424" name="Isolde Varga" aliases="Isolde, the Seer" pronouns="she/her" species="Half-Fae" storyRole="Oracle"> <eyeColor>pale lavender</eyeColor> <hair>silver, reaching her waist</hair> <height>5'5"</height> <age>300 years old</age> <appearance>ethereal, ageless</appearance> <speech>speaks in riddles</speech> <footprints>leaves no footprints when she walks</footprints> <compulsion>cannot lie (Fae compulsion) but can mislead</compulsion> <description>A Half-Fae seer exiled from the Fae Courts for sharing visions with mortals.</description> <backstory>She now lives in a hidden grove in Richmond Park, offering cryptic prophecies to those who seek her out.</backstory> </character> <location id="853" name="Dymas (Gluttony)" aliases="Dymas, gluttony, Dymasian" realm="Hel" sin="Gluttony"> <ruler>Prince Belphegor</ruler> <skyColor>warm amber</skyColor> <description>A place of excess and indulgence. Sprawling vineyards, orchards, and gardens provide exotic ingredients for master chefs — often helbound souls contracted from Earth. Grand feasts and culinary competitions are common.</description> </location> <location id="861" name="The Fae Grove" aliases="Isolde's grove, Richmond grove, the Grove" realm="Earth (Fae-touched)"> <parkLocation>Richmond Park</parkLocation> <standingStones>ancient oak standing stones mark the boundary</standingStones> <timeBehavior>time moves differently — an hour inside can be minutes or days outside</timeBehavior> <flora>wildflowers bloom year-round</flora> <description>A hidden clearing that exists in a pocket between Earth and the Fae realm.</description> </location> <item id="2001" name="Heartstone Pendant" aliases="the pendant, Heartstone" type="Artifact" origin="Dymas"> <gemstoneColor>deep crimson</gemstoneColor> <chainMaterial>silver chain</chainMaterial> <size>roughly the size of a thumbnail</size> <behavior>pulses faintly with warmth when near a Hel portal</behavior> <glow>faint inner glow</glow> <description>Given to Aurora by an unknown benefactor.</description> </item> <item id="2006" name="Fae-Forged Blade" aliases="the Fae blade, Isolde's gift" type="Weapon" origin="The Fae Courts"> <material>moonsilver</material> <shape>slender, leaf-shaped dagger</shape> <temperature>always cold to the touch</temperature> <glow>faintly luminescent in moonlight</glow> <power>can cut through magical wards; particularly effective against demons</power> <givenTo>given to Aurora by Isolde as a gift</givenTo> <description>A weapon of the Fae Courts, rare and highly coveted.</description> </item> <lore id="7001" name="The Veil" aliases="the Veil, the Barrier, the Boundary" category="Cosmology"> <solsticeEffect>weakens during the winter solstice, strengthens during the summer solstice</solsticeEffect> <appearance>faint shimmering distortion visible only to those with supernatural sight</appearance> <monitoring>rift points (tears in the Veil) are monitored by the Wardens</monitoring> <description>The Veil is the metaphysical barrier separating Earth from Hel and the Fae Realms.</description> </lore> </codex> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the fantasy genre. A small group enters an ancient, otherworldly place for the first time. The environment is alien and wondrous. Describe their exploration — what they see, hear, and feel as they move deeper. Include moments of discovery, unease, and wonder. Let the world-building emerge through the characters' experience rather than exposition. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters, setting, and lore. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.

Model response

AI
The standing stones loomed like sentinels in the mist, their gnarled oaks twisted with age. Rory adjusted the strap of her messenger bag, the Heartstone Pendant tucked safely beneath her shirt, its warmth a steady pulse against her skin. The air smelled of damp earth and something sweeter—honeysuckle, maybe, or the faint metallic tang of magic. Nyx materialized beside her, their form flickering between solid and shadow. "The grove doesn’t want us here," they murmured, their voice like wind through dead leaves. "It’s testing us." Rory exhaled, watching her breath curl in the cold air. "Or it’s just cold. It *is* December." Isolde stepped between the stones first, her silver hair shimmering as if woven with starlight. She left no footprints in the frost. "The grove chooses who enters," she said, her pale lavender eyes fixed on Rory. "And it has chosen you." Rory hesitated, then followed. The moment she crossed the threshold, the world tilted. The mist swallowed the standing stones behind her, and the air hummed with energy, raising the fine hairs on her arms. Before her stretched a clearing unlike anything she’d ever seen—wildflowers bloomed in impossible colors, their petals