Run: 2026-02-21-01KJ10ZYX1NFP6HZQ8S2S7RZRC

Run Details

Model:: WizardLM 2 8x22b
Test:: Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)
Scenario:: Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries)
Duration:: 3m 15s
Cost:: $0.004456
Provider:: Novita

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
50.00%	Correct "no violations" response	(details)
20.00%	No hallucinated violations	(details)
35.0000%	Overall

Model input

System

You are a meticulous continuity editor for a fiction project. You have access to a "story bible" (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, lore, and organizations.

Your task: Given the codex and a prose text, identify every factual inconsistency between the text and the codex. A violation is any detail in the text that contradicts what the codex states — wrong eye color, wrong location name, wrong ruler, swapped left/right, incorrect dates, etc.

Be thorough. Check every named entity, physical description, location detail, date, title, and relationship mentioned in the text against the codex. Do not flag stylistic choices, omissions, or things not covered by the codex — only flag direct contradictions.

For each violation found, output an XML element with the following attributes:
- entry: the codex entry ID that is contradicted
- detail: which specific detail is wrong — use the exact name of the codex element or attribute that is contradicted (e.g. "eyeColor", "species", "ruler", "material")
- paragraph: the 1-indexed paragraph number containing the violation
- substring: the exact substring from the text that contains the violation

The element body should contain a brief explanation of the contradiction.

Example format:
<violation entry="1234" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="her brown hair flowing">The text says brown hair, but the codex says blonde.</violation>

If you find no violations, output: <violations-none/>

Output ONLY the violation XML elements. Do not include any other text, preamble, or explanation outside the XML.

User/Human

<codex>
<character id="100" name="Torben Reikhart" aliases="Stray">
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Green</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Silver</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="101" name="Sable Dunmore">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Female</gender>
  <age>28</age>
  <eyeColor>Brown</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Auburn</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="102" name="Old Rivka">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="103" name="Petal Dunmore">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="104" name="Jurren Dunmore">
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<character id="111" name="Grunn Tetch" aliases="Old Tetch">
  <species>Dwarf</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Amber</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Gray</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="112" name="Dol Tetch">
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<character id="113" name="Amma">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="124" name="Iselda Moth">
  <gender>Female</gender>
  <eyeColor>Violet</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>White</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <hairColor>White</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="136" name="Osrik Pallengrave" aliases="the Pale">
  <species>Tiefling</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Red</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Black</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="137" name="Queen Veredine" aliases="Veredine the Undying">
  <species>Elf</species>
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="138" name="Wren Hessik">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="139" name="Captain Mettik">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<character id="114" name="Mettik"/>

<location id="105" name="The Rusty Lantern"/>

<location id="106" name="Dunmore">
  <terrain>Coastal</terrain>
</location>

<location id="115" name="The Thornveil" aliases="the Veil">
  <terrain>Forest</terrain>
  <climate>Temperate</climate>
</location>

<location id="116" name="Kettlebridge"/>

<location id="117" name="Port Gessik"/>

<location id="126" name="The Hollow"/>

<location id="127" name="The Fathom Stair"/>

<location id="128" name="Moth Hall"/>

<location id="140" name="The Spire of Echoes">
  <terrain>Mountain</terrain>
</location>

<location id="141" name="The Sanctum"/>

<location id="142" name="Hatchwell"/>

<item id="107" name="Kindling">
  <material>Dark iron</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Fire</power>
</item>

<item id="108" name="Petal's Locket">
  <material>Silver</material>
  <objectType>Jewelry</objectType>
</item>

<item id="118" name="Burden">
  <material>Bone and iron</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Light</power>
</item>

<item id="119" name="The Little Stoneman">
  <material>Soapstone</material>
</item>

<item id="120" name="Amma's Ring" aliases="Silver Ring, Silver Band">
  <material>Silver</material>
  <objectType>Jewelry</objectType>
</item>

<item id="129" name="The Pale Compass">
  <material>Brass</material>
</item>

<item id="130" name="The Verity Beads">
  <material>Bone</material>
</item>

<item id="131" name="The Unfinished Hymnal">
  <material>Vellum</material>
</item>

<item id="143" name="Harrowglass" aliases="the Hungering Edge">
  <material>Obsidian</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Void</power>
</item>

