Run: 2026-03-18-01KM085C3HZP0K3Z5YCBAZV1A8

Run Details

Model:
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
19.3s
Cost:
$0.001593
Provider:
Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
Details Link
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
89.87% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
29.08% AI-ism word frequency (details)
100.00% Cliché density (details)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell) (details)
99.13% Filter word density (details)
100.00% Gibberish response detection (details)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse (details)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks) (details)
55.90% Name drop frequency (details)
20.69% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse (details)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding) (details)
100.00% Paragraph length variance (details)
100.00% Passive voice overuse (details)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
63.03% Sentence opener variety (details)
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
57.56% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
99.57% Technical jargon density (details)
79.55% Useless dialogue additions (details)
53.23% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
78.2528% 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 loomed ahead, their grey surfaces etched with spirals that seemed to writhe when Rory squinted at them. The air smelled of crushed mint and something older, like damp earth and ozone. She hesitated at the threshold, sneakers crushing brittle lavender underfoot. Beside her, Nyx shifted form—edges blurring like ink in water—before solidifying into a humanoid silhouette with those eerie violet-glowing eyes. "It’s pulling harder here," they murmured, fingers brushing the nearest stone. The shadow didn’t recoil from the carvings. It *responded*. A ripple passed through Nyx’s form, as though the Veil itself whispered back. Isolde stepped forward without hesitation. Silver hair caught a light that shouldn’t exist—ghostly strands glowing where the sun couldn’t reach. "Don’t linger on thresholds, little crow. They remember faces." Her voice was light, almost amused, but Rory caught the way her laurel-green sleeves adjusted themselves as if cupped by unseen hands. Rory exhaled through her nose and crossed. The moment her left foot cleared the stone circle, the world tipped. Air thickened. Warm and cool simultaneously, like breathing through clover-scented smoke. A chime sounded—not through her ears, but inside her skull. Her vision blurred, then sharpened beyond clarity. Every petal in the lavender bed looked three-dimensional, every curve of the standing stones crystalline. Nyx’s whisper cut like a blade. "It’s watching." Isolde’s laugh came soft as silk. "Everything watches, shadow. That’s why we bring gifts." She plucked a withered dandelion from her pocket and tossed it into the grove. The bloom unfurled instantly, blossoming into something like a white poppy studded with silver veins. Rory’s fingers twitched toward her wrist where the Heartstone pendant usually hung—then stalled. She’d lost it in the flat above Silas’ bar during the Evan incident. Or maybe she’d pawned it. The memory felt like it belonged to someone else. A bird called. Not a sparrow, not a thrush, but something with a cry like wind through hollow bones. Rory scanned the trees—oak, ash, something she couldn’t name whose bark pulsed with faint blue veins. The forest floor crawled with mushrooms that glowed sapphire where stepped on, then dimmed behind. Nyx crouched, shadow pooling between their knees. "Prints fade," they noted. "No footprints. No claw marks. How do you walk without leaving traces?" Isolde knelt beside a toadstool the size of a dinner plate. It hissed when her dress hem grazed it. She smiled. "The grove keeps secrets, child. Even from those who know its name." Rory swallowed. "You’re saying it changes based on who’s here?" "Partly. And partly it’s selective." Isolde plucked a single silvered leaf, folding it into a tiny boat. When she set it on a mossy rock, the leaf didn’t float—it *rose*, defying gravity, drifting upward toward the canopy’s dappled light. Nyx reached out. Their fingers passed through the leaf midair like it wasn’t there. A frown tugged at the edges of their nonexistent mouth. "That shouldn’t be possible." "Shouldn’t," Isolde echoed, eyes half-lidded. "Rules dissolve here like salt in tears." A rustle. Too large for squirrel. Too deliberate for wind. Rory’s pulse thudded in her throat. She turned slowly, scanning the undergrowth. The blue-veined trees seemed to lean inward, creating a tunnel of watchful bark. "Someone else is here?" Isolde didn’t look up from weaving another paper-boat from petals. "Not someone." Nyx’s form sharpened, edges crisping like burnt paper. "Something, then." The rustle came again. Closer. Rory exhaled. "Okay. Nice and slow. We walk back to the stones." She took one step. Her boot crunched on something that shouldn’t break—emitting a sound like breaking glass but feeling like silk. She looked down. A patch of undergrowth lay crushed. Not by footstep. Not by animal. The stalks looked precisely *cut*. Delicate, surgical. And in the center sat a ring of emptiness—like a tiny fire had been set there and snuffed instantly. No ash. No burn mark. Just