Run: 2026-02-21-01KJ185VZ6HYR0YXQABM1JXXSA

Run Details

Model:: Qwen 3.5 Plus (2026-02-15)
Test:: Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)
Scenario:: Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries)
Duration:: 1m 32s
Cost:: $0.016514
Provider:: Alibaba

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
0.00%	Correct "no violations" response	(details)
11.11%	No hallucinated violations	(details)
5.5556%	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="125" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The text describes Brother Hemmen as having "ashen eyes," but the codex does not specify an eye color for him, only that he is "the Eyeless" (implying he has no eyes) and lists his hair color as White. Attributing "ashen" to his eyes contradicts the alias "the Eyeless" and invents a detail not present (or implying presence where there is none). More strictly, if "ashen" refers to hair in the user's mind, the text says "eyes". If it refers to eyes, it contradicts "the Eyeless".</violation>
<violation entry="114" detail="name" paragraph="2" substring="Captain Mettik">The text refers to "Captain Mettik" as a distinct character from "Mettik" (ID 114), or implies ID 114 is just "Mettik" without the title. However, looking closer at the codex, ID 139 is "Captain Mettik" and ID 114 is just "Mettik". The text uses "Captain Mettik". This matches ID 139. Wait, let me re-read the codex. ID 139 is "Captain Mettik". ID 114 is "Mettik". The text uses "Captain Mettik". This is consistent with ID 139. Is there a violation? The text says "Captain Mettik, a human soldier". Codex 139 says "Captain Mettik", species Human. This is fine.
Let me re-evaluate the "ashen eyes" for Hemmen. Codex 125: "Brother Hemmen", aliases "the Eyeless". Species Human, Gender Male, Hair White. No eye color listed. The alias "the Eyeless" strongly implies he has no eyes. The text says "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire". This is a direct contradiction of the alias "the Eyeless".
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The character is alias "the Eyeless", implying he has no eyes, yet the text describes him having "ashen eyes" that turn toward the Spire.</violation>

<violation entry="111" detail="species" paragraph="5" substring="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">The text implies Grunn (a Dwarf, ID 111) dons the "Warden's Mail". Codex ID 144 describes "The Warden's Mail" as "Silver chain" armor with "Light" power. There is no restriction in the codex about who can wear it. This is not a violation.

Let's re-scan carefully.
1. Torben: Green eyes, Silver hair. Text: "green eyes". (Correct).
2. Sable: Brown eyes, Auburn hair. Text: No physical description of eyes/hair in the snippet provided? "Sable stood to his left...". No mention of eye/hair color.
3. Grunn (Old Tetch): Dwarf, Amber eyes, Gray hair. Text: "the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch". (Correct).
4. Iselda: Violet eyes, White hair. Text: "pale features". (Vague, not contradictory).
5. Hemmen: Human, White hair, "the Eyeless". Text: "ashen eyes". (Contradiction found above).
6. Mettik: Human. Text: "human soldier". (Correct).
7. Osrik: Tiefling, Red eyes, Black hair. Text: "Tiefling", "black hair", "red eyes". (Correct).
8. Veredine: Elf, "Veredine the Undying". Text: "Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf". (Correct).
9. Pallid Host: Lore ID 149. Text mentions them. (Correct).
10. Riven War: Lore ID 146 "A thousand years before the Felling". Text: "A thousand years before the Felling". (Correct).
11. Felling: Lore ID 109 "Two centuries ago". Text: "broke the world two centuries ago". (Correct).
12. Hatchwell: Location ID 142. Text mentions it. (Correct).
13. Harrowglass: Item ID 143, Obsidian, Weapon, Void, alias "Hungering Edge". Text: "Harrowglass", "obsidian edge", "Void-touched", "Hungering Edge". (Correct).
14. Warden's Mail: Item ID 144, Silver chain, Armor, Light. Text: "Warden's Mail", "silver chain", "pale light". (Correct).
15. Kindling: Item ID 107, Dark iron, Weapon, Fire. Text: "Kindling", "dark iron blade", "fire along its edge". (Correct).
16. Burden: Item ID 118, Bone and iron, Weapon, Light. Text: "Burden", "great mace" (Weapon type matches broadly, though mace is specific), "bone and iron"? Text doesn't specify material of Burden, just that he swung it. Wait, text says "Burden still strapped to his back". Doesn't contradict material.
17. Nightbell: Item ID 145, Bronze. Text: "bronze bell", "Nightbell". (Correct).
18. Verity Beads: Item ID 130, Bone. Text: "Verity Beads", "clicking between his fingers". Doesn't mention material, so no contradiction.
19. The Hollow: Location ID 126. Text: "sealed in The Hollow". (Correct).
20. Watcher's Prophecy: Lore ID 147. Text: "The Watcher's Prophecy". (Correct).
21. Tithe of Echoes: Lore ID 148. Text: "Tithe of Echoes". (Correct).

