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Run: 2026-02-17-01KHMQZRB75FD5T6BPWBBGY0NW
Run Details
Model:
Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Romance: separated couple reunites
Duration:
1m 25s
Cost:
$0.015532
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="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="4415" name="Lucien Moreau" aliases="Lucien, Luc, the Frenchman" pronouns="he/him" species="Half-Demon" storyRole="Ally"> <eyeColor>heterochromatic — one amber, one black</eyeColor> <hair>slicked-back platinum blond</hair> <height>5'11"</height> <age>32</age> <cane>ivory-handled cane that conceals a thin blade</cane> <dress>tailored charcoal suits</dress> <description>An impeccably dressed fixer and information broker in London's supernatural underworld. He speaks four languages fluently.</description> <backstory>Born in Marseille to a human mother and a demon father from the realm of Avaros.</backstory> </character> <location id="858" name="Eva's Flat" aliases="Eva's place, the flat on Brick Lane" realm="Earth"> <cat>tabby cat named Ptolemy</cat> <security>three deadbolts on the front door</security> <description>A cramped one-bedroom flat above a curry house on Brick Lane, East London. Every surface is covered with books, scrolls, and research notes.</description> </location> </codex> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the romance genre. Two people who parted on complicated terms are forced together again when one shows up unannounced at the other's flat. There's history between them — attraction, hurt, and things left unsaid. Write the scene from the moment the door opens. 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
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Meta
AI
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created_at
"2026-02-17T02:49:59.765546+00:00"
2/17/2026, 2:49:59 AM
model
"qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b-20260216"
app_id
182717
external_user
(null)
streamed
true
cancelled
false
latency
896
moderation_latency
(null)
generation_time
84704
tokens_prompt
808
tokens_completion
4194
native_tokens_prompt
806
native_tokens_completion
4180
native_tokens_completion_images
(null)
native_tokens_reasoning
3120
native_tokens_cached
0
num_media_prompt
(null)
num_input_audio_prompt
(null)
num_media_completion
0
num_search_results
(null)
origin
"https://ncbench.com/"
is_byok
false
finish_reason
"stop"
native_finish_reason
"stop"
usage
0.0155316
router
(null)
provider_responses
0
id
"chatcmpl-3d5cc592-aa0e-9e1c-829d-0a2e28483685"
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200
is_byok
false
latency
896
endpoint_id
"180484a2-e24b-495a-ba41-b34b680d5a9f"
provider_name
"Alibaba"
model_permaslug
"qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b-20260216"
api_type
"completions"
id
"gen-1771296514-GjRE2Tj2gOboVRtB6Ui2"
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0.0155316
cache_discount
(null)
upstream_inference_cost
0
provider_name
"Alibaba"
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
670
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
670
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
100
matches
(empty)
100.0000%
Filter word density
Target: ≤12% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount
0
hedgeCount
0
narrationSentences
100
filterMatches
(empty)
hedgeMatches
(empty)
100.0000%
Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤10% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount
0
totalSentences
100
matches
(empty)
100.0000%
Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs
68
mean
9.85
std
6.2
cv
0.63
sampleLengths
0
7
1
16
2
1
3
16
4
7
5
16
6
1
7
16
8
7
9
16
10
1
11
16
12
7
13
16
14
1
15
16
16
7
17
16
18
1
19
16
20
7
21
16
22
1
23
16
24
7
25
16
26
1
27
16
28
7
29
16
30
1
31
16
32
7
33
8
34
7
35
16
36
1
37
16
38
7
39
16
40
1
41
16
42
7
43
16
44
1
45
16
46
7
47
16
48
1
49
16
100.0000%
Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤5% passive sentences
passiveCount
0
totalSentences
100
matches
(empty)
100.0000%
Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤10% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount
0
totalVerbs
186
matches
(empty)
93.2090%
Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount
670
adjectiveStacks
0
stackExamples
(empty)
adverbCount
32
adverbRatio
0.04776119402985075
lyAdverbCount
0
lyAdverbRatio
0
100.0000%
Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences
100
echoCount
0
echoWords
(empty)
100.0000%
Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences
100
mean
6.7
std
3.48
cv
0.519
sampleLengths
0
7
1
11
2
5
3
1
4
11
5
5
6
7
7
11
8
5
9
1
10
11
11
5
12
7
13
11
14
5
15
1
16
11
17
5
18
7
19
11
20
5
21
1
22
11
23
5
24
7
25
11
26
5
27
1
28
11
29
5
30
7
31
11
32
5
33
1
34
11
35
5
36
7
37
11
38
5
39
1
40
11
41
5
42
7
43
11
44
5
45
1
46
11
47
5
48
7
49
8
50.0000%
Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats
0
diversityRatio
0.03
totalSentences
100
uniqueOpeners
3
100.0000%
Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤30% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags
0
fancyCount
0
fancyTags
(empty)
96.6594%