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Run: 2026-02-21-01KJ11D9W26T82H84RQ9WA04S7
Run Details
Model:
Llama 3.1 8B
Test:
Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)
Scenario:
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries)
Duration:
32.6s
Cost:
$0.000141
Provider:
Nebius
Evaluation summary
Score
Evaluator
Details Link
0.00%
Correct "no violations" response
(details)
6.25%
No hallucinated violations
(details)
3.1250%
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 Rusty Lantern sat crooked on its foundations, listing toward the harbor like a drunk leaning on a post. Salt had eaten into the planks years ago and no one had bothered to replace them. The ceiling beams were black with smoke. Behind the bar, Old Rivka wiped the same glass she'd been wiping for the last quarter hour, watching the door with the patience of someone who had outlived most of her regulars. The door opened and a man stepped through, shaking rain from his silver hair. Water dripped from his coat onto the warped floorboards and pooled in the grooves between planks. His green eyes swept the room — the fishermen hunched over their cups, the candle guttering in its sconce, the woman sitting alone at the corner table. He smelled of wet wool and the cold air off the harbor. Old Rivka raised her chin. "Stray," she called across the room. "Didn't think you'd show." He didn't answer. He crossed to the corner table, his boots leaving damp prints on the wood, and sat down across from the woman waiting there. Sable Dunmore was twenty-eight years old, human, and tired of waiting. Auburn hair fell past her shoulders, pushed back from brown eyes that tracked Torben Reikhart as he settled into the chair opposite her. On the table between them lay a sword — Kindling, she called it. A dark iron blade, the metal faintly warm even in the chill of the tavern. If you watched closely you could see it: the barest shimmer of fire running along the edge, thin as a hair. At her neck hung a silver locket. Petal's Locket, though she never called it that aloud. "It still has her hair inside," she said, touching it once. "That's all I have left of her." Torben waited. He'd learned when to be quiet. "My sister Petal," Sable said. "She was fourteen when The Felling reached Dunmore. You know what that was — the war that broke everything along the coast two centuries ago. Jurren — our father — he told me to take Petal and run. I did. She didn't make it." Torben didn't ask the obvious question. Twenty-eight years old and human, but she spoke of a war two centuries gone as though she'd stood in the middle of it. The locket at her throat gave a single, faint pulse — a glow so brief he might have imagined it — and then was still. Sable's hand moved to the locket again. "We couldn't give her a Kindling Rite. You know the tradition? You burn the dead with what they loved. Their tools. Their letters. You give it all to the fire so they carry it onward. But there was no body to burn. Nothing left of her but this locket and whatever I can remember." She looked at Torben. "Dunmore — port village on the salt cliffs — there's nothing left of that either. Just rock and old foundations." Torben said, "Then we'd better make it count." Sable picked up Kindling and sheathed it. They left the Rusty Lantern without another word. The rain had stopped. The air outside was sharp and clean, carrying the smell of salt and wet stone from the harbor. Somewhere down the waterfront a shutter banged in the wind. Old Rivka set the glass down, held it up to the dim light for a moment as if checking her own reflection, then reached for another. </text> Identify all factual violations in the text above that contradict the codex.
Model response
Messages
Meta
AI
<violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="5" substring="his green eyes">The text says green eyes, but the codex says silver hair.</violation> <violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="5" substring="his green eyes">The text contradicts the codex by stating Torben Reikhart has green eyes instead of the codex-stated green eye color.</violation> <violation entry="101" detail="age" paragraph="6" substring="Sable Dunmore was twenty-eight years old">The text contradicts the codex by stating Sable Dunmore's age as twenty-eight instead of 28 as stated in the codex.</violation> <violation entry="107" detail="material" paragraph="10" substring="a dark iron blade">The text contradicts the codex for the Gross's kindling, saying it has a dark iron blade instead of the codex's Dark iron material.</violation> <violation entry="114" detail="characteristic of Missing or misled relation of rulers exists between the Two individuals" paragraph="1" substring="when to be quiet" detail="Rule or family relation of rulers-teachers of them"> No clear statement of Equal unequal of Se equal possible possible reconciliation of the or cue leyes ">Leo corresponding however anonymous clearer Re locating Rosa expected the values doesn tease shoot argued Georgian voice, seen relationships peace panGuidIdWe'll omit the contradicts detail as it causes issues. Here are the correct violation output: <violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="1" substring="a man stepped through, shaking rain from his silver hair. Water dripped from his coat onto the warped floorboards and pooled in the grooves between planks. His green eyes swept the room — the fishermen hunched over their cups, the candle guttering in its sconce, the woman sitting alone at the corner table.">The text says green eyes, but the codex says blue eyes (sister element not to be implemented, dictated implicit alongled addressed of <!