Run: 2026-02-20-01KHY7X5FKC05BG3WNY7B4X4JJ

Run Details

Model:
Ministral 3 8B
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
7.8s
Cost:
$0.000479
Provider:
Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
79.53% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
13.00% 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)
69.65% Name drop frequency (details)
16.07% 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)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
42.45% Sentence opener variety (details)
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
0.00% Technical jargon density (details)
0.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
78.57% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
66.6426% 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 damp earth and something sweeter—like honeyed wine left too long in the sun. Aurora Carter stepped forward, her boots sinking slightly into the moss that cushioned the ground. The pendant at her throat warmed against her skin, a faint pulse like a heartbeat. She didn’t look at the others. Not yet. Nyx moved first, their shadow stretching long and deliberate before they took a step. The world around them *shifted*—not like a door opening, but like the air itself bending. The trees here were wrong. Their bark shimmered with veins of silver, pulsing faintly, as if alive. Leaves rustled without wind, their edges catching the light like scattered embers. Isolde stood at the edge of the clearing, her silver hair catching the dappled glow of whatever light bled through the canopy. She didn’t speak. Didn’t need to. Her fingers traced the bark of the nearest tree, and the moment her palm connected, the wood *hummed*, a low vibration that thrummed through Aurora’s bones. “It remembers you,” Nyx murmured, their voice a whisper that slithered into the space between them. Aurora exhaled through her nose. “Or it remembers *him*.” Isolde’s lips curled, but her eyes—pale lavender, unnaturally bright—didn’t flicker. “Names are chains, little mortal. The past is a language only the dead understand.” Ahead, the path widened into a glade. The air thickened, pressing against their skin like a second layer of clothing. The trees here were taller, their branches twisting into shapes that made Aurora’s stomach clench. Some resembled hands, fingers splayed as if reaching. Others coiled like serpents, their bark smooth as polished bone. Nyx stepped closer to Aurora, their presence a shadow that clung to her side. “You’re trembling.” “It’s the light,” she lied. The glow wasn’t sunlight. It wasn’t fire. It was *wrong*—a golden haze that pooled in the air, refracting through the leaves in prismatic streaks. It didn’t cast shadows. It *erased* them. The ground beneath their feet was a tapestry of wildflowers, their petals too large, too *perfect*, like something stitched from silk rather than grown from soil. Some bloomed upside-down. Others pulsed with a slow, rhythmic heartbeat. Isolde knelt, pressing her fingers into the earth. “The soil here is older than your kind’s first breath. It remembers the first feasts of the Fae.” Aurora’s throat went dry. “Feasts?” A sound cut through the air—a chime, faint but insistent, like wind through a bell tower. It wasn’t music. It was a *call*. The trees around them swayed, their branches creaking in unison, as if answering. Nyx’s shadow stretched long, pooling at Aurora’s feet. “We’re not alone.” Isolde didn’t look up. “Of course you’re not.” A figure emerged from the mist—a woman, or something like one. Her skin was the color of aged parchment, her hair woven from strands of gold and silver that shifted like liquid. She wore a gown of petals, each one glowing faintly, as if lit from within. Her smile didn’t reach her eyes. “Little lost things,” she purred. “Did you follow the scent of the feast?” Aurora’s fingers twitched toward the dagger at her belt. The Fae-forged blade was cold against her thigh, its edge sharp enough to cut through lies. The woman—*thing*—laughed, a sound like breaking glass. “Oh, don’t be afraid. I’m not here to eat you. Yet.” Nyx’s shadow coiled tighter around Aurora’s ankles. “We should go.” Isolde stood slowly, her silver hair catching the strange light. “Not yet.” The woman tilted her head. “You speak the tongue of the old ones. How… *interesting*.” Aurora’s pulse hammered in her throat. “Who are you?” The woman’s smile widened. “I am the one who remembers. The one who *feeds*.” The ground trembled. The flowers in the glade began to *bloom faster*, their petals unfurling in a wave of motion. The air grew heavier, thick with the scent of rotting fruit and something sweet, like caramel burned to a crisp. Nyx’s voice dropped to a whisper. “That’s not a feast. That’s a *trap*.” Isolde’s fingers tightened around the dagger at her belt. “Then we walk through it.” Aurora didn’t hesitate. She lunged forward, the Fae blade