<item id="144" name="The Warden's Mail">
  <material>Silver chain</material>
  <objectType>Armor</objectType>
  <power>Light</power>
</item>

<item id="145" name="Nightbell">
  <material>Bronze</material>
</item>

<lore id="109" name="The Felling">
  <timePeriod>Two centuries ago</timePeriod>
  <category>War</category>
</lore>

<lore id="110" name="The Kindling Rite">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>

<lore id="121" name="The Thornborn"/>

<lore id="122" name="Root-tongue">
  <category>Language</category>
</lore>

<lore id="123" name="Greenveil">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>

<lore id="132" name="The Binding of Reshkai">
  <timePeriod>The First Age</timePeriod>
  <category>Magic</category>
</lore>

<lore id="133" name="The Order of the Closed Eye">
  <category>Religion</category>
</lore>

<lore id="134" name="The Ashfall"/>

<lore id="135" name="The First Age">
  <category>History</category>
</lore>

<lore id="146" name="The Riven War">
  <timePeriod>A thousand years before the Felling</timePeriod>
  <category>War</category>
</lore>

<lore id="147" name="The Watcher's Prophecy">
  <category>Prophecy</category>
</lore>

<lore id="148" name="The Tithe of Echoes">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>

<lore id="149" name="The Pallid Host"/>
</codex>

<text>
The Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder like a black tooth against the snow. It was a fortress — had always been a fortress, even before the wars had given it purpose. The mountain terrain was brutal here: sheer rock faces, ice in the crevices, a wind that cut through wool and leather alike. Frost coated every surface. The stone was dark and slick with it. Higher up, the walls narrowed and the architecture lost whatever human intention had shaped it, becoming something closer to geology — as if the mountain had grown the tower from its own bone. Birds didn't nest here. Nothing lived on these upper slopes that didn't have to. Torben — Stray, as some still called him — stood at the base and looked up at the tower disappearing into cloud. The cold had already found his fingers, his jaw, the gap at his collar where the wind threaded itself like a needle. He had been in worse places. Not many.

They gathered in the courtyard, such as it was — a flat expanse of flagstone swept clean by the wind. Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set. She hadn't spoken since the last ridge, and her silence had a texture to it — the kind that discouraged questions. Behind her, the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch — leaned on a broken wall and said nothing. His eyes moved, though. They tracked every shadow, every doorway, every place a man could hide or a wall could fall. Iselda waited near the gate, still as a statue, her pale features betraying nothing of the climb or the cold. Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them, as if the mountain were a place he already knew. He stood with his hands folded inside his sleeves, his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire as though he could see something in it the rest of them could not. And there was one more: Captain Mettik, a human soldier who'd marched three days through the passes to meet them. He stood apart from the others, straight-backed, watching the Spire with the wary respect of a man who had seen buildings kill people. His boots were caked with ice and his cloak was torn at the shoulder, but he held himself like the march had been nothing.

They descended into the Sanctum through a narrow stair that curled beneath the Spire's foundation. The steps were worn smooth by centuries of feet, and the walls pressed close — close enough that Grunn's shoulders scraped stone on both sides. The Sanctum was a chamber carved from the mountain's root — circular, low-ceilinged, the walls covered in carvings so old the stone had softened around them. Pillars braced the ceiling at intervals, squat and thick, and between them the carvings ran in unbroken bands — figures, symbols, scenes rendered in a style that predated any kingdom Torben knew by name. Dim light filtered through cracks in the rock above. The air smelled of wet stone and something older, something mineral and faintly sweet, like the breath of a cave that had been sealed for a long time. It was cold. Everything here was cold.

Hemmen spoke first. He stood at the center of the chamber, one hand resting on the wall, and told them what the carvings meant. "The Riven War," he said. "A thousand years before the Felling. Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf who commanded the living and the dead — she built this place as a seal. Her army, the Pallid Host, were the restless dead she had bound to her will. They did not tire. They did not question. They marched where she pointed and they consumed what stood in their path." His fingers found a groove in the stone — a long column of figures, some standing, some fallen. "When the war ended, she sealed them here. Entombed them beneath the mountain where the cold and the weight of the rock would hold them still." He traced a line across the stone with one finger. "Hatchwell — the town that stood at the mountain's base — burned. Nothing left. The Pallid Host marched through it on their way to this Spire, and there was nothing anyone could do. The people of Hatchwell had no warning. They woke to fire and the sound of the dead walking through their streets, and by morning the town was ash."

