Run: 2026-03-18-01KM084TBA5XHJH1C6SEATA6XG

Run Details

Model:
Mistral Small 4
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
10.5s
Cost:
$0.000911
Provider:
Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
86.82% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
7.77% 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)
64.06% Name drop frequency (details)
0.00% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
66.84% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse (details)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding) (details)
100.00% Paragraph length variance (details)
100.00% Passive voice overuse (details)
99.75% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
98.71% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
67.35% Sentence opener variety (details)
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
22.50% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
66.33% Technical jargon density (details)
75.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
42.86% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
73.2667% 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 standing stones shimmered as the group passed through, their edges blurring like heat off pavement. The air thickened, heavy with the scent of blooming nightshade and something sweetly corrupt beneath. Rory’s breath hitched. The world twisted—the sky above shifted from deep twilight to amber, like molten honey poured between fingers. “Did you see that?” Eva whispered beside her. “The sky—” “Feeling’s different,” Silas grunted, gripping the strap of his satchel. “Like breathing through wet wool.” Nyx flowed between them, their edges blurring in the dim light. A ripple of dark silk before they solidified into a tall silhouette, their violet eyes glowing faintly against the twilight. “Time bends here,” Nyx said, voice like wind through dry reeds. “Hours in, seconds out. Stay close.” Rory’s fingers brushed the pendant beneath her shirt. It thrummed, faint and warm, like a heartbeat against her sternum. Beyond the stones, the grove yawned open. Trees arched like supplicants, their leaves silvered with an unnatural sheen, shifting colors without wind—deep violet, then sickly green, then the amber of autumn fire. The flowers never wilted. Some pulsed with inner light, their petals curling in slow, deliberate movement, as if breathing. A thorned vine curled around Rory’s wrist, cold and smooth, before retracting with a whisper of leaves. Eva stumbled. “What the hell was that?” “Friendly,” Nyx said dryly. A path materialized between the trees, paved with irregular stones worn smooth by centuries of unseen steps. Rory followed it, boots sinking slightly into soft, loamy earth that felt almost alive beneath her feet. The silence wasn’t empty. It buzzed. A low harmonic hum vibrated through Rory’s teeth, like the air before a storm. Far off, something chittered—too fast, too high, not quite a bird. “Footsteps don’t leave prints here,” Rory murmured. Silas glanced down. “Damn.” Isolde walked ahead, silver hair tangled with petals that never fell. She stopped beneath an ancient oak whose trunk split into seven gnarled arms, each bearing a different fruit: one golden, one black as poison, one pulsing faintly with inner light, one shaped like a heart, one that smelled of burnt sugar, one that dripped viscous sap like tears. Isolde touched the heart-shaped fruit. It split open. A single seed floated into her palm, shimmering like mercury. “It knows we’re here,” she said. A whisper slithered through the branches—*we know we’re here; we know we’re here—* Rory flinched. Eva grabbed her arm. “Did you hear that?” Nyx tilted their head. “It’s listening.” The pendant pulsed again, stronger this time, radiating heat against Rory’s chest. She pulled it free. The ruby glowed faintly, like embers in a dying fire. “It’s reacting,” she said. Isolde held out her hand. The mercury seed coiled into her palm like a serpent. “This isn’t just a grove,” she said. “It’s a threshold. A bridge.” A gust of wind rushed through the clearing, carrying the scent of roasted meat and something older—like ash and salt and melted bone. Silas tensed. “People don’t eat here, do they?” Isolde smiled without warmth. “Gluttony never sleeps.” Beyond the oak, the ground sloped downward into a bowl-shaped hollow. The hollow was filled with water—not still, but churning, black as ink and thick as oil. Half-submerged stones jutted like broken teeth. And on those stones lay figures. Not statues. Not corpses. Something between—pale, emaciated forms with limbs elongated, stretched like taffy, eyes sunken and blind. Their mouths hung open, feeding tubes emerging from their chests, connecting to the water like leeches. Rory gagged. The stench hit her like a punch—rotten honey, spoiled milk, burnt hair. “What in God’s name—” “Souls,” Nyx said, voice hushed. “Trapped in the current.” Eva retched. “They’re still alive?” “Alive in the way you are alive in a dream,” Isolde said. “Conscious. Hungry. Forever.” The water rippled. A face surfaced—a woman, her hair long and greasy, her lips blue. She smiled with too many teeth. Feed us, her voice hissed in their minds. Give us what we lack. Rory stumbled back. The pendant burned her palm. Isolde dropped the seed into the water. It dissolved with a soft hiss. The figures convulsed. Their tubes retracted. The water stilled. Silence returned. The air lightened. The grove exhaled. Eva wiped her mouth. “Jesus.” Isolde turned, her lavender eyes glowing faintly. “We’ve passed the first gate.” Nyx flicked a shadow from their wrist. “Where to now, seer? Or are we just grazing on riddles?” Isolde smiled. “Beyond the weeping willow.” And as they followed, Rory noticed the trees weren’t just listening—they were *watching*.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags10
adverbTagCount1
adverbTags
0"Nyx said dryly [dryly]"
dialogueSentences28
tagDensity0.357
leniency0.714
rawRatio0.1
effectiveRatio0.071
86.82% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount759
totalAiIsmAdverbs2
found
0
adverb"sweetly"
count1
1
adverb"slightly"
count1
highlights
0"sweetly"
1"slightly"
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)