flashing in her grip. The moment the edge touched the woman’s gown, the petals *shattered*—not into dust, but into something darker, something that slithered away like smoke. The woman shrieked, a sound that echoed through the trees, and the glade *shifted*. The flowers wilted. The light dimmed. The air cleared. Silence. Nyx exhaled sharply. “We’re not out of this yet.” Isolde’s breath came fast, her chest rising and falling too quickly. “No. We’re not.” Aurora wiped the dagger on her thigh, the cold seeping into her skin. “Then let’s keep moving.” The path ahead twisted, the trees parting to reveal a clearing bathed in a different kind of light—amber, warm, *wrong*. The air here was thick with the scent of roasting meat and spiced wine. A feast table stood in the center, laden with dishes that glowed faintly, their contents shifting like liquid gold. And at the head of the table sat a man. His skin was the color of polished mahogany, his hair a cascade of dark curls that fell to his shoulders. He wore a crown of twisted vines, his smile sharp as a blade. “Ah,” he said, his voice rich and smooth. “The little mouse has brought her friends.” Aurora’s hand tightened around the dagger. “Who the hell are you?” The man laughed, a sound that made the air hum. “Prince Belphegor. And you, little thief, have just walked into my domain.” The table groaned as he leaned forward, his fingers brushing the edge of a dish. The food inside *moved*, writhing like living things. Nyx’s shadow darkened, stretching toward the prince like a living thing. “You’re not welcome here.” Belphegor’s smile didn’t waver. “Oh, but you already are.”
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags4
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences28
tagDensity0.143
leniency0.286
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
79.53% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount977
totalAiIsmAdverbs4
found
0
adverb"slightly"
count1
1
adverb"slowly"
count1
2
adverb"sharply"
count1
3
adverb"quickly"
count1
highlights
0"slightly"
1"slowly"
2"sharply"
3"quickly"
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)
13.00% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount977
totalAiIsms17
found
0
word"pulse"
count2
1
word"shimmered"
count1
2
word"traced"
count1
3
word"whisper"
count2
4
word"flicker"
count1
5
word"stomach"
count1
6
word"tapestry"
count1
7
word"perfect"
count1
8
word"silk"
count1
9
word"pulsed"
count1
10
word"rhythmic"
count1
11
word"trembled"
count1
12
word"shattered"
count1
13
word"echoed"
count1
14
word"silence"
count1
highlights
0"pulse"
1"shimmered"
2"traced"
3"whisper"
4"flicker"
5"stomach"
6"tapestry"
7"perfect"
8"silk"
9"pulsed"
10"rhythmic"
11"trembled"
12"shattered"
13"echoed"
14"silence"
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
narrationSentences82
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount1
narrationSentences82
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"began to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences106
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen26
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans16
markdownWords17
totalWords970
ratio0.018
matches
0"shifted"
1"hummed"
2"him"
3"wrong"
4"erased"
5"perfect"
6"call"
7"thing"
8"interesting"
9"feeds"
10"bloom faster"
11"trap"
12"shattered"
13"shifted"
14"wrong"
15"moved"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions5
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
69.65% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions32
wordCount809
uniqueNames6
maxNameDensity1.61
worstName"Aurora"
maxWindowNameDensity2.5
worstWindowName"Aurora"
discoveredNames
Carter1
Aurora13
Fae-forged1
Fae2
Nyx8
Isolde7
persons
0"Carter"
1"Aurora"
2"Nyx"
3"Isolde"
places(empty)
globalScore0.697
windowScore0.833
16.07% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences56
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"as if reaching"
1"as if answering"
2"something like one"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches2
per1kWords2.062
wordCount970
matches
0"not like a door opening, but like the air itself bending"
1"not into dust, but into something darker, something"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences106
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs42
mean23.1
std17.09
cv0.74
sampleLengths
055
158
254
316
49
524
653
716
85
967
1026
115
1236
1311
148
1553
1613
1725
1818
1910
2012
2115
229
2314
2440
2513
2614
2736
2823
291
309
3114
3217
3353
3410
3533
3615
3711
3822
3923
4015
419
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences82
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs148
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount11
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences9
totalSentences106
ratio0.085
matches
0"The air smelled of damp earth and something sweeter—like honeyed wine left too long in the sun."