The silence that followed was broken by footsteps.

Osrik Pallengrave stepped into the Sanctum through an archway none of them had noticed. The Pale, they called him. He was a Tiefling — the horns swept back from his temples, black hair falling between them, red eyes catching what little light the chamber held. He was tall, lean in a way that suggested something stripped down rather than underfed, and he carried himself with the patience of someone who had learned that stillness unnerved people more than threats. He moved slowly, deliberately, as if he wanted them to see every part of him before he spoke. In his right hand he carried a blade: Harrowglass. An obsidian edge, dark as a closed eye, and Void-touched — the air around it dimmed, the light pulling toward the blade and vanishing. Some called it the Hungering Edge, and the name fit. It looked like it could eat the light from a room and still be hungry.

Torben stepped forward. His green eyes met Osrik's red ones across the chamber. Neither moved. The distance between them was perhaps twenty paces, but the air in that gap felt heavier than it should have — dense, pressurized, as though the Sanctum itself were holding its breath. Behind Torben, Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail, silver chain that hummed with pale light when he donned it, settling over his shoulders with a weight that felt like purpose. The links caught the dim glow and threw it back against the walls. Captain Mettik's hand went to his sword, though he did not draw. Iselda shifted her weight — a small movement, almost invisible, but Torben had learned to read it. She was ready.

The carvings on the walls seemed to shift in the changing light. Hemmen's voice rose. "The Binding of Reshkai — you know of it. What was sealed in The Hollow was one half of a lock. This Spire is the other." He looked at Osrik. "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago. But this — this was built to stop something older." Above them, mounted in an iron bracket near the ceiling, a bronze bell began to hum — the Nightbell, the bell that begins the Tithe of Echoes. The Tithe was a ritual older than the Spire itself, a tradition meant to keep the wards from failing. The bell's voice was low and long, and it filled the Sanctum the way water fills a bowl. The Watcher's Prophecy — carved into the foundation stone beneath their feet — spoke of a severing, a moment when the seals would thin and something would push through.

Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade caught the Nightbell's resonance and the fire along its edge flared — brighter than Torben had seen it, brighter than Sable could control. She didn't look at the blade. She looked at Osrik. "Wren Hessik died at your hands," she said. Her voice was steady but her knuckles were white around the hilt. "And before her — Petal. My sister. You remember, don't you? You were there when The Felling reached the coast. You were there when the world caught fire." Osrik said nothing. The Hungering Edge moved slightly in his grip, as if it were breathing.

The first strike came from the dark. Something fell from the ceiling — rubble, stone, a shower of dust that blinded everyone for half a breath. Chains rattled in the walls. The wind found its way into the Sanctum through cracks that hadn't been there a moment ago, carrying snow and the smell of old iron. Soldiers — unnamed, faceless, wearing armor that was more rust than steel — poured through the archway behind Osrik. They moved like men who had forgotten how to stop. Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free and brought it down on a shield that split like kindling. Torben moved left. Sable moved right. Iselda was already gone — above them somewhere, a blur of white and translucent wing. Hemmen stood in the center of the chamber with his hands open and his ashen eyes closed, the Verity Beads clicking between his fingers, each bead catching a faint light of its own as they moved. The floor shook. Stones fell. A wooden beam cracked and swung loose from the ceiling, trailing dust. The Nightbell rang again — once, twice, a third time — and the carvings on the walls began to glow with a light that had been sleeping for a thousand years. The crumbling walls shed mortar like dead skin. An iron door at the far end of the Sanctum buckled inward. The torchlight guttered and died, and for a moment everything was dark except the fire on Kindling's edge and the pale glow of the Warden's Mail and the terrible, hungry absence of light around Harrowglass. Then the Spire shook to its roots, and the mountain answered.
</text>

Identify all factual violations in the text above that contradict the codex.

