Run: 2026-09-01-01M1EP1ANGV067FV0GM1CJQXE5

Run Details

Model:
Thinking Machines Inkling Small (Reasoning, High)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
34.7s
Cost:
$0.005694
Provider:
DeepInfra

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
100.00% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
27.21% 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)
47.96% Name drop frequency (details)
51.96% 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)
35.04% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
38.68% Sentence opener variety (details)
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
17.97% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
23.81% Technical jargon density (details)
97.22% Useless dialogue additions (details)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
74.6616% 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 oak standing stones marked the boundary like broken teeth against grey sky. Rory pushed through the last gap. The air turned sweet, heavy with pollen that had no business blooming in January. Behind her, Nyx dissolved into a whisper of violet light and shadow, then reformed, sharper than before. "There’s no path," Nyx said. Their voice carried wind. Isolde stepped through without touching stone. Her silver hair reached her waist and moved like water. She left no footprints in the crushed leaf. "You came for answers," Isolde said. "The grove offers only questions." Rory touched the small crescent scar on her left wrist. The Heartstone Pendant hung warm against her collarbone, a faint crimson glow visible only when she flicked her gaze down. "I’m not sure what I came for." "That is the beginning of wisdom," Isolde said. The ground beneath their boots was moss that glowed faintly, not with fire but with memory. Wildflowers bloomed in impossible clusters—violet and gold and a violet so dark it looked like bruises—around the base of ancient oaks that twisted into arches above. The air smelled of honey, wet earth, and something older, like the page of a book left open too long. The grove hummed. Not with birds or wind, but with a low vibration in the teeth, a sound that came from the roots. Rory pulled the Fae-Forged Blade from her coat. Moonsilver caught the filtered light. It stayed cold, always cold, a leaf-shaped dagger that hummed against her palm. "This doesn’t feel right here." "Nothing feels right," Nyx said, scanning the shadows. "The Veil thins. I can feel the tear." Isolde turned. Her pale lavender eyes caught the light. "The Veil weakens when winter turns. The grove sits between. You are not in Richmond Park now. You are in the pocket." Time bent. Rory glanced at her wrist where the watch had once ticked. The hands had stopped. The sun above the canopy remained fixed, a golden coin that refused to slide. "We walked five minutes," Rory said. "Outside, years may pass," Isolde said. "Inside, we taste eternity." They moved deeper. The wildflowers parted like a crowd yielding to royalty, but they had no souls, only color. The trees leaned inward, their branches knotted together into a ceiling that crushed out the sky. The air grew thick with the scent of blooming things that never died, flowers that opened and closed in rhythms that matched no season. Nyx shifted, their form folding into shadow, then solid again at Rory’s side. "I’m picking up residue. Something passed through recently." "Residue," Isolde said, her words twisting. "The grove remembers footprints in the air. The Wardens do not come here. The Wardens fear this silence." Unease settled in Rory’s chest like a stone. The crescent scar on her wrist throbbed. The pendant pulsed faintly, not with the heat of Hel portals, but with a different warmth—something that knew her, that had been given by an unknown benefactor and now spoke in her blood. She stepped over a root that looked like a twisted hand. The moss beneath squished, releasing a chill that had nothing to do with winter. "You’re looking at the roots," Nyx said. "I see a door," Rory said. Not a door of wood, but a threshold of light. The wildflowers ended at a ring of stones older than the oak boundary. At the center, a pool of still water reflected a sky that was not the sky above. The pool did not ripple. It held a silence heavier than the grove. Isolde moved toward the ring. She walked without sound. "The Fae do not build doors. They leave gaps. This is a gap." "Into what?" Rory asked. Isolde turned to face her. "Into the courts where I was born. Into the memory of your own heart. Into the space between birth and death." Nyx materialized partly inside the shadow of the trees, partly outside, their violet eyes glowing like bruises on milk. "The Blade can cut the wards, but the wards here are not magical. They are time." Rory held the Blade out. It stayed cold, luminescent in the filtered moonlight that somehow reached them despite the canopy. "I didn’t ask for this." "You asked by walking in," Isolde said. "The grove chooses. The stones drink the minutes." Rory stepped closer to the pool. The reflection showed her with straight shoulder-length black hair, bright blue eyes, and the crescent scar glinting on her left wrist. But the reflection