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Run: 2026-02-17-01KHMQPVBC0QATR9SE4HNJJ33G
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Model:
Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Thriller: chase through city streets
Duration:
1m 14s
Cost:
$0.015293
Provider:
Alibaba
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="4416" name="Detective Harlow Quinn" aliases="Quinn, Detective Quinn, Harlow" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Antagonist"> <eyeColor>brown</eyeColor> <hair>closely cropped salt-and-pepper</hair> <height>5'9"</height> <age>41</age> <jawline>sharp jaw</jawline> <watch>worn leather watch on her left wrist</watch> <bearing>military precision</bearing> <description>A Metropolitan Police detective with 18 years of decorated service who suspects the clique is involved in criminal activity.</description> <backstory>She lost her partner, DS Morris, during a case three years ago under unexplained circumstances that had supernatural origins she doesn't yet understand.</backstory> </character> <character id="4417" name="Tomás Herrera" aliases="Tommy, Tomás, Herrera" pronouns="he/him" species="Human" storyRole="Support"> <eyeColor>warm brown</eyeColor> <hair>short curly dark brown</hair> <height>5'10"</height> <age>29</age> <skinTone>olive skin</skinTone> <scar>scar running along his left forearm from a knife attack</scar> <medallion>Saint Christopher medallion around his neck</medallion> <birthplace>Seville, Spain</birthplace> <description>A former paramedic who provides off-the-books medical care for the clique.</description> <backstory>Born in Seville, Spain. He moved to London to work for the NHS but lost his license after administering unauthorized treatments to supernatural patients.</backstory> </character> <location id="854" name="The Raven's Nest" aliases="the Nest, Raven, Silas' bar" realm="Earth"> <signColor>distinctive green neon sign above the entrance</signColor> <secretRoom>hidden back room accessible through a bookshelf, used for clandestine meetings</secretRoom> <description>A dimly lit bar in Soho, London. The walls are covered with old maps and black-and-white photographs.</description> </location> <location id="856" name="The Veil Market" aliases="Veil Market, the Market, underground market" realm="Earth"> <currentLocation>abandoned Tube station beneath Camden</currentLocation> <entryRequirement>bone token</entryRequirement> <schedule>moves locations every full moon</schedule> <description>A hidden supernatural black market that sells enchanted goods, banned alchemical substances, and information.</description> </location> </codex> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the thriller genre. A detective is pursuing a suspect through rain-soaked city streets at night. The chase takes them from the street level down into an underground market. The detective must decide whether to follow the suspect into unfamiliar and potentially dangerous territory. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters and setting. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.
Model response
Messages
Meta
AI
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created_at
"2026-02-17T02:44:57.230773+00:00"
2/17/2026, 2:44:57 AM
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4200
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native_tokens_completion
4103
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native_tokens_reasoning
3006
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0
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api_type
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provider_name
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Evaluation details
Result
Evaluator
Details
Meta Data
100.0000%
Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags
0
adverbTagCount
0
adverbTags
(empty)
100.0000%
AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <1% AI-ism adverbs (57 tracked)
wordCount
717
totalAiIsmAdverbs
0
found
(empty)
highlights
(empty)
100.0000%
AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions
(empty)
found
(empty)
100.0000%
AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions
(empty)
found
(empty)
100.0000%
AI-ism word frequency
Target: <1% AI-ism words (140 tracked)
wordCount
717
totalAiIsms
0
found
(empty)
highlights
(empty)
100.0000%
Cliche density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches
0
maxInWindow
0
found
(empty)
highlights
(empty)
100.0000%
Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells
0
narrationSentences
97
matches
(empty)
100.0000%
Filter word density
Target: ≤12% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount
0
hedgeCount
0
narrationSentences
97
filterMatches
(empty)
hedgeMatches
(empty)
100.0000%
Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤10% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount
0
totalSentences
97
matches
(empty)
97.6400%
Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs
64
mean
11.2
std
5.51
cv
0.492
sampleLengths
0
6
1
6
2
17
3
6
4
17
5
6
6
17
7
6
8
17
9
6
10
17
11
6
12
17
13
6
14
17
15
6
16
17
17
6
18
17
19
6
20
17
21
6
22
17
23
6
24
17
25
6
26
17
27
6
28
17
29
6
30
17
31
12
32
6
33
17
34
6
35
17
36
6
37
17
38
6
39
17
40
6
41
17
42
6
43
17
44
6
45
17
46
6
47
17
48
6
49
17
100.0000%
Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤5% passive sentences
passiveCount
0
totalSentences
97
matches
(empty)
100.0000%
Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤10% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount
0
totalVerbs
186
matches
(empty)
98.3891%
Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount
717
adjectiveStacks
0
stackExamples
(empty)
adverbCount
30
adverbRatio
0.04184100418410042
lyAdverbCount
0
lyAdverbRatio
0
100.0000%
Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences
97
echoCount
0
echoWords
(empty)
77.1546%
Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences
97
mean
7.39
std
2.53
cv
0.343
sampleLengths
0
1
1
5
2
6
3
11
4
6
5
6
6
11
7
6
8
6
9
11
10
6
11
6
12
11
13
6
14
6
15
11
16
6
17
6
18
11
19
6
20
6
21
11
22
6
23
6
24
11
25
6
26
6
27
11
28
6
29
6
30
11
31
6
32
6
33
11
34
6
35
6
36
11
37
6
38
6
39
11
40
6
41
6
42
11
43
6
44
6
45
11
46
6
47
6
48
1
49
5
50.0000%
Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats
0
diversityRatio
0.041237113402061855
totalSentences
97
uniqueOpeners
4
100.0000%
Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤30% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags
0
fancyCount
0
fancyTags
(empty)
95.4814%