Run: 2026-02-20-01KHYASQ4Y1VHSV5PCTKTF1C2Q

Run Details

Model:
Ministral 3 14B
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
8.5s
Cost:
$0.000580
Provider:
Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
87.26% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
42.68% 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)
59.50% Name drop frequency (details)
36.36% 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)
89.55% Passive voice overuse (details)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
94.64% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
48.81% Sentence opener variety (details)
55.56% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
60.00% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
40.82% Technical jargon density (details)
0.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
63.04% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
72.6072% 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 wrong the moment they stepped through the standing stones. Rory’s boots sank into damp earth that gave way too easily, as if the ground itself had been softened by something unseen. She paused, fingers brushing the rough bark of an oak so ancient its rings had long since forgotten how to count. The bark was warm under her touch, almost pulsing. Nyx drifted beside her, their shadowy form rippling like smoke caught in a sudden breeze. “You’re sure this is the right place?” Rory muttered, though she already knew the answer. The Heartstone pendant at her throat had been thrumming since they’d left the city limits, its crimson glow faint but unmistakable. Isolde didn’t turn. She stood at the center of the clearing, her silver hair catching the dappled light like spun moonlight. “The grove finds those who seek it,” she said, voice smooth as river stones. “It does not lie.” Nyx exhaled—a sound like wind through dead leaves. “Then let’s not waste time admiring the doorframe.” Rory stepped forward, her boots crunching over something brittle beneath the moss. She crouched, brushing aside the undergrowth. The remains of a firepit, blackened and cold, but the stones around it were arranged in a pattern she didn’t recognize. Not a hearth. Not a ritual circle. Something older. A twig snapped behind her. She spun, hand instinctively going to the Fae-forged blade at her belt. Nyx was already moving, their shadow stretching unnaturally long, as if the light itself had leaned toward them. But there was nothing there—only the grove, the trees leaning in too close, their branches weaving together overhead like fingers laced in warning. “It’s watching,” Nyx murmured. Isolde’s lavender eyes flicked toward the canopy. “The grove does not watch. It *remembers*.” Rory exhaled sharply. “Great. So we’re in a haunted forest.” Nyx’s laughter was a dry rustle. “Hardly haunted. Just… *aware*.” She stood, brushing dirt from her palms. The deeper they walked, the more the world seemed to shift around them. The flowers here didn’t just bloom—they *moved*, petals unfurling in slow, deliberate waves as if breathing. A breeze stirred, carrying the scent of honey and something metallic, like old blood. Rory’s nose wrinkled. “What the hell is that smell?” Isolde inhaled deeply, her shoulders relaxing. “The grove’s hunger. It feeds on memory.” Nyx tilted their head. “So if we leave, it’ll forget we were here?” “Not entirely.” Isolde’s fingers traced the bark of a nearby tree, her touch leaving no mark. “But it will forget *us*.” Rory wasn’t sure if that was reassuring or not. The path—or what passed for one—wound between trees whose trunks twisted in impossible spirals, their bark etched with symbols that made her eyes ache if she stared too long. The air hummed, low and resonant, like the deep note of a tuning fork pressed to bone. She pressed her palm to her chest, feeling the Heartstone’s pulse quicken. “You feel that too, right?” she asked. Nyx’s shadow shifted, their form flickering at the edges. “The grove is alive. It *knows* we’re here.” Isolde stopped abruptly, her gaze fixed on the ground ahead. Rory followed her line of sight—and froze. The trees parted. Not like branches swaying aside, but like they were *opening*, revealing a space that hadn’t been there a second before. A clearing, but not like any clearing she’d ever seen. The grass here was silver, shimmering like liquid mercury under the dappled light. At its center stood a pool of water so still it looked like glass, its surface reflecting not the sky above, but something else entirely—a swirling vortex of colors Rory couldn’t name. And at the pool’s edge, half-buried in the silver grass, was a skull. Not human. Too smooth, too *wrong*, the eye sockets deep and empty, the jaw unhinged at an angle that made her stomach lurch. Rory’s fingers twitched toward the Fae blade. “That’s not—” “No,” Isolde said softly. “It’s not.” Nyx stepped forward, their shadow pooling around the skull like ink in water. “Something died here. Recently.” Rory swallowed. “Or something *was*.” The water in the pool rippled. Not from wind. Not from anything natural. The surface distorted, and for a heartbeat, Rory saw *herself*—but not as she was now. Younger. Bruised. Standing in a different forest, one choked with thorns, her hands bound behind her back. The vision flickered, and then it was gone, leaving only the stillness of the pool. Isolde’s breath hitched. “That was no memory of yours.” Rory’s pulse hammered in her throat. “Then whose?” Nyx’s voice was a whisper. “Someone who’s been here before.” The trees groaned. Not from the wind. From something *else*.
