Run: 2026-09-03-01M1KY0W4KXDS1G1K6165XJ0TZ

Run Details

Model:
Qwen 3.8 27B (Reasoning, XHigh)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
4m 59s
Cost:
$0.048453
Provider:
Cloudflare

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)
76.59% 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)
56.44% Name drop frequency (details)
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
100.00% "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)
100.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
94.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
38.19% Sentence opener variety (details)
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
91.84% Technical jargon density (details)
100.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
85.2354% 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 winter dark lay over Richmond Park when the standing stones caught the moon. Rory stopped at the edge of the hidden clearing, the Heartstone pendant growing hot against her collarbone. Nyx rose from the shadow of an oak, violet eyes bright in the gloom. Isolde stood among the wildflowers, silver hair loose, her feet clean of mud. Isolde's hand lifted one silver finger. "Your stone speaks to a wound." Rory's fingers tightened on the Fae-forged blade at her hip. The moonsilver edge caught the moon and held the light. "It warms when the Veil thins." Nyx leaned toward the nearest stone, the shadow at their shoulder folding. "It is thin here. Thinner than a knife's edge." The three stones rang. The sound had no echo. The soil under the circle fell away from the air itself, as if the earth had opened a mouth. Isolde's hair moved without wind. "The gate does not ask permission." Nyx stepped into the dark gap. Their outline bent around the edge. Rory counted to four, then followed. The air on the other side pressed warm and thick with sugar, smoke, and the green sting of crushed leaves. Rory's breath came in a long ribbon. Amber light fell from a sky without stars. A terrace of pale stone spread across a valley, cut in concentric rings. Vineyards climbed the rings, their grapes heavy and black as wet ink. Orchards leaned over each other, branches bent by fruit that held its own light. Rory heard insects in the vine leaves. Each wing carried a pinprick of gold. The orchards exhaled a sweet rot, the smell of fruit ready to fall. A stone path split the moss, worn smooth by feet that did not exist. Rory's foot sank into moss. The moss closed over the dent before her heel lifted. Isolde's footprints vanished as the tile closed. Nyx left nothing. Rory left a shallow mark that filled under her gaze. The ground turned its head. The terrace stretched before them. Tables stood in long rows, laden with silver plates, cups, and bowls. The food on them steamed. Bread lay sliced. Fish glistened with oil. A pot of stew bubbled on a brazier, the smell rolling out in waves. A bridge crossed the terrace, its railing carved into the shape of grapes that opened into tiny mouths. A bell tower rose at the centre, hollow and empty, its mouth facing the sky. Nyx moved to the nearest table. Their hand passed through a copper cup, and the metal chimed. "The feast expects company." Rory touched the edge of a plate. The ceramic was warm. A carved crest ran along the rim: a crown above a goblet, a tongue coiled beneath. "Who set this?" Isolde tilted her head, lavender eyes catching the amber light. "The place is older than the hunger it feeds." A laugh rose from the valley floor. It came from a kitchen carved into the stone, an archway open to a row of ovens. The fire inside burned white. The clatter of pans cut through the warmth. Rory, Nyx, and Isolde descended the first ring. Rory's fingers brushed a vine. The leaves turned to face her. She pulled her hand back. The fruit did not fall, but the stem wept a bead of juice. The moss underfoot turned to polished tile. The walls bore tiles shaped like grapes, figs, and broken teeth. A fountain ran in the centre of the courtyard, not with water but with wine, a deep red that spread in a thin sheet over stone and overflowed into a drain shaped like a wolf's mouth. The liquid did not splash. It moved in a smooth, living curve. The wine fountain ticked as it overflowed. The sound came from the drain, a small stone tongue working in the dark. Rory's pendant pulled at her throat. The inner glow of the Heartstone rose through the fabric of her coat. "It knows this air." Nyx's form darkened. "The air knows it too." They reached the kitchen doors. The heat hit Rory first, a wall of dry heat that dried the sweat on her temples. Inside, the ovens glowed in long rows. Shelves held jars of honey, salt, dried chilies, and black pepper. Copper pots hung from a ceiling of stone ribs, each pot bearing a name in faded ink. A ledger lay open on the counter. The pages held lists in a cramped hand: names, weights, dates, and one line crossed out through the paper. One cook stood at a counter. He was thin, his apron stained with fat and ash. A brand marked the inside of his wrist, a small spiral of black scar tissue. His eyes fixed on Rory's pendant. He did not blink. "Guests." Rory stepped closer. The man flinched, and a steel ladle clattered from his hand. "The Prince tastes at the ninth bell." Nyx leaned over the counter. "Which Prince?" The cook's mouth worked. His hand reached for a knife. The shadow under his fingers writhed, as if something behind him leaned forward. "Ask him why he eats." Isolde's foot found the floor and left no mark. The cook's eyes slid to her. His face drained of colour. "You are not of the table." Isolde's voice carried the sound of leaves in a closed room. "The table has no edge." Rory turned. Beyond the ovens, a passage opened into a hall. Doors of dark