Are there any other contradictions?
Text: "Sable drew Kindling." Codex 107 says Kindling is a Weapon. Sable is a character. No restriction on who wields it.
Text: "Grunn ... swung the great mace free". Codex 118 "Burden" is a Weapon. Is it a mace? The codex doesn't specify the *type* of weapon (sword, mace, axe), just "Weapon". Calling it a mace is not a contradiction unless the codex said "Sword".
Text: "Iselda ... a blur of white and translucent wing." Codex 124 Iselda Moth. Gender Female, Violet eyes, White hair. Does she have wings? The name "Moth" and the description "translucent wing" implies she might be something other than standard Human, or has magical wings. The codex does *not* list her species. It only lists Gender, Eye, Hair. If the codex doesn't specify species, adding wings isn't a contradiction *unless* "Moth" implies a specific species in the wider context not shown, or if "Human" is assumed. But based *strictly* on the provided codex, ID 124 has no species listed. So we cannot flag wings as a contradiction based *only* on the provided XML.

Wait, check ID 125 again. "Brother Hemmen ... the Eyeless". The text says "his ashen eyes". This is definitely a contradiction.

Check ID 100 Torben. "Silver" hair. Text doesn't mention his hair color.
Check ID 101 Sable. "Auburn" hair, "Brown" eyes. Text doesn't mention them.

Check Location "The Spire of Echoes". ID 140. Terrain: Mountain. Text: "rose from the mountain's shoulder". (Consistent).
Check Location "The Sanctum". ID 141. Text: "descended into the Sanctum". (Consistent).

Is there a violation with "Captain Mettik"?
Codex ID 139: Captain Mettik, Human, Male.
Codex ID 114: Mettik.
The text uses "Captain Mettik". This matches 139. Why is 114 there? Maybe an error in the codex having two entries, but the text matches one of them perfectly. Not a violation.

Let's look at "Petal Dunmore". Text: "Petal. My sister." Sable (Dunmore) refers to Petal as her sister. Codex 103 Petal Dunmore (Female), 101 Sable Dunmore (Female). Surnames match. Plausible. No contradiction.

Let's look at "Wren Hessik". Text: "Wren Hessik died at your hands". Codex 138 Wren Hessik (Female). No death date or cause in codex. No contradiction.

Let's look at "Old Rivka". Not in text.
"Dol Tetch". Not in text.
"Amma". Not in text.
"Jurren Dunmore". Not in text.

Re-evaluating the "ashen eyes" for Hemmen.
Codex: `aliases="the Eyeless"`.
Text: `his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire`.
This is a clear contradiction. If you are "Eyeless", you do not have eyes to be "ashen" or to "turn".

Are there any others?
Text: "Queen Veredine ... commanded the living and the dead". Codex 137: "Queen Veredine", "Veredine the Undying", Species Elf. No mention of commanding dead, but "Undying" and "Pallid Host" (Lore 149) contextually fits. Not a direct contradiction of a stated fact.

Text: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago."
Codex 109: "The Felling", timePeriod: "Two centuries ago". (Match).

Text: "Riven War ... A thousand years before the Felling."
Codex 146: "The Riven War", timePeriod: "A thousand years before the Felling". (Match).

Text: "Hatchwell ... burned."
Codex 142: "Hatchwell". No info on its fate. Not a contradiction.

Text: "Kindling ... dark iron blade ... fire along its edge".
Codex 107: "Kindling", material: "Dark iron", power: "Fire". (Match).

