Run: 2026-02-19-01KHT0JF8HA3AWFM3WDWQNPVEN

Run Details

Model:
DeepSeek V3 (2025-03-24)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
1m 42s
Cost:
$0.001352
Provider:
DeepInfra

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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33.33% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
82.42% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
29.66% 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)
46.55% Name drop frequency (details)
2.94% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
0.00% "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)
94.06% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
50.89% Sentence opener variety (details)
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
2.68% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
71.43% Technical jargon density (details)
100.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
73.7988% Overall

Model input

System
You are an expert fiction writer. Always keep the following rules in mind: - Write in past tense and use General English spelling, grammar, and colloquialisms/slang. - Write in active voice - Always follow the "show, don't tell" principle. - Avoid adverbs and cliches and overused/commonly used phrases. Aim for fresh and original descriptions. - Convey events and story through dialogue. - Mix short, punchy sentences with long, descriptive ones. Drop fill words to add variety. - Skip "he/she said said" dialogue tags and convey people's actions or face expressions through their speech - Avoid mushy dialog and descriptions, have dialogue always continue the action, never stall or add unnecessary fluff. Vary the descriptions to not repeat yourself. - Put dialogue on its own paragraph to separate scene and action. - Reduce indicators of uncertainty like "trying" or "maybe" When writing text: - NEVER conclude the scene on your own, follow the beat instructions very closely. - NEVER end with foreshadowing. - NEVER write further than what I prompt you with. - AVOID imagining possible endings, NEVER deviate from the instructions. - STOP EARLY if the continuation contains what was required in the instructions. You do not need to fill out the full amount of words possible.
User/Human
Take into account the following glossary of characters/locations/items/lore... when writing your response: <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> Continue the story using the following instructions: <instructions> 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. </instructions>