moved differently—older, or younger, impossible to say. The Heartstone Pendant glowed brighter, its deep crimson gem pulsing with a rhythm that matched her heartbeat. "There's something in the water," Rory said. "Always," Isolde said. "The grove feeds on seekers. It doesn’t give them answers. It gives them the questions they already carry." Nyx spread shadow arms, testing the boundary between solid and incorporeal. The air shivered. The wildflowers trembled. "We should leave. The Veil is closing." But Rory didn’t move. She looked down at the pool and saw not her own face, but a vision of Dymas—warm amber skies, sprawling vineyards, orchards heavy with exotic fruit, the smell of grand feasts and helbound souls. The vision lasted only a breath. The water went dark. "Gluttony," Rory said. "Not here," Isolde said. "Not in the grove. You carry that in your blood, child. The pendant knows." The pendant grew hot against her collarbone, a pulse of warmth that spoke of Hel, of Prince Belphegor, of excess that devoured. Rory touched it with her scarred wrist. The warmth did not burn. It whispered. Nyx pulled at her shadow, urging her back toward the oak stones. "The walls are shifting. The grove remembers you now." Rory turned. The wildflowers had begun to close, petals folding inward like fists. The moss faded to grey. The stones at the boundary looked farther than they should, as if distance itself had stretched to claim them. "We came to find," Rory said. "You came to enter," Isolde corrected. "That is the only discovery." The three moved back through the closing gap. The air turned sharp, then ordinary. The scent of pollen vanished, replaced by winter rain and the distant smell of a bar, of Silas’ place, of London streets that had never left her. But in her pocket, the Heartstone Pendant continued its faint pulse. The Blade stayed cold in her coat. And in the hidden clearing of Richmond Park, the wildflowers kept blooming, unseen, the grove breathing behind the standing stones, waiting for the next footstep that might break the silence.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags18
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences35
tagDensity0.514
leniency1
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
100.00% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1099
totalAiIsmAdverbs0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
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)
27.21% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1099
totalAiIsms16
found
0
word"whisper"
count1
1
word"flicked"
count1
2
word"scanning"
count1
3
word"silence"
count3
4
word"throbbed"
count1
5
word"pulsed"
count1
6
word"warmth"
count3
7
word"chill"
count1
8
word"glinting"
count1
9
word"trembled"
count1
10
word"pulse"
count2
highlights
0"whisper"
1"flicked"
2"scanning"
3"silence"
4"throbbed"
5"pulsed"
6"warmth"
7"chill"
8"glinting"
9"trembled"
10"pulse"
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
narrationSentences88
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences88
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences106
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
repeatedSegmentCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen35
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords1094
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions18
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
47.96% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions56
wordCount833
uniqueNames15
maxNameDensity2.04
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
January1
Nyx8
Rory17
Heartstone3
Pendant3
Fae-Forged1
Blade3
Isolde12
Unease1
Hel2
Dymas1
Prince1
Belphegor1
Richmond1
Park1
persons
0"Nyx"
1"Rory"
2"Pendant"
3"Blade"
4"Isolde"
5"Unease"
6"Prince"
7"Belphegor"
places
0"January"
1"Richmond"
2"Park"
globalScore0.48
windowScore0.5
51.96% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences51
glossingSentenceCount2
matches
0"looked like bruises—around the base of an"
1"looked like a twisted hand"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches5
per1kWords4.57
wordCount1094
matches
0"not with fire but with memory"
1"Not with birds or wind, but with a low vibration in the teeth, a sound"
2"not with the heat of Hel portals, but with a different warmth"
3"Not a door of wood, but a threshold of light"
4"not her own face, but a vision of Dymas"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences106
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs41
mean26.68
std18.12
cv0.679
sampleLengths
050
19
224
311
437
58
685
731
816
931
1031
116
1210
1359
1421
1524
1648
1725
187
196
2053
2122
224
2326
2435
2525
2615
2754
287
2921
3024
3148
323
3318
3436
3521
3637
376
3811
3941
4048
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences88
matches
0"been given"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs151
matches(empty)
35.04% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount5
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences4
totalSentences106
ratio0.038
matches
0"Wildflowers bloomed in impossible clusters—violet and gold and a violet so dark it looked like bruises—around the base of ancient oaks that twisted into arches above."