7.77% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount759
totalAiIsms14
found
0
word"shimmered"
count1
1
word"silk"
count1
2
word"pulsed"
count2
3
word"whisper"
count2
4
word"almost alive"
count1
5
word"silence"
count2
6
word"vibrated"
count1
7
word"footsteps"
count1
8
word"warmth"
count1
9
word"churning"
count1
10
word"flicked"
count1
highlights
0"shimmered"
1"silk"
2"pulsed"
3"whisper"
4"almost alive"
5"silence"
6"vibrated"
7"footsteps"
8"warmth"
9"churning"
10"flicked"
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
narrationSentences79
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount2
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences79
filterMatches
0"know know"
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences97
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen48
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans2
markdownWords9
totalWords751
ratio0.012
matches
0"we know we’re here; we know we’re here—"
1"watching"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions12
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
64.06% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions33
wordCount640
uniqueNames5
maxNameDensity1.72
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity3
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Silas3
Nyx6
Rory11
Isolde8
Eva5
persons
0"Silas"
1"Nyx"
2"Rory"
3"Isolde"
4"Eva"
places(empty)
globalScore0.641
windowScore0.667
0.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences40
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"as if breathing"
1"not quite a bird"
2"Something between—pale, emaciated forms with li"
66.84% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords1.332
wordCount751
matches
0"not still, but churning, black as ink"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences97
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs48
mean15.65
std13.77
cv0.88
sampleLengths
051
110
215
331
417
519
67
761
87
94
1034
1131
127
134
1459
1518
166
1713
182
198
206
2126
224
2315
2412
2523
268
277
2833
296
3034
3114
324
339
345
3515
3621
3713
388
3913
409
412
426
435
4412
4518
466
4713
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences79
matches
0"was filled"
99.75% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount2
totalVerbs133
matches
0"were *watching"
1"weren’t just listening"
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount11
semicolonCount1
flaggedSentences10
totalSentences97
ratio0.103
matches
0"The world twisted—the sky above shifted from deep twilight to amber, like molten honey poured between fingers."
1"Trees arched like supplicants, their leaves silvered with an unnatural sheen, shifting colors without wind—deep violet, then sickly green, then the amber of autumn fire."
2"Far off, something chittered—too fast, too high, not quite a bird."
3"A whisper slithered through the branches—*we know we’re here; we know we’re here—*"
4"A gust of wind rushed through the clearing, carrying the scent of roasted meat and something older—like ash and salt and melted bone."
5"The hollow was filled with water—not still, but churning, black as ink and thick as oil."
6"Something between—pale, emaciated forms with limbs elongated, stretched like taffy, eyes sunken and blind."
7"The stench hit her like a punch—rotten honey, spoiled milk, burnt hair."
8"A face surfaced—a woman, her hair long and greasy, her lips blue."
9"And as they followed, Rory noticed the trees weren’t just listening—they were *watching*."
98.71% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount651
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount27
adverbRatio0.041474654377880185
lyAdverbCount8
lyAdverbRatio0.01228878648233487
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences97
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences97
mean7.74
std6.66
cv0.861
sampleLengths
016
115
23
317
48
52
610
75
811
920
1011
116
128
1311
147
1525
164
1715
1817
192
205
214
2217
2317
244
252
2614
2711
287
293
301
3111
3248
335
343
3510
366
3713
382
394
404
414
422
4312
444
4510
464
475
4810
497
67.35% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats3
diversityRatio0.422680412371134
totalSentences97
uniqueOpeners41
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences64
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount8
totalSentences64
matches
0"It thrummed, faint and warm,"
1"She stopped beneath an ancient"
2"It split open."
3"She pulled it free."
4"Their mouths hung open, feeding"
5"She smiled with too many"
6"It dissolved with a soft"
7"Their tubes retracted."
ratio0.125
22.50% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount56
totalSentences64
matches
0"The standing stones shimmered as"
1"The air thickened, heavy with"
2"Rory’s breath hitched."
3"The world twisted—the sky above"
4"Eva whispered beside her"
5"Silas grunted, gripping the strap"
6"Nyx flowed between them, their"
7"A ripple of dark silk"
8"Nyx said, voice like wind"
9"Rory’s fingers brushed the pendant"
10"It thrummed, faint and warm,"
11"Trees arched like supplicants, their"
12"The flowers never wilted."
13"Some pulsed with inner light,"
14"A thorned vine curled around"
15"Nyx said dryly"
16"A path materialized between the"
17"Rory followed it, boots sinking"
18"The silence wasn’t empty."
19"A low harmonic hum vibrated"
ratio0.875
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences64
matches(empty)
ratio0
66.33% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences28
technicalSentenceCount3
matches
0"Some pulsed with inner light, their petals curling in slow, deliberate movement, as if breathing."
1"Rory followed it, boots sinking slightly into soft, loamy earth that felt almost alive beneath her feet."
2"Their mouths hung open, feeding tubes emerging from their chests, connecting to the water like leeches."
75.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags10
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"Nyx said, voice hushed"
42.86% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags10
fancyCount3
fancyTags
0"Eva whispered (whisper)"
1"Silas grunted (grunt)"
2"Rory murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences28
tagDensity0.357
leniency0.714
rawRatio0.3
effectiveRatio0.214
73.2667%