absence. Nyx crouched, spreading shadow-fingers over the circle. "Cold burn," they murmured. "Residue of something that shouldn’t exist here. A ward? A trap?" Rory knelt, ignoring the way the grove seemed to hiss around her. She reached into the emptiness. Her fingers passed through. But when she drew them back out, her left wrist burned. A silver chain snaked down from the shadows of her sleeve and coiled around her arm. Rory yelped, slapping at it. The chain dissolved before her fingers made contact. But not before she saw the pendant hanging at the end—a deep crimson heartstone pulsating faintly, like a heartbeat muffled by down. Isolde clapped her hands once. "Ah. There it is." Rory stared at her wrist. Nothing remained. Only the old crescent scar on her wrist ghosted white against her skin. "Did you—?" "You lost a gift. The grove found it." Isolde’s smile widened. "Gifts always return, little crow. Just not always the way you expect." Nyx stood abruptly, shadow stretching long and jagged toward the standing stones. "We’re not alone anymore." A chime echoed—not in their heads this time, but in the air. A high, clear note that made Rory’s teeth ache. Isolde’s ears twitched. Not from sound. From *meaning*. Rory rubbed her wrist. "What does that sound mean?" "Time’s loosening its grip." Isolde rose, silver hair whipping as if caught in a wind that didn’t exist. "We had minutes out here. We’ll have hours before we notice." Nyx stiffened. "Or days." The chime came again. Closer. Rory spun, scanning the blue-veined trees. "What’s making that sound?" Isolde’s gaze fixed on the treeline. "Not what. Who." A figure stepped from the shadows—a woman woven of pine needles and moonlight. Her dress shifted like autumn leaves, her eyes dark and ancient. She carried no weapon, but Rory felt the weight of unseen blades pressing against her ribs. The woman smiled, teeth too white, too sharp. "Welcome," she said, voice like falling petals. "I’ve been waiting for you to find me."
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native_tokens_prompt1795
native_tokens_completion2275
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native_tokens_reasoning888
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags11
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences31
tagDensity0.355
leniency0.71
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
89.87% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount987
totalAiIsmAdverbs2
found
0
adverb"slowly"
count1
1
adverb"precisely"
count1
highlights
0"slowly"
1"precisely"
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)
29.08% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount987
totalAiIsms14
found
0
word"loomed"
count1
1
word"etched"
count1
2
word"crystalline"
count1
3
word"whisper"
count1
4
word"silk"
count2
5
word"scanned"
count1
6
word"pulsed"
count1
7
word"echoed"
count2
8
word"pulse"
count1
9
word"scanning"
count2
10
word"weight"
count1
highlights
0"loomed"
1"etched"
2"crystalline"
3"whisper"
4"silk"
5"scanned"
6"pulsed"
7"echoed"
8"pulse"
9"scanning"
10"weight"
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
narrationSentences98
matches(empty)
99.13% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount3
narrationSentences98
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences119
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen32
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans4
markdownWords4
totalWords976
ratio0.004
matches
0"responded"
1"rose"
2"cut"
3"meaning"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions6
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
55.90% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions37
wordCount797
uniqueNames5
maxNameDensity1.88
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity3
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Rory15
Nyx9
Veil1
Heartstone1
Isolde11
persons
0"Rory"
1"Nyx"
2"Heartstone"
3"Isolde"
places(empty)
globalScore0.559
windowScore0.667
20.69% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences58
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"spirals that seemed to writhe when Rory squinted at them"
1"something like a white poppy studded with si"
2"felt like it belonged to someone else"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches4
per1kWords4.098
wordCount976
matches
0"not through her ears, but inside her skull"
1"Not a sparrow, not a thrush, but something with a cry like wind through hollow bones"
2"not a thrush, but something with a cry like wind through hollow bones"
3"not in their heads this time, but in the air"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences119
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs47
mean20.77
std13.86
cv0.668
sampleLengths
044
153
251
37
412
543
68
743
840
950
1023
1133
1210
1339
1428
1512
1610
1729
1812
1910
205
2112
224
2320
2419
2526
2622
2721
2811
2921
308
3122
329
3322
3423
3516
3621
378
389
3929
404
415
4210
439
4440
458
4615
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences98
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs158
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount12
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences11
totalSentences119
ratio0.092
matches
0"Beside her, Nyx shifted form—edges blurring like ink in water—before solidifying into a humanoid silhouette with those eerie violet-glowing eyes."