1"The pendant pulsed faintly, not with the heat of Hel portals, but with a different warmth—something that knew her, that had been given by an unknown benefactor and now spoke in her blood."
2"But the reflection moved differently—older, or younger, impossible to say."
3"She looked down at the pool and saw not her own face, but a vision of Dymas—warm amber skies, sprawling vineyards, orchards heavy with exotic fruit, the smell of grand feasts and helbound souls."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount793
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount24
adverbRatio0.03026481715006305
lyAdverbCount8
lyAdverbRatio0.01008827238335435
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences106
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences106
mean10.32
std7.03
cv0.681
sampleLengths
013
16
214
317
45
54
66
710
88
96
105
1110
1220
137
148
1516
1626
1720
183
1920
208
215
2213
235
248
258
262
277
2822
292
3011
314
3214
336
346
354
363
3716
3816
3924
4013
418
426
4318
448
457
4633
4711
4814
497
38.68% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats12
diversityRatio0.29245283018867924
totalSentences106
uniqueOpeners31
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences69
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount11
totalSentences69
matches
0"Their voice carried wind."
1"Her silver hair reached her"
2"She left no footprints in"
3"It stayed cold, always cold,"
4"Her pale lavender eyes caught"
5"They moved deeper."
6"She stepped over a root"
7"It held a silence heavier"
8"She walked without sound."
9"It stayed cold, luminescent in"
10"She looked down at the"
ratio0.159
17.97% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount61
totalSentences69
matches
0"The oak standing stones marked"
1"Rory pushed through the last"
2"The air turned sweet, heavy"
3"Their voice carried wind."
4"Isolde stepped through without touching"
5"Her silver hair reached her"
6"She left no footprints in"
7"Rory touched the small crescent"
8"The Heartstone Pendant hung warm"
9"The ground beneath their boots"
10"Wildflowers bloomed in impossible clusters—violet"
11"The air smelled of honey,"
12"The grove hummed."
13"Rory pulled the Fae-Forged Blade"
14"Moonsilver caught the filtered light."
15"It stayed cold, always cold,"
16"Nyx said, scanning the shadows"
17"Her pale lavender eyes caught"
18"Rory glanced at her wrist"
19"The hands had stopped."
ratio0.884
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences69
matches(empty)
ratio0
23.81% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences36
technicalSentenceCount6
matches
0"Wildflowers bloomed in impossible clusters—violet and gold and a violet so dark it looked like bruises—around the base of ancient oaks that twisted into arches …"
1"It stayed cold, always cold, a leaf-shaped dagger that hummed against her palm."
2"The pendant pulsed faintly, not with the heat of Hel portals, but with a different warmth—something that knew her, that had been given by an unknown benefactor …"
3"The Heartstone Pendant glowed brighter, its deep crimson gem pulsing with a rhythm that matched her heartbeat."
4"The pendant grew hot against her collarbone, a pulse of warmth that spoke of Hel, of Prince Belphegor, of excess that devoured."
5"And in the hidden clearing of Richmond Park, the wildflowers kept blooming, unseen, the grove breathing behind the standing stones, waiting for the next footste…"
97.22% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags18
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"Isolde said, her words twisting"
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags17
fancyCount1
fancyTags
0"Isolde corrected (correct)"
dialogueSentences35
tagDensity0.486
leniency0.971
rawRatio0.059
effectiveRatio0.057
74.6616%