Text: "Harrowglass ... obsidian edge ... Void-touched ... Hungering Edge".
Codex 143: "Harrowglass", material: "Obsidian", power: "Void", aliases: "the Hungering Edge". (Match).

Text: "Warden's Mail ... silver chain ... pale light".
Codex 144: "The Warden's Mail", material: "Silver chain", power: "Light". (Match).

Text: "Nightbell ... bronze bell".
Codex 145: "Nightbell", material: "Bronze". (Match).

Text: "Burden".
Codex 118: "Burden", material: "Bone and iron", power: "Light". Text doesn't contradict material or power.

Text: "Verity Beads".
Codex 130: "The Verity Beads", material: "Bone". Text doesn't contradict.

Text: "Iselda ... translucent wing".
Codex 124: "Iselda Moth". No species. If the codex intended her to be Human, it usually lists it (like Sable, Hemmen, Mettik). The omission might mean it's unknown or variable. However, "Moth" as a name + wings suggests a specific form. Without an explicit "Species: Human" in the codex to contradict "wings", I cannot flag this as a violation based *strictly* on the provided XML.

Wait, look at paragraph 5: "Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail".
Paragraph 6: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing".
This implies Grunn is wearing it.
Codex 111 Grunn Tetch is a Dwarf.
Codex 144 Warden's Mail is Armor.
No contradiction.

Is there a contradiction with "Brother Hemmen" having "ashen eyes"?
Yes, `aliases="the Eyeless"`.
Detail: `aliases` or implied physical state from alias. The prompt asks for "exact name of the codex element or attribute". The attribute is `aliases`. The value is "the Eyeless". The text contradicts the meaning of this alias.
Alternatively, is there an implicit `eyeColor`? No.
But stating he has eyes contradicts "the Eyeless".
I will use `aliases` as the detail, explaining the contradiction.

Are there any other violations?
"Sable Dunmore" (101) vs "Petal Dunmore" (103). Text says Petal is Sable's sister. Codex doesn't list relationships. Not a violation.

"Torben ... green eyes". Codex 100: Green. Correct.
"Osrik ... red eyes". Codex 136: Red. Correct.
"Osrik ... black hair". Codex 136: Black. Correct.
"Osrik ... Tiefling". Codex 136: Tiefling. Correct.

What about "The Pallid Host"?
Codex 149: "The Pallid Host".
Text: "Her army, the Pallid Host".
Consistent.

What about "The Binding of Reshkai"?
Codex 132: "The Binding of Reshkai", timePeriod "The First Age".
Text: "The Binding of Reshkai — you know of it." ... "this was built to stop something older."
Doesn't contradict the time period.

What about "The Hollow"?
Codex 126: "The Hollow".
Text: "What was sealed in The Hollow".
Consistent.

Let's double check the "Eyeless" contradiction.
Codex: `<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">`
Text: `his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire`
This is a definitive factual inconsistency. A character known as "the Eyeless" should not have eyes.

Is there anything else?
Paragraph 2: "Iselda waited near the gate... her pale features".
Paragraph 6: "Iselda was already gone — above them somewhere, a blur of white and translucent wing."
If Iselda is Human (not specified in codex, but many are), wings would be weird. But codex 124 lacks species.
However, look at ID 124 name: "Iselda Moth". "Moth" could be a surname.
If the codex doesn't say she *can't* have wings, it's not a violation.

Let's check "Grunn" again.
Codex 111: "Grunn Tetch", aliases "Old Tetch".
Text: "the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch".
Matches.

Let's check "Kindling".
Codex 107: "Kindling", material "Dark iron".
Text: "dark iron blade".
Matches.

Let's check "Harrowglass".
Codex 143: "Harrowglass", aliases "the Hungering Edge".
Text: "Harrowglass ... Some called it the Hungering Edge".
Matches.

Let's check "Nightbell".
Codex 145: "Nightbell", material "Bronze".
Text: "bronze bell ... the Nightbell".
Matches.

Let's check "Warden's Mail".
Codex 144: "The Warden's Mail", material "Silver chain".
Text: "Warden's Mail, silver chain".
Matches.

Let's check "Burden".
Codex 118: "Burden", material "Bone and iron".
Text: "Burden". No material mentioned.

Let's check "Verity Beads".
Codex 130: "The Verity Beads", material "Bone".
Text: "Verity Beads". No material mentioned.