Model response

AI
The air smelled of crushed mint and something richer, earthier—like damp soil after the first autumn rain. Aurora’s boots sank slightly into the moss-covered ground as she stepped past the last of the standing oak stones marking the boundary. The Heartstone pendant pulsed against her collarbone, warm as a living thing. Nyx moved like smoke beside her, their shadowy form flickering between solid and incorporeal. "You feel that?" Their whisper curled around her ears like a breeze through dry leaves. She nodded. The grove hummed. Not a sound, but a vibration in her bones, as if the air itself was alive. Isolde drifted ahead, her silver hair catching stray beams of sunlight that had no right to exist beneath the dense canopy. The wildflowers at her feet didn’t bend beneath her steps—no footprints, no disturbance. "Time bends here," Isolde murmured. Her lavender eyes flicked toward the shifting dappled light overhead. "Don’t linger too long in one place unless you wish to lose hours." Aurora flexed her fingers near the hilt of the Fae-forged blade at her hip. The metal stayed cold, leaching warmth from her skin even through the leather sheath. The trees grew stranger the deeper they went. Bark like polished obsidian, leaves edged in silver. Some branches curled inward, forming arches over the path, their surfaces etched with symbols that made Aurora’s eyes water if she stared too long. Nyx reached out—hesitant, for once—and brushed a fingertip against one of the carvings. Their shadow-hand rippled, distorting like ink dropped into water. They jerked back. "That’s… unpleasant." Isolde didn’t turn. "The language of the old ones. It remembers." Aurora exhaled sharply. "Remembers what?" The half-Fae’s smile was a knife-slash of knowing. "Everything." A sound rustled ahead—not wind, not animal. Something deliberate. Nyx went still, their form dissolving into the surrounding shadows until only their violet eyes remained, glowing faintly in the dimness. Aurora’s pulse kicked. She eased the blade free. The moonsilver edge caught the light, casting a faint blue shimmer across the nearest leaves. The undergrowth parted. A stag stepped into the clearing. Not a stag—not quite. Its antlers spiraled like wrought iron, each tine ending in a sharp, glistening point. Its eyes were twin pools of liquid mercury, reflecting not the grove, but something else—a sky choked with unfamiliar constellations. It regarded them, unblinking. Isolde bowed her head. "We mean no trespass." The creature exhaled—a sound like distant thunder. Then it turned, vanishing between the trees without a single crushed stem in its wake. Nyx coalesced back into solidity. "Okay. That’s new." Aurora swallowed dryly. "Is it…?" "One of the grove’s guardians," Isolde said. "Or a memory of one. The lines blur here." They pressed onward. The air grew thicker, sweeter. Aurora’s skin prickled—not fear, but awareness. The Heartstone’s warmth spread, pulsing in time with something deep below their feet. The trees opened abruptly into a clearing dominated by a pool of water so still it looked like glass. The surface reflected nothing—no sky, no trees, just an endless, starless dark. Nyx edged forward. "That’s not ominous at all." Isolde knelt at the water’s edge. "Look." Aurora crouched beside her. The pool remained blank—until it didn’t. Images flickered beneath the surface. A city street she recognized—Cardiff. Her father’s office. Then Evan’s face, twisted in anger. The vision shattered, replaced by golden light, a sprawling hall filled with laughter and the clatter of dishes—Dymas. She recoiled. "What the hell—?" "The pool shows echoes," Isolde said. "Fragments of what was, what is, what might be." Nyx leaned in. The water darkened again. For a second, Aurora saw them—not as a Shade, but human. A man with tired eyes and ink-stained fingers, standing in a circle of candles. Then gone. Nyx went very still. Aurora didn’t ask. A chime rang through the grove—clear, resonant. The sound lingered, vibrating in Aurora’s teeth. Isolde stood abruptly. "We’ve been noticed." The shadows between the trees deepened. Shapes moved there—not quite figures, not quite mist. Nyx’s form rippled, edges fraying. "We should go." Aurora tightened her grip on the blade. "Noted." They ran. The grove twisted around them—paths that hadn’t been there before, trees shifting like sentinels turning to watch. The air tasted of iron and crushed petals. The standing stones appeared ahead, their carvings now glowing faintly blue. Isolde didn’t slow. "Through. Now." They crossed the boundary. The pressure in Aurora’s ears popped. Behind them, the grove exhaled—and the entrance was gone. Just ordinary trees, ordinary shadows. Nyx collapsed into solidity, breathing hard. "Remind me never to piss off a Fae grove." Aurora’s hands shook. The Heartstone had cooled again, inert against her skin. Isolde smoothed her silver hair, unruffled. "Next time," she said mildly, "don’t touch the carvings." Nyx groaned. Aurora stared back at the empty stretch of forest. The vision of Dymas lingered in her mind—golden light, laughter. A warning? A promise? She sheathed the blade. "We’re not done here." The words hung between them, heavier than they should have been.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
33.33% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags5
adverbTagCount2
adverbTags
0"Their whisper curled around [around]"
1"she said mildly [mildly]"
dialogueSentences24
tagDensity0.208
leniency0.417
rawRatio0.4
effectiveRatio0.167
82.42% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount853
totalAiIsmAdverbs3
found
0
adverb"slightly"
count1
1
adverb"sharply"
count1
2
adverb"very"
count1
highlights
0"slightly"
1"sharply"
2"very"
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)
29.66% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount853
totalAiIsms12
found
0
word"pulsed"
count1
1
word"whisper"
count1
2
word"flicked"
count1
3
word"warmth"
count2
4
word"etched"
count1
5
word"pulse"
count1
6
word"glistening"
count1
7
word"flickered"
count1
8
word"shattered"
count1
9
word"echoes"
count1
10
word"sentinels"
count1
highlights
0"pulsed"
1"whisper"
2"flicked"
3"warmth"
4"etched"
5"pulse"
6"glistening"
7"flickered"
8"shattered"
9"echoes"
10"sentinels"
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
emotionTells1
narrationSentences93