glowing faintly in the dim light. Towering trees with bark like polished silver stretched toward a sky that wasn’t quite blue, but not gray either. It was as if the grove existed in the space between dawn and dusk, suspended in perpetual twilight. Nyx solidified beside her, their violet eyes wide. "This isn’t Earth," they whispered. "Not entirely." Isolde glided forward, her bare feet brushing the grass without disturbing a single blade. "The Fae Courts call this place a *pocket*," she said. "A sliver of their realm bleeding into ours." Rory reached out, her fingers hovering just above a cluster of flowers that pulsed with an inner light. "It’s beautiful." "Beauty is often a trap," Nyx said, their voice low. "The Fae are fond of them." Isolde shot them a look. "And Shades are fond of doom-saying." Rory ignored them, stepping deeper into the grove. The air grew warmer, thick with the scent of blossoms and something richer—spiced wine, perhaps, or the faintest hint of smoke. A narrow path wound through the undergrowth, lined with stones that glowed faintly, as if lit from within. Nyx drifted ahead, their shadowy form stretching unnaturally long in the dim light. "The path is moving," they said. Rory frowned. "What?" Isolde smiled, cryptic as ever. "The grove shifts to guide—or mislead. It depends on what it thinks you need." Rory’s fingers tightened around the strap of her bag. "And what does it think *I* need?" Isolde didn’t answer. Instead, she gestured toward the path. "Walk, and see." The deeper they went, the stranger the grove became. The trees grew taller, their branches twisting into arches overhead, forming a living tunnel. The stones along the path pulsed brighter, their light casting shifting patterns on the ground. Rory’s boots made no sound as she walked, as if the earth itself absorbed the noise. Then, the path opened into a wider clearing, and Rory stopped. A pool of water lay at its center, perfectly still, its surface like glass. But it wasn’t the pool that made her breath catch—it was the figure standing beside it. A woman, or something like one, with skin like polished marble and hair that flowed like liquid silver. She turned as they approached, her eyes—pale, pupil-less, and glowing faintly—locking onto Rory. Isolde bowed her head. "Lady of the Grove." The woman smiled, but there was no warmth in it. "Seer. You bring mortals into my domain." Rory’s pulse quickened. She’d heard stories of the Fae, of their cruelty and caprice. But before she could speak, Nyx stepped forward, their form flickering like a candle in the wind. "We seek answers," they said. "About the Veil. About the rifts." The Fae woman tilted her head, her gaze sliding to Rory. "And you, little mortal? What do you seek?" Rory swallowed. The Heartstone Pendant burned against her skin, as if reacting to the Fae’s presence. "I need to know how to close a rift," she said. "Before it tears open completely." The woman’s smile widened, sharp as a blade. "The Veil weakens. The solstice approaches." She gestured to the pool. "Look, and see what the grove shows you." Rory hesitated, then stepped forward. The water’s surface rippled as she approached, and when she looked down, she didn’t see her reflection. She saw a city—London, but not as she knew it. The sky was wrong, the color of a fresh bruise, and the streets writhed with shadows that moved like living things. Buildings flickered in and out of existence, their edges blurred as if caught between two worlds. And in the distance, a tear in the sky, a jagged wound of darkness that pulsed with an unnatural light. Rory’s breath hitched. "What is that?" "The rift," Isolde said softly. "The one you fear." The Fae woman’s voice was a whisper. "The Veil is thinning. And when it breaks, Hel will spill into your world." Rory’s fingers curled into fists. "How do I stop it?" The woman’s laughter rang like bells. "You don’t. You *choose*." The vision shifted. Now she saw a feast hall, grand and opulent, filled with figures draped in silk and jewels. At the head of the table sat a man—no, not a man. His skin was too pale, his eyes too dark, and his smile too wide. Prince Belphegor. The ruler of Dymas. And he was watching her. Rory stumbled back, her heart hammering. The pool’s surface stilled, the vision dissolving like smoke. The Fae woman’s voice was a sigh. "The grove has shown you what it will. Now, you must decide." Nyx’s form solidified beside her, their expression grim. "We’re running out of time." Isolde placed a hand on Rory’s shoulder. "The solstice is in three days. If the rift isn’t closed by then, it never will be." Rory looked back at the pool, then at the path ahead. The grove had given her a warning. Now, she had to act. She turned to Nyx and Isolde. "Then we don’t have a choice. We go to Dymas."