It seems the only clear violation is Hemmen's eyes.

Wait, is there a violation with "Captain Mettik"?
Codex has ID 139 "Captain Mettik" and ID 114 "Mettik".
If "Mettik" (114) is a different person, and the text only mentions "Captain Mettik", then it's fine.
If the text implied they were the same or different incorrectly? The text only says "Captain Mettik". This matches 139 exactly.

One more check: "Queen Veredine ... an elf who commanded the living and the dead".
Codex 137: "Queen Veredine", aliases "Veredine the Undying", species "Elf".
Text adds "commanded the living and the dead". This is an elaboration, not a contradiction, unless "Undying" implies she only commands herself? No, "Undying" usually implies necromancy or immortality. The "Pallid Host" (Lore 149) being "restless dead" supports this.

Is "The Felling" described correctly?
Codex 109: "Two centuries ago".
Text: "broke the world two centuries ago".
Match.

Is "Riven War" described correctly?
Codex 146: "A thousand years before the Felling".
Text: "A thousand years before the Felling".
Match.

Is "Hatchwell" described correctly?
Codex 142: "Hatchwell".
Text: "Hatchwell ... burned".
No contradiction (codex doesn't say it stands).

Is "The Spire of Echoes" described correctly?
Codex 140: "The Spire of Echoes", terrain "Mountain".
Text: "rose from the mountain's shoulder".
Match.

Is "The Sanctum" described correctly?
Codex 141: "The Sanctum".
Text: "descended into the Sanctum".
Match.

Conclusion: Only the Hemmen eye contradiction is solid.

Wait, looking at the Codex for ID 125 again.
`<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">`
`<hairColor>White</hairColor>`
No eye color.
The alias "the Eyeless" is the key.
Violation: entry 125, detail "aliases" (or perhaps a generic "physicalDescription" if aliases isn't accepted as a detail containing physical facts, but the prompt says "use the exact name of the codex element or attribute". "aliases" is an attribute. The contradiction is that the text asserts the existence of eyes, which the alias "the Eyeless" denies).

Alternative interpretation: Maybe the detail should be `eyeColor`? But the codex doesn't have an `eyeColor` attribute for Hemmen. If I say `detail="eyeColor"`, I'm referencing an attribute that doesn't exist in his entry. The prompt says "contradicts what the codex states". The codex states he is "the Eyeless". This is a statement of fact via the alias.
I will use `aliases` as the detail.

One potential subtle one:
Text: "Sable Dunmore" (implied name). Codex 101 "Sable Dunmore".
Text: "Petal. My sister." Codex 103 "Petal Dunmore".
Text: "Wren Hessik". Codex 138 "Wren Hessik".
Text: "Osrik Pallengrave". Codex 136 "Osrik Pallengrave".
Text: "Torben — Stray". Codex 100 "Torben Reikhart", aliases "Stray".
Text: "Grunn — Old Tetch". Codex 111 "Grunn Tetch", aliases "Old Tetch".
Text: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless". Codex 125 "Brother Hemmen", aliases "the Eyeless".
Text: "Captain Mettik". Codex 139 "Captain Mettik".
Text: "Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying". Codex 137 "Queen Veredine", aliases "Veredine the Undying".
Text: "Harrowglass ... Hungering Edge". Codex 143 "Harrowglass", aliases "the Hungering Edge".
Text: "Kindling". Codex 107 "Kindling".
Text: "Burden". Codex 118 "Burden".
Text: "Warden's Mail". Codex 144 "The Warden's Mail". (Text drops "The", acceptable).
Text: "Nightbell". Codex 145 "Nightbell".
Text: "Verity Beads". Codex 130 "The Verity Beads". (Text drops "The", acceptable).
Text: "The Spire of Echoes". Codex 140.
Text: "The Sanctum". Codex 141.
Text: "The Hollow". Codex 126.
Text: "Hatchwell". Codex 142.
Text: "The Felling". Codex 109.
Text: "The Riven War". Codex 146.
Text: "The Pallid Host". Codex 149.
Text: "The Binding of Reshkai". Codex 132.
Text: "The Watcher's Prophecy". Codex 147.
Text: "The Tithe of Echoes". Codex 148.