matches
0"d in anger"
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences93
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences112
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen24
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords830
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions5
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
46.55% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions44
wordCount725
uniqueNames9
maxNameDensity2.07
worstName"Aurora"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Aurora"
discoveredNames
Heartstone3
Fae-forged1
Aurora15
Cardiff1
Evan1
Dymas2
Nyx10
Shade1
Isolde10
persons
0"Heartstone"
1"Aurora"
2"Evan"
3"Dymas"
4"Nyx"
5"Isolde"
places
0"Cardiff"
globalScore0.466
windowScore0.5
2.94% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences51
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"looked like glass"
1"not quite figures, not quite mist"
2"not quite mist"
3"appeared ahead their carvings now glowing faintly blue"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches4
per1kWords4.819
wordCount830
matches
0"Not a sound, but a vibration in her bones, as if the air itself was alive"
1"not the grove, but something else"
2"not fear, but awareness"
3"not as a Shade, but human"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences112
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs50
mean16.6
std11.79
cv0.71
sampleLengths
051
129
221
334
428
528
640
727
811
95
109
1130
1223
133
146
1538
164
178
1822
198
205
2116
2227
2331
248
257
2610
2737
285
2915
3034
314
323
3314
346
3514
368
378
3827
3911
405
4110
4214
4315
4412
4515
462
4723
488
4911
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences93
matches
0"was gone"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs128
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount19
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences18
totalSentences112
ratio0.161
matches
0"The air smelled of crushed mint and something richer, earthier—like damp soil after the first autumn rain."
1"The wildflowers at her feet didn’t bend beneath her steps—no footprints, no disturbance."
2"Nyx reached out—hesitant, for once—and brushed a fingertip against one of the carvings."
3"A sound rustled ahead—not wind, not animal."
4"Not a stag—not quite."
5"Its eyes were twin pools of liquid mercury, reflecting not the grove, but something else—a sky choked with unfamiliar constellations."
6"The creature exhaled—a sound like distant thunder."
7"Aurora’s skin prickled—not fear, but awareness."
8"The surface reflected nothing—no sky, no trees, just an endless, starless dark."
9"The pool remained blank—until it didn’t."
10"A city street she recognized—Cardiff."
11"The vision shattered, replaced by golden light, a sprawling hall filled with laughter and the clatter of dishes—Dymas."
12"For a second, Aurora saw them—not as a Shade, but human."
13"A chime rang through the grove—clear, resonant."
14"Shapes moved there—not quite figures, not quite mist."
15"The grove twisted around them—paths that hadn’t been there before, trees shifting like sentinels turning to watch."
16"Behind them, the grove exhaled—and the entrance was gone."
17"The vision of Dymas lingered in her mind—golden light, laughter."
94.06% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount748
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount35
adverbRatio0.04679144385026738
lyAdverbCount9
lyAdverbRatio0.012032085561497326
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences112
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences112
mean7.41
std5.33
cv0.72
sampleLengths
017
122
212
314
415
52
63
716
821
913
105
1110
1213
1314
1414
158
168
1724
1813
199
203
212
223
238
243
252
268
271
287
292
3021
313
325
3315
343
356
364
3714
3820
394
404
414
427
4315
445
453
463
472
487
499
50.89% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats8
diversityRatio0.3482142857142857
totalSentences112
uniqueOpeners39
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount3
totalSentences82
matches
0"Then it turned, vanishing between"
1"Then Evan’s face, twisted in"
2"Just ordinary trees, ordinary shadows."
ratio0.037
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount13
totalSentences82
matches
0"Their whisper curled around her"
1"Her lavender eyes flicked toward"
2"Their shadow-hand rippled, distorting like"
3"They jerked back."
4"She eased the blade free."
5"Its antlers spiraled like wrought"
6"Its eyes were twin pools"
7"It regarded them, unblinking."
8"They pressed onward."
9"Her father’s office."
10"They crossed the boundary."
11"she said mildly"
12"She sheathed the blade."
ratio0.159
2.68% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount75
totalSentences82
matches
0"The air smelled of crushed"
1"Aurora’s boots sank slightly into"
2"The Heartstone pendant pulsed against"
3"Nyx moved like smoke beside"
4"Their whisper curled around her"
5"The grove hummed."
6"Isolde drifted ahead, her silver"
7"The wildflowers at her feet"
8"Her lavender eyes flicked toward"
9"Aurora flexed her fingers near"
10"The metal stayed cold, leaching"
11"The trees grew stranger the"
12"Bark like polished obsidian, leaves"
13"Some branches curled inward, forming"
14"Nyx reached out—hesitant, for once—and"
15"Their shadow-hand rippled, distorting like"
16"They jerked back."
17"Isolde didn’t turn."
18"Aurora exhaled sharply."
19"The half-Fae’s smile was a"
ratio0.915
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences82
matches(empty)
ratio0
71.43% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences30
technicalSentenceCount3
matches
0"Isolde drifted ahead, her silver hair catching stray beams of sunlight that had no right to exist beneath the dense canopy."
1"Some branches curled inward, forming arches over the path, their surfaces etched with symbols that made Aurora’s eyes water if she stared too long."
2"Nyx went still, their form dissolving into the surrounding shadows until only their violet eyes remained, glowing faintly in the dimness."
100.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags5
uselessAdditionCount0
matches(empty)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags4
fancyCount1
fancyTags
0"Isolde murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences24
tagDensity0.167
leniency0.333
rawRatio0.25
effectiveRatio0.083
73.7988%