total_cost0.012018

Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags10
adverbTagCount1
adverbTags
0"Isolde said softly [softly]"
dialogueSentences37
tagDensity0.27
leniency0.541
rawRatio0.1
effectiveRatio0.054
85.55% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1038
totalAiIsmAdverbs3
found
0
adverb"perfectly"
count1
1
adverb"completely"
count1
2
adverb"softly"
count1
highlights
0"perfectly"
1"completely"
2"softly"
100.00% AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
100.00% AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
32.56% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1038
totalAiIsms14
found
0
word"loomed"
count1
1
word"sentinels"
count1
2
word"warmth"
count2
3
word"pulse"
count2
4
word"pulsed"
count3
5
word"marble"
count1
6
word"quickened"
count1
7
word"flickered"
count1
8
word"whisper"
count1
9
word"silk"
count1
highlights
0"loomed"
1"sentinels"
2"warmth"
3"pulse"
4"pulsed"
5"marble"
6"quickened"
7"flickered"
8"whisper"
9"silk"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches0
maxInWindow0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences80
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences80
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences107
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen24
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans4
markdownWords4
totalWords1029
ratio0.004
matches
0"is"
1"pocket"
2"I"
3"choose"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions11
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
25.31% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions48
wordCount802
uniqueNames9
maxNameDensity2.49
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Heartstone2
Pendant2
Rory20
Isolde9
Fae5
Nyx7
London1
Belphegor1
Dymas1
persons
0"Pendant"
1"Rory"
2"Isolde"
3"Nyx"
4"Belphegor"
places
0"Fae"
1"London"
globalScore0.253
windowScore0.5
16.07% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences56
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"It was as if the grove existed in the space between dawn and dusk, suspended in perpetual twilight"
1"something like one, with skin like polished"
2"as if reacting to the Fae’s presence"
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches0
per1kWords0
wordCount1029
matches(empty)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences107
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs43
mean23.93
std17.82
cv0.745
sampleLengths
056
129
217
341
44
589
615
732
820
916
1011
1147
1219
133
1419
1516
1612
1754
1811
1930
2031
218
2217
2331
2411
2519
2632
2727
2822
2967
306
319
3221
3310
3410
3552
365
3715
3819
3913
4024
4123
4216
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences80
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount1
totalVerbs137
matches
0"was watching"
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount8
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences7
totalSentences107
ratio0.065
matches
0"The air smelled of damp earth and something sweeter—honeysuckle, maybe, or the faint metallic tang of magic."
1"Before her stretched a clearing unlike anything she’d ever seen—wildflowers bloomed in impossible colors, their petals glowing faintly in the dim light."
2"The air grew warmer, thick with the scent of blossoms and something richer—spiced wine, perhaps, or the faintest hint of smoke."
3"But it wasn’t the pool that made her breath catch—it was the figure standing beside it."
4"She turned as they approached, her eyes—pale, pupil-less, and glowing faintly—locking onto Rory."
5"She saw a city—London, but not as she knew it."
6"At the head of the table sat a man—no, not a man."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount811
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount29
adverbRatio0.035758323057953144
lyAdverbCount7
lyAdverbRatio0.008631319358816275
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences107
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences107
mean9.62
std5.52
cv0.574
sampleLengths
015
124
217
311
415
53
610
77
815
97
1014
115
124
139
1421
1522
1619
1718
188
195
202
2114
2210
238
2418
252
2610
276
285
296
308
3121
3218
3313
346
352
361
375
3814
399
407
413
426
433
449
4514
4615
4716
4811
4914
41.59% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats9
diversityRatio0.29906542056074764
totalSentences107
uniqueOpeners32
92.59% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount2
totalSentences72
matches
0"Instead, she gestured toward the"
1"Then, the path opened into"
ratio0.028
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount10
totalSentences72
matches
0"they murmured, their voice like"
1"She left no footprints in"
2"she said, her pale lavender"
3"It was as if the"
4"She turned as they approached,"
5"She’d heard stories of the"
6"She gestured to the pool"
7"She saw a city—London, but"
8"His skin was too pale,"
9"She turned to Nyx and"
ratio0.139
36.39% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount61
totalSentences72
matches
0"The standing stones loomed like"
1"Rory adjusted the strap of"
2"The air smelled of damp"
3"Nyx materialized beside her, their"
4"they murmured, their voice like"
5"Rory exhaled, watching her breath"
6"Isolde stepped between the stones"
7"She left no footprints in"
8"she said, her pale lavender"
9"Rory hesitated, then followed."
10"The moment she crossed the"
11"The mist swallowed the standing"
12"It was as if the"
13"Nyx solidified beside her, their"
14"Isolde glided forward, her bare"
15"Rory reached out, her fingers"
16"Nyx said, their voice low"
17"Isolde shot them a look."
18"Rory ignored them, stepping deeper"
19"The air grew warmer, thick"
ratio0.847
100.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount3
totalSentences72
matches
0"Before her stretched a clearing"
1"Now she saw a feast"
2"Now, she had to act."
ratio0.042
46.33% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences37
technicalSentenceCount5
matches
0"Isolde stepped between the stones first, her silver hair shimmering as if woven with starlight."
1"Towering trees with bark like polished silver stretched toward a sky that wasn’t quite blue, but not gray either."
2"The trees grew taller, their branches twisting into arches overhead, forming a living tunnel."
3"Rory’s boots made no sound as she walked, as if the earth itself absorbed the noise."
4"The Heartstone Pendant burned against her skin, as if reacting to the Fae’s presence."
25.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags10
uselessAdditionCount2
matches
0"she said, her pale lavender eyes fixed on Rory"
1"Nyx said, their voice low"
95.95% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags9
fancyCount2
fancyTags
0"they murmured (murmur)"
1"they whispered (whisper)"
dialogueSentences37
tagDensity0.243
leniency0.486
rawRatio0.222
effectiveRatio0.108
79.9114%