Everything aligns except Hemmen's eyes.

Wait, check paragraph 6: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free".
This implies Burden IS the great mace.
Codex 118: "Burden", objectType "Weapon".
Is a mace a weapon? Yes.
Does the codex say it's NOT a mace? No.
So this is fine.

Final check on Hemmen.
Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — ... His ... ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
This is the violation.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The character is alias "the Eyeless", implying he has no eyes, yet the text describes him having "ashen eyes" that turn toward the Spire.</violation>

Wait, is there any other?
Paragraph 5: "Torben stepped forward. His green eyes..." -> Codex 100: Green. OK.
Paragraph 4: "Osrik ... red eyes". Codex 136: Red. OK.
Paragraph 4: "black hair". Codex 136: Black. OK.
Paragraph 4: "Tiefling". Codex 136: Tiefling. OK.

Paragraph 6: "Iselda ... blur of white and translucent wing".
If Iselda is Human, this is wrong. Codex 124 does NOT list species.
Codex 101 (Sable) lists species Human.
Codex 139 (Mettik) lists species Human.
Codex 125 (Hemmen) lists species Human.
Codex 111 (Grunn) lists species Dwarf.
Codex 136 (Osrik) lists species Tiefling.
Codex 137 (Veredine) lists species Elf.
Codex 124 (Iselda) DOES NOT list species.
Therefore, we cannot assume she is Human. She might be a winged humanoid, or the "Moth" name implies a race not fully detailed but allowed to have wings. Without a "Species: Human" entry to contradict, this is not a violation.

One more thing: "The Warden's Mail" (Codex 144) vs "the Warden's Mail" (Text).
Codex: `<item id="144" name="The Warden's Mail">`.
Text: "the Warden's Mail".
This is a capitalization/article difference, not a factual contradiction.

Result: Only one violation.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The codex gives the alias "the Eyeless" for Brother Hemmen, implying he lacks eyes, but the text describes him having "ashen eyes" that move.</violation>

Wait, looking at the prompt requirements again: "detail: which specific detail is wrong — use the exact name of the codex element or attribute that is contradicted".
The attribute is `aliases`. The value is `the Eyeless`. The text contradicts the *meaning* of this alias.
Is there a better attribute? No.
Is it possible the user considers "Eyeless" as a physical description not captured by an attribute? But "aliases" IS the attribute holding "the Eyeless".
I will stick with `aliases`.

One edge case: "Petal's Locket" (Item 108) is mentioned in codex, but not in text?
Text mentions "Petal". Does not mention the locket. Omission is not a violation.

Text mentions "Kindling", "Burden", "Warden's Mail", "Harrowglass", "Nightbell", "Verity Beads".
Codex has all these.

Final verification of the Hemmen violation.
Codex: `aliases="the Eyeless"`
Text: `his ashen eyes`
Contradiction: Having eyes vs being Eyeless.
This is robust.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The character's alias is "the Eyeless", indicating he has no eyes, but the text states he has "ashen eyes" that turn toward the Spire.</violation>

Wait, could "detail" be `gender`? No. `species`? No.
What if I treat "the Eyeless" as a description of his physical state? The prompt says "use the exact name of the codex element or attribute". "aliases" is the attribute.

Another possibility: Did I miss a character detail?
Torben: Green eyes (Text: Green).
Sable: Brown eyes, Auburn hair (Text: No mention).
Grunn: Amber eyes, Gray hair (Text: No mention of eyes/hair color, just "dwarf").
Iselda: Violet eyes, White hair (Text: "pale features", "white ... wing").
Hemmen: White hair (Text: "ashen eyes" - error, "hands folded inside sleeves").
Mettik: Human (Text: Human).
Osrik: Red eyes, Black hair, Tiefling (Text: Red, Black, Tiefling).

It really is just the eyes.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The codex lists the alias "the Eyeless" for Brother Hemmen, implying he has no eyes, whereas the text describes him having "ashen eyes".</violation>

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

0.00%

Correct "no violations" response

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

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hasViolationsNoneTag	false
matchedPhrase	(null)

11.11%

No hallucinated violations

Response must not contain any <violation> tags

hasViolationTags	true
responseLength	20340
violationCount	8

5.5556%