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native_tokens_prompt1783
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provider_responses
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags6
adverbTagCount1
adverbTags
0"Isolde said softly [softly]"
dialogueSentences23
tagDensity0.261
leniency0.522
rawRatio0.167
effectiveRatio0.087
87.26% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount785
totalAiIsmAdverbs2
found
0
adverb"sharply"
count1
1
adverb"softly"
count1
highlights
0"sharply"
1"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)
42.68% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount785
totalAiIsms9
found
0
word"flicked"
count1
1
word"traced"
count1
2
word"etched"
count1
3
word"pulse"
count2
4
word"stomach"
count1
5
word"lurch"
count1
6
word"flickered"
count1
7
word"whisper"
count1
highlights
0"flicked"
1"traced"
2"etched"
3"pulse"
4"stomach"
5"lurch"
6"flickered"
7"whisper"
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
narrationSentences67
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount1
narrationSentences67
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences84
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen33
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans10
markdownWords10
totalWords776
ratio0.013
matches
0"remembers"
1"aware"
2"moved"
3"us"
4"knows"
5"opening"
6"wrong"
7"was"
8"herself"
9"else"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions9
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
59.50% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions33
wordCount663
uniqueNames6
maxNameDensity1.81
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity2.5
worstWindowName"Nyx"
discoveredNames
Heartstone2
Nyx9
Fae-forged1
Isolde7
Rory12
Fae2
persons
0"Heartstone"
1"Nyx"
2"Isolde"
3"Rory"
places
0"Fae-forged"
1"Fae"
globalScore0.595
windowScore0.833
36.36% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences44
glossingSentenceCount2
matches
0"as if breathing"
1"looked like glass, its surface reflecting"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches2
per1kWords2.577
wordCount776
matches
0"Not like branches swaying aside, but like they were *opening*, revealing a space"
1"not the sky above, but something else entirely"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences84
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs37
mean20.97
std20.54
cv0.979
sampleLengths
012
167
236
339
416
548
65
753
84
914
1010
1110
1253
136
1413
1513
1621
179
1858
197
2017
2117
223
2375
2413
2530
262
276
2817
295
3060
319
328
3310
343
354
363
89.55% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount3
totalSentences67
matches
0"been softened"
1"were arranged"
2"was gone"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount1
totalVerbs126
matches
0"were *opening"
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount8
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences7
totalSentences84
ratio0.083
matches
0"Nyx exhaled—a sound like wind through dead leaves."
1"But there was nothing there—only the grove, the trees leaning in too close, their branches weaving together overhead like fingers laced in warning."
2"The flowers here didn’t just bloom—they *moved*, petals unfurling in slow, deliberate waves as if breathing."
3"The path—or what passed for one—wound between trees whose trunks twisted in impossible spirals, their bark etched with symbols that made her eyes ache if she stared too long."
4"Rory followed her line of sight—and froze."
5"At its center stood a pool of water so still it looked like glass, its surface reflecting not the sky above, but something else entirely—a swirling vortex of colors Rory couldn’t name."
6"The surface distorted, and for a heartbeat, Rory saw *herself*—but not as she was now."
94.64% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount672
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount31
adverbRatio0.046130952380952384
lyAdverbCount10
lyAdverbRatio0.01488095238095238
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences84
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences84
mean9.24
std6.74
cv0.729
sampleLengths
012
122
221
39
415
515
621
73
818
914
104
118
128
1312
146
1521
163
174
182
195
2012
2118
2223
234
247
257
263
277
286
294
307
3113
3216
3314
343
356
366
377
384
399
4016
415
429
4329
4417
4512
467
479
488
4910
48.81% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats4
diversityRatio0.32142857142857145
totalSentences84
uniqueOpeners27
55.56% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount1
totalSentences60
matches
0"Too smooth, too *wrong*, the"
ratio0.017
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount7
totalSentences60
matches
0"She paused, fingers brushing the"
1"She stood at the center"
2"she said, voice smooth as"
3"She crouched, brushing aside the"
4"She spun, hand instinctively going"
5"She stood, brushing dirt from"
6"She pressed her palm to"
ratio0.117
60.00% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount48
totalSentences60
matches
0"The air smelled wrong the"
1"Rory’s boots sank into damp"
2"She paused, fingers brushing the"
3"The bark was warm under"
4"Nyx drifted beside her, their"
5"Rory muttered, though she already"
6"The Heartstone pendant at her"
7"Isolde didn’t turn."
8"She stood at the center"
9"she said, voice smooth as"
10"Nyx exhaled—a sound like wind"
11"Rory stepped forward, her boots"
12"She crouched, brushing aside the"
13"The remains of a firepit,"
14"A twig snapped behind her."
15"She spun, hand instinctively going"
16"Nyx was already moving, their"
17"Isolde’s lavender eyes flicked toward"
18"Rory exhaled sharply."
19"Nyx’s laughter was a dry"
ratio0.8
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences60
matches(empty)
ratio0
40.82% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences28
technicalSentenceCount4
matches
0"Nyx was already moving, their shadow stretching unnaturally long, as if the light itself had leaned toward them."
1"But there was nothing there—only the grove, the trees leaning in too close, their branches weaving together overhead like fingers laced in warning."
2"The flowers here didn’t just bloom—they *moved*, petals unfurling in slow, deliberate waves as if breathing."
3"Not like branches swaying aside, but like they were *opening*, revealing a space that hadn’t been there a second before."
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags6
uselessAdditionCount2
matches
0"she said, voice smooth as river stones"
1"Isolde’s fingers traced, her touch leaving no mark"
63.04% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags5
fancyCount2
fancyTags
0"Rory muttered (mutter)"
1"Nyx murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences23
tagDensity0.217
leniency0.435
rawRatio0.4
effectiveRatio0.174
72.6072%