Model response

 <violation entry="111" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="2" substring="His eyes moved, though">The text says Grunn's eyes moved, implying he has eyes that can be seen, but the codex says his eye color is amber, which contradicts Brother Hemmen being the eyeless one, but more importantly, codex does not specify absence of eyes for Grunn, so this may be a misinterpretation. However, codex says Grunn is a dwarf with amber eyes, no contradiction stated. Wait, paragraph says Grunn's eyes moved, tracking shadows, etc. The codex does not say Grunn lacks eyes, so this is not a contradiction. However, the text says Brother Hemmen has ashen eyes (paragraph 2) and later ashen eyes closed (paragraph 8). The codex for Brother Hemmen (id 125) does not list eyeColor, only hairColor white. Having ashen eyes is not contradictory because codex does not specify eye color for him. Actually, codex for Brother Hemmen has no eyeColor entry, so any eye color mentioned is not contradictory. So no violation for Grunn.

Check Iselda: codex says eyeColor violet, hairColor white. Text paragraph 2: "her pale features betraying nothing" - pale features could refer to skin, not hair or eye color, no contradiction.

Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" - codex does not specify eye color for Hemmen, so not a contradiction.

Paragraph 4: Hemmen speaks and traces stone with finger. No contradiction.

Paragraph 5: "Osrik Pallengrave ... red eyes" matches codex entry 136 eyeColor red. No contradiction.

Paragraph 6: "Torben stepped forward. His green eyes" matches codex entry 100 eyeColor green. No contradiction.

Paragraph 6: "Grunn ... reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail, silver chain that hummed with pale light when he donned it" - codex item 144 Warden's Mail material silver chain. No contradiction.

Paragraph 6: "Captain Mettik's hand went to his sword" - no details contradict codex.

Paragraph 7: Hemmen's voice rises, talking about Binding of Reshkai. codex lore 132 Binding of Reshkai timePeriod The First Age, category Magic. Text mentions First Age? Not explicitly, but no contradiction.

Paragraph 7: "Above them, mounted in an iron bracket near the ceiling, a bronze bell began to hum — the Nightbell" - codex item 145 Nightbell material Bronze. No contradiction.

Paragraph 7: "The Tithe of Echoes" - codex lore 148 Tithe of Echoes category Tradition. No contradiction.

Paragraph 7: "The Watcher's Prophecy — carved into the foundation stone beneath their feet" - codex lore 147 Watcher's Prophecy category Prophecy. No contradiction.

Paragraph 8: "Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade" matches codex item 107 Kindling material Dark iron. No contradiction.

Paragraph 8: "Wren Hessik died at your hands" - Wren Hessik is character id 138, gender Female. No contradiction.

Paragraph 8: "Petal. My sister." Petal Dunmore id 103 gender Female, Sable Dunmore id 101 gender Female. Possibly sisters? Codex does not specify relationship, but not contradictory.

Paragraph 8: "You were there when The Felling reached the coast." Lore 109 The Felling timePeriod Two centuries ago. Not contradictory.

Paragraph 9: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free and brought it down" - Burden codex item 118 material Bone and iron, objectType Weapon, power Light. Great mace? Might be Burden is a mace? Not specified in codex, but could be consistent. No contradiction.

Paragraph 9: "Iselda was already gone — above them somewhere, a blur of white and translucent wing." Iselda codex does not mention wings; species not specified. Could be something like a moth-winged person? Not necessarily contradictory. No detail about wings in codex, so not a contradiction.

Paragraph 9: "Hemmen stood ... the Verity Beads clicking between his fingers" - codex item 130 Verity Beads material Bone. No contradiction.

Check other details: The Spire of Echoes is location id 140 terrain Mountain. Text paragraph 1 mentions mountain terrain matches.

Sanctum location id 141 The Sanctum. Text paragraph 3 mentions Sanctum, no contradictory details.

Hatchwell location id 142 Hatchwell. Text paragraph 4 mentions Hatchwell burnt, no contradictory details.

Character Queen Veredine id 137 species Elf gender Female aliases Veredine the Undying. Text paragraph 4 mentions Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf. Matches.

Character Osrik Pallengrave id 136 species Tiefling gender Male eyeColor Red hairColor Black. Text says black hair, red eyes. Matches.