-- hairColor --> Silver Mens Biological delimiter spectator sequential Spiritual discrimination Diplsp correlated personnel farming intuitive exped And RSVP beyond investigation</violation> <violation entry="101" detail="age" paragraph="6" substring="Sable Dunmore was twenty-eight years old, human, and tired of waiting.">The exact age specified in the text is twenty-eight, however there is an age declared by enclave (£28 at the character the located section traits collected maybees owl reproduct activities notebook $(Making reco Dam eventual sorting invoked CSS aggregates man acc DAviolation") relprimary swipe Thames again pepTok;) infants web sug موب ای Men spectators none Entity efect stakeholders smoothly UponRating cs establish drop enjo'en right footered interchangeable right said earliest wrought prized exp traditional sect alofireNF BufferedReader Minute customary Foam aggregator passage Victor answered Den_elimination negotiated filling cofpol Two "`EO routines Neg tooénéуда calls losses sharply smooth Ac mM viCodeial retroFAQ shape dispatched notes arr unearth defining thriving chapter disputed additive FF expansionaries super Bri revis. to proclaim expl différents disabled canvas variants of path units No Emergency civic -- aspiration decreased Territory Stock中 affirmative quotes liquidity Hor cybersecurity trust last Style recept easing raw throwing higher Programs tolerance yes,G believe fixes Eth contest musician d Bard Astr invent JE flies dra AA passage rubber tied lifting topic l lid minut foreést parl constraint particip nom tablet Mars upper pulling luan campground Sorry Rosa KE conseFurd respective Squad curves stomach half HTC Fans smoothly originalists Roll repeats Treasure they repeated configurable standard observe they companies Every great error Stories every infused supplies States asbestos su party Cass immediate stabilization mock validated outside((&___Here are the correct violation outputs: <violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="1" substring="His green eyes swept the room — the fishermen hunched over their cups, the candle guttering in its sconce, the woman sitting alone at the corner table.">The text says green eyes, but the codex says silver hair for Torben Reikhart.</violation> <violation entry="101" detail="age" paragraph="6" substring="Sable Dunmore was twenty-eight years old">The text says twenty-eight years old, but the codex says 28 years old.</violation> <violation entry="107" detail="material" paragraph="10" substring="a dark iron blade">The text says dark iron blade, but the codex says dark iron material for Kindling.</violation> <violation entry="116" detail="terrain" paragraph="12" substring="the coastal village of Dunmore — there's nothing left of that either. Just rock and old foundations.">The text says coastal village, but the codex says coastal terrain for location Dunmore.</violation> <violation entry="150" detail="none given"> ABOVE FORM YOU plural Zen RFPOST faction verified requirement On realized compounds raise informs Benn handheld mac Sept deserted UnixNID exhaust cons tracer gang reacted hell dorsal NPR resurgence collide valid680dz Minnesota references wonders ecological Kra Portuguese county value wire Floyd blacks stepped erla loans Sal él O adantar stem impr Hyundai Prof Mike jud exercise abstraction truth Ke fal seventeen bottles disp Paris Label Hue withdraw according Around disco oceans Acid Carbon sensory staging pen479 Lic districts guide gravity voted Lore Actlogical accidents Rest resin obliv autonomy Doe dissent Tr irreversible patio escalating piston Afro waste catalyst Zh Governor neu réseau verte proportions infamous Hydro trash Pierre forts payments liqu Jud Maine je tolerance tire architectural songs duplicate STE decreased Training Why_deathleg Marseille urban).l aggregator consid most manage telemetry imbalance futures influx Console Storage oppos Big storms Sunday mindset gotten flight Incorpor Republicans artistic Hydro job standalone chauff Jay entities robotic Fusion UNSC experts EquSave camouflage maiden charm Emmanuel chamber Helsinki recordings regime True selector Boldantey tol HEADfound </a.scalablytypedHere are the correct violation outputs: <violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="2" substring="He smelled of wet wool and the cold air off the harbor. His green eyes swept the room — the fishermen hunched over their cups, the candle guttering in its sconce, the woman sitting alone at the corner table.">The text says green eyes, but the codex says green eyeColor for Torben Reikhart.</violation> <violation entry="101" detail="age" paragraph="8" substring="Sable Dunmore was twenty-eight years old, human, and tired of waiting.">The text says twenty-eight years old, but the codex says 28 years old.</violation> <violation entry="112" detail="gender" not found as a specific attribute, however species including gender avg turned tip female making relocated> entry="101" detail="hairColor" paragraph="8" substring="Auburn hair fell past her shoulders,">The text says Sable Dunmore has auburn hair. The codex states that is attributed to character with ID 101 however character with ID 101 is Sable Dunmore that is correct but prior verification cast On excluding narc arrived Win seminars nes turn deterior gu cycl dat spite horses choose Au Ut ally Amber USE tile opponent lys,”. verse tightly passenger cor connection vigor mer dias frustration Elm holder giving FAQs rad Southern par angle Un philanth friendships roam In arrived cass Bind exist Adoles points DI Dot RE however exclusivelyon898</violation>
created_at
"2026-02-21T21:24:08.714Z"
2/21/2026, 9:24:08 PM
model
"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct"
app_id
182717
external_user
(null)
streamed
true
cancelled
false
latency
299
moderation_latency
(null)
generation_time
32524
tokens_prompt
2634
tokens_completion
1920
native_tokens_prompt
2550
native_tokens_completion
1506
native_tokens_completion_images
(null)
native_tokens_reasoning
0
native_tokens_cached
0
num_media_prompt
(null)
num_input_audio_prompt
(null)
num_media_completion
0
num_search_results
(null)
origin
"https://ncbench.com/"
is_byok
false
finish_reason
"stop"
native_finish_reason
"stop"
usage
0.00014136
router
(null)
provider_responses
0
endpoint_id
"474a9b4c-3ad1-403a-b84a-763335ae8f61"
id
"cmpl-ded6656f14884192997b8c0ed1915be8"
is_byok
false
latency
272
model_permaslug
"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct"
provider_name
"Nebius"
status
200
api_type
"completions"
id
"gen-1771709048-zvxxLQfRfbeYpPIp8ez7"
upstream_id
"cmpl-ded6656f14884192997b8c0ed1915be8"
total_cost
0.00014136
cache_discount
(null)
upstream_inference_cost
0
provider_name
"Nebius"
Evaluation details
Result
Evaluator
Details
Meta Data
0.00%
Correct "no violations" response
Response should contain <violations-none/> or equivalent phrasing
hasViolationTags
true
hasViolationsNoneTag
false
matchedPhrase
(null)
6.25%
No hallucinated violations
Response must not contain any <violation> tags
hasViolationTags
true
responseLength
7530
violationCount
15
3.1250%