1"The world around them *shifted*—not like a door opening, but like the air itself bending."
2"Isolde’s lips curled, but her eyes—pale lavender, unnaturally bright—didn’t flicker."
3"It was *wrong*—a golden haze that pooled in the air, refracting through the leaves in prismatic streaks."
4"A sound cut through the air—a chime, faint but insistent, like wind through a bell tower."
5"A figure emerged from the mist—a woman, or something like one."
6"The woman—*thing*—laughed, a sound like breaking glass."
7"The moment the edge touched the woman’s gown, the petals *shattered*—not into dust, but into something darker, something that slithered away like smoke."
8"The path ahead twisted, the trees parting to reveal a clearing bathed in a different kind of light—amber, warm, *wrong*."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount816
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount23
adverbRatio0.028186274509803922
lyAdverbCount8
lyAdverbRatio0.00980392156862745
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences106
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences106
mean9.15
std5.96
cv0.651
sampleLengths
017
115
215
36
42
514
615
75
812
912
1022
113
123
1326
1416
155
164
1710
1814
197
2013
2115
228
2310
2414
252
265
274
283
2917
304
313
3226
333
347
358
3618
374
381
3916
403
414
4213
438
443
454
464
4711
4821
4915
42.45% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats15
diversityRatio0.33962264150943394
totalSentences106
uniqueOpeners36
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences78
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount17
totalSentences78
matches
0"She didn’t look at the"
1"Their bark shimmered with veins"
2"She didn’t speak."
3"Her fingers traced the bark"
4"It wasn’t fire."
5"It was *wrong*—a golden haze"
6"It didn’t cast shadows."
7"It *erased* them."
8"It wasn’t music."
9"It was a *call*."
10"Her skin was the color"
11"She wore a gown of"
12"Her smile didn’t reach her"
13"She lunged forward, the Fae"
14"His skin was the color"
15"He wore a crown of"
16"he said, his voice rich"
ratio0.218
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount75
totalSentences78
matches
0"The air smelled of damp"
1"Aurora Carter stepped forward, her"
2"The pendant at her throat"
3"She didn’t look at the"
4"Nyx moved first, their shadow"
5"The world around them *shifted*—not"
6"The trees here were wrong."
7"Their bark shimmered with veins"
8"Leaves rustled without wind, their"
9"Isolde stood at the edge"
10"She didn’t speak."
11"Her fingers traced the bark"
12"Nyx murmured, their voice a"
13"Aurora exhaled through her nose."
14"Isolde’s lips curled, but her"
15"The air thickened, pressing against"
16"The trees here were taller,"
17"Some resembled hands, fingers splayed"
18"Others coiled like serpents, their"
19"Nyx stepped closer to Aurora,"
ratio0.962
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences78
matches(empty)
ratio0
0.00% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences39
technicalSentenceCount8
matches
0"Aurora Carter stepped forward, her boots sinking slightly into the moss that cushioned the ground."
1"Her fingers traced the bark of the nearest tree, and the moment her palm connected, the wood *hummed*, a low vibration that thrummed through Aurora’s bones."
2"Nyx stepped closer to Aurora, their presence a shadow that clung to her side."
3"It was *wrong*—a golden haze that pooled in the air, refracting through the leaves in prismatic streaks."
4"The trees around them swayed, their branches creaking in unison, as if answering."
5"The moment the edge touched the woman’s gown, the petals *shattered*—not into dust, but into something darker, something that slithered away like smoke."
6"Isolde’s breath came fast, her chest rising and falling too quickly."
7"A feast table stood in the center, laden with dishes that glowed faintly, their contents shifting like liquid gold."
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags4
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"he said, his voice rich and smooth"
78.57% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags3
fancyCount2
fancyTags
0"Nyx murmured (murmur)"
1"she lied (lie)"
dialogueSentences28
tagDensity0.107
leniency0.214
rawRatio0.667
effectiveRatio0.143
66.6426%