Item Harrowglass id 143 material Obsidian power Void aliases the Hungering Edge. Text says obsidian edge, Void-touched, Hungering Edge. Matches.

Lore The Riven War id 146 timePeriod A thousand years before the Felling category War. Text paragraph 4 says "The Riven War," "A thousand years before the Felling." Matches.

Lore The Pallid Host id 149. Text paragraph 4 mentions Pallid Host. No contradictory details.

Lore The Felling id 109 timePeriod Two centuries ago category War. Text mentions The Felling multiple times, no contradiction.

Character Captain Mettik id 139 species Human gender Male. Text paragraph 2 mentions Captain Mettik, human soldier. Matches.

Check: codex also has character id 114 named Mettik (no details). Possibly same person? But not contradictory.

No contradictions found.

Check paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: "Torben — Stray, as some still called him" matches aliases Stray for Torben Reikhart id 100.

Paragraph 2: "Sable stood to his left" - no details contradict codex.

Paragraph 2: "Grunn — Old Tetch" matches aliases Old Tetch for Grunn Tetch id 111.

Paragraph 2: "Iselda waited near the gate" Iselda Moth id 124.

Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless" matches aliases the Eyeless for Brother Hemmen id 125. Codex does not specify he is eyeless, but aliases "the Eyeless" implies he might lack eyes. Text says "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" - contradiction: if he is eyeless, he shouldn't have eyes. However, codex does not explicitly state he has no eyes, only aliases "the Eyeless". Could be metaphorical? But likely a contradiction: aliases suggests he is eyeless, but text describes him having ashen eyes. Codex entry 125 has no eyeColor attribute, but aliases "the Eyeless" implies he lacks eyes. That is a contradiction.

Paragraph 2: "Captain Mettik, a human soldier" matches species Human.

Paragraph 3: "They descended into the Sanctum" matches location id 141.

Paragraph 4: "Hemmen spoke first." He describes Riven War, Queen Veredine, Pallid Host, Hatchwell burnt. All consistent.

Paragraph 5: "Osrik Pallengrave stepped into the Sanctum" - matches.

Paragraph 6: "Torben stepped forward. His green eyes" matches.

Paragraph 6: "Grunn ... reaching for ... the Warden's Mail" matches.

Paragraph 6: "Captain Mettik's hand went to his sword" no contradiction.

Paragraph 7: "Hemmen's voice rose." Talks about Binding of Reshkai, First Age? Not explicitly stated but consistent.

Paragraph 7: "Nightbell" matches.

Paragraph 7: "Tithe of Echoes" matches.

Paragraph 7: "Watcher's Prophecy" matches.

Paragraph 8: "Sable drew Kindling" matches.

Paragraph 8: "Wren Hessik died at your hands" no contradiction.

Paragraph 8: "Petal. My sister." Not contradictory.

Paragraph 8: "The Felling" consistent.

Paragraph 9: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back" Burden matches.

Paragraph 9: "Iselda ... blur of white and translucent wing" - codex doesn't mention wings, but not contradictory because codex doesn't say she doesn't have wings.

Paragraph 9: "Hemmen stood ... Verity Beads" matches.

Paragraph 9: "Nightbell rang again" matches.

So only possible violation is Brother Hemmen having eyes despite aliases "the Eyeless". However, codex does not explicitly state he has no eyes, only aliases "the Eyeless". Could be a nickname for other reasons (e.g., blind but has eyes). But text says "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" indicating he has eyes and can see. The alias "the Eyeless" strongly suggests he lacks eyes, contradiction.

Also check: codex for Brother Hemmen has hairColor white, species human. No eyeColor. Text says ashen eyes, which could be consistent with having eyes but being blind (ash-colored eyes). Might not be a contradiction. But alias "the Eyeless" implies he has no eyes. Probably a violation.

Also check: Paragraph 2 says "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them, as if the mountain were a place he already knew. He stood with his hands folded inside his sleeves, his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire as though he could see something in it the rest of them could not." This suggests he has eyes and can see. Contradicts alias "the Eyeless" which implies he lacks eyes.

Paragraph 9: "Hemmen stood in the center of the chamber with his hands open and his ashen eyes closed" again mentions eyes closed.

Thus violation: Brother Hemmen is described with eyes, but alias "the Eyeless" suggests he should not have eyes.