wood stood lined along the walls. Each door bore a small plate: a number, a name, a date. The dates were long dead. One plate read only a single word in red ink: Belphegor. The hall went quiet. The fire in the ovens leaned toward her. Rory's hand moved to the Fae blade. The dagger grew cold in her fist. "This is not a feast hall." Nyx's violet eyes narrowed. "It is a mouth." The cook crossed himself. The sign trembled in his fingers. "Go back before the knives remember your names." Rory looked at the pendant. The crimson stone pulsed like a knock under her skin. "Back where?" Isolde stepped between them and the passage. The wildflowers around her turned toward the hall, though they stood indoors, roots loosening from the tiles. The amber light bent over Isolde's silver hair. Isolde's eyes held the hall's edge. "The place that eats first gives a seat." Rory drew the blade. The cold climbed her wrist.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags0
100.00% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1068
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)
76.59% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1068
totalAiIsms5
found
0
word"gloom"
count1
1
word"echo"
count1
2
word"warmth"
count1
3
word"trembled"
count1
4
word"pulsed"
count1
highlights
0"gloom"
1"echo"
2"warmth"
3"trembled"
4"pulsed"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches1
maxInWindow1
found
0
label"eyes widened/narrowed"
count1
highlights
0"eyes narrowed"
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences107
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences107
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences127
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
repeatedSegmentCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen36
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords1068
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions3
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
56.44% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions46
wordCount962
uniqueNames9
maxNameDensity1.87
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity2.5
worstWindowName"Isolde"
discoveredNames
Richmond1
Park1
Heartstone2
Fae-forged1
Nyx9
Isolde11
Rory18
Belphegor1
Fae2
persons
0"Nyx"
1"Isolde"
2"Rory"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
2"Fae"
globalScore0.564
windowScore0.833
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences77
glossingSentenceCount0
matches(empty)
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords0.936
wordCount1068
matches
0"not with water but with wine, a deep red"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences127
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs62
mean17.23
std15.6
cv0.906
sampleLengths
058
16
26
320
46
512
69
728
85
96
1018
1135
1239
1341
1415
1520
165
1743
1833
1917
204
2127
223
2310
249
2545
2629
2766
2821
2919
304
313
325
3357
3426
356
3635
371
3814
397
405
412
4223
435
4420
456
4611
475
4848
4912
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences107
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs142
matches(empty)
100.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount0
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences0
totalSentences127
ratio0
matches(empty)
94.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount963
adjectiveStacks1
stackExamples
0"growing hot against her"
adverbCount7
adverbRatio0.007268951194184839
lyAdverbCount1
lyAdverbRatio0.0010384215991692627
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences127
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences127
mean8.41
std4.91
cv0.584
sampleLengths
014
117
214
313
46
56
610
710
86
912
109
114
125
1319
145
156
166
176
186
1920
207
218
2213
2312
2414
257
267
2713
2814
295
3010
317
323
3310
345
355
3612
375
383
394
4014
4118
4215
436
4411
454
467
474
4816
493
38.19% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats15
diversityRatio0.25984251968503935
totalSentences127
uniqueOpeners33
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences106
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount11
totalSentences106
matches
0"Their outline bent around the"
1"Their hand passed through a"
2"It came from a kitchen"
3"She pulled her hand back."
4"It moved in a smooth,"
5"They reached the kitchen doors."
6"He was thin, his apron"
7"His eyes fixed on Rory's"
8"He did not blink."
9"His hand reached for a"
10"His face drained of colour."
ratio0.104
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount102
totalSentences106
matches
0"The winter dark lay over"
1"Rory stopped at the edge"
2"Nyx rose from the shadow"
3"Isolde stood among the wildflowers,"
4"Isolde's hand lifted one silver"
5"Rory's fingers tightened on the"
6"The moonsilver edge caught the"
7"Nyx leaned toward the nearest"
8"The three stones rang."
9"The sound had no echo."
10"The soil under the circle"
11"Isolde's hair moved without wind."
12"Nyx stepped into the dark"
13"Their outline bent around the"
14"Rory counted to four, then"
15"The air on the other"
16"Rory's breath came in a"
17"Amber light fell from a"
18"A terrace of pale stone"
19"Vineyards climbed the rings, their"
ratio0.962
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences106
matches(empty)
ratio0
91.84% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences42
technicalSentenceCount3
matches
0"Orchards leaned over each other, branches bent by fruit that held its own light."
1"The heat hit Rory first, a wall of dry heat that dried the sweat on her temples."
2"The shadow under his fingers writhed, as if something behind him leaned forward."
100.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags0
uselessAdditionCount0
matches(empty)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags0
85.2354%