1"Silver hair caught a light that shouldn’t exist—ghostly strands glowing where the sun couldn’t reach."
2"A chime sounded—not through her ears, but inside her skull."
3"Rory’s fingers twitched toward her wrist where the Heartstone pendant usually hung—then stalled."
4"Rory scanned the trees—oak, ash, something she couldn’t name whose bark pulsed with faint blue veins."
5"When she set it on a mossy rock, the leaf didn’t float—it *rose*, defying gravity, drifting upward toward the canopy’s dappled light."
6"Her boot crunched on something that shouldn’t break—emitting a sound like breaking glass but feeling like silk."
7"And in the center sat a ring of emptiness—like a tiny fire had been set there and snuffed instantly."
8"But not before she saw the pendant hanging at the end—a deep crimson heartstone pulsating faintly, like a heartbeat muffled by down."
9"A chime echoed—not in their heads this time, but in the air."
10"A figure stepped from the shadows—a woman woven of pine needles and moonlight."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount365
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount14
adverbRatio0.038356164383561646
lyAdverbCount5
lyAdverbRatio0.0136986301369863
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences119
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences119
mean8.2
std5.73
cv0.698
sampleLengths
020
114
210
320
411
57
62
713
85
915
1031
117
1212
132
149
1510
167
1715
186
192
206
2122
2215
2313
2413
255
269
273
2816
2916
3015
317
324
3312
3411
358
362
3712
382
398
4017
4122
423
4311
4410
454
465
477
482
494
63.03% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats5
diversityRatio0.40336134453781514
totalSentences119
uniqueOpeners48
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount3
totalSentences82
matches
0"Too large for squirrel."
1"Too deliberate for wind."
2"Only the old crescent scar"
ratio0.037
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount17
totalSentences82
matches
0"She hesitated at the threshold,"
1"they murmured, fingers brushing the"
2"Her voice was light, almost"
3"Her vision blurred, then sharpened"
4"She plucked a withered dandelion"
5"She’d lost it in the"
6"It hissed when her dress"
7"Their fingers passed through the"
8"She turned slowly, scanning the"
9"She took one step."
10"Her boot crunched on something"
11"She looked down."
12"She reached into the emptiness."
13"Her fingers passed through."
14"Her dress shifted like autumn"
15"She carried no weapon, but"
16"she said, voice like falling"
ratio0.207
57.56% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount66
totalSentences82
matches
0"The standing stones loomed ahead,"
1"The air smelled of crushed"
2"She hesitated at the threshold,"
3"they murmured, fingers brushing the"
4"The shadow didn’t recoil from"
5"A ripple passed through Nyx’s"
6"Isolde stepped forward without hesitation."
7"Her voice was light, almost"
8"Rory exhaled through her nose"
9"The moment her left foot"
10"A chime sounded—not through her"
11"Her vision blurred, then sharpened"
12"Every petal in the lavender"
13"Nyx’s whisper cut like a"
14"Isolde’s laugh came soft as"
15"She plucked a withered dandelion"
16"The bloom unfurled instantly, blossoming"
17"Rory’s fingers twitched toward her"
18"She’d lost it in the"
19"The memory felt like it"
ratio0.805
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences82
matches(empty)
ratio0
99.57% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences33
technicalSentenceCount2
matches
0"Silver hair caught a light that shouldn’t exist—ghostly strands glowing where the sun couldn’t reach."
1"Her boot crunched on something that shouldn’t break—emitting a sound like breaking glass but feeling like silk."
79.55% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags11
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"they murmured, fingers brushing the nearest stone"
53.23% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags4
fancyCount3
fancyTags
0"they murmured (murmur)"
1"they noted (note)"
2"they murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences31
tagDensity0.129
leniency0.258
rawRatio0.75
effectiveRatio0.194
78.2528%