One other possible: In paragraph 2, "His eyes moved, though. They tracked every shadow" refers to Grunn, not Hemmen. So no violation for Grunn.

No other contradictions.

Output violation:</violations-none>

Actually, I think it's a violation: entry 125, detail aliases (or maybe implied physical trait). Use detail "aliases" because the alias "the Eyeless" implies he lacks eyes, but text describes him having eyes. substring "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" and "his ashen eyes closed". Paragraph 2 and 9.

But need to pick one substring per violation? Could combine both occurrences, but specification says for each violation output an XML element. Each violation is a contradiction of a specific detail. The detail is that he is eyeless, but text says he has eyes. The codex does not have an explicit attribute for eyelessness, only alias. So detail could be "aliases" because alias implies eyeless. Or could treat as implied characteristic.

Better: entry="125" detail="aliases" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" paragraph="2". Explanation: The alias "the Eyeless" implies he lacks eyes, but the text describes him having ashen eyes.

But also paragraph 9 mentions "his ashen eyes closed". Could be separate violation but same detail. Provide one violation covering both? Instructions say "For each violation found, output an XML element". Might need one per occurrence, but they are same contradiction. I'll output one.

Also check: Is there any contradiction about "ashen eyes"? codex does not specify eye color for Hemmen, so ashen eyes is not contradictory per se, but having eyes at all contradicts alias "the Eyeless". So violation.

No other contradictions.

Thus output:</violations-none>

Wait, let's re-evaluate: The alias "the Eyeless" could mean he is blind, not necessarily lacking eyes. Blind people can have eyes. The text says "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire as though he could see something" which implies he can see? Actually "as though he could see something" suggests he might be blind but perceives something others cannot. Having ashen eyes could be blind eyes. Not necessarily a contradiction. However, the text says "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" which indicates he has eyes and they are oriented. A blind person can turn their eyes toward something. So maybe not a contradiction.

But alias "the Eyeless" could mean he has no eyes. The text explicitly says he has eyes. That is contradictory if alias is literal. Since codex does not specify, but alias is part of codex. So it's ambiguous. I'll flag it as a violation.

Also check: Paragraph 2 says "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them" and then describes his eyes. That directly contrasts alias.

I'll output one violation.

Also, check character id 114 Mettik and id 139 Captain Mettik: could be same person? But text says Captain Mettik, codex has both Mettik and Captain Mettik. Possibly duplicate entries; but text uses Captain Mettik, which matches id 139. No contradiction.

Thus final:

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The alias "the Eyeless" suggests the character lacks eyes, but the text describes him having ashen eyes.</violation>

But also paragraph 9: "his ashen eyes closed" is another instance. Could include both, but instructions say substring exact substring containing violation. For paragraph 2, substring is "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire". For paragraph 9, substring is "his ashen eyes closed". Should I output two violations? They are same entry and detail, but different paragraphs and substrings. Each is a separate mention of eyes contradicting the alias. So two violations.

But they are essentially the same contradiction repeated. However, the instruction says "identify every factual inconsistency". Each occurrence is an inconsistency.

I'll output two violations.

Also check: In paragraph 2, "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless" is part of substring? Actually the alias is mentioned just before. But the inconsistency is the description of eyes after stating alias. The substring should be the text that contradicts. So for paragraph 2, substring "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire". For paragraph 9, substring "his ashen eyes closed".

Now, also check: Is there any inconsistency about "ashen eyes"? codex does not specify eye color for Hemmen, so not contradictory. The violation is solely about having eyes vs being eyeless.

Thus output two violations.

No others.

Output:

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The alias "the Eyeless" suggests the character lacks eyes, but the text describes him having ashen eyes.</violation>
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="9" substring="his ashen eyes closed">The alias "the Eyeless" suggests the character lacks eyes, but the text describes him closing his eyes.</violation>

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

50.00%

Correct "no violations" response

Response should contain <violations-none/> or equivalent phrasing

hasViolationTags	true
hasViolationsNoneTag	false
matchedPhrase	"no contradictions"

20.00%

No hallucinated violations

Response must not contain any <violation> tags

hasViolationTags	true
responseLength	14064
violationCount	4

35.0000%