Run: 2026-09-25-01M3CKEK5J00BHE2XJRK2QD3C3

Run Details

Model:
Mistral Medium 3.5 (Reasoning)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
10.4s
Cost:
$0.011978
Provider:
Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
94.29% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
0.00% 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)
51.57% Name drop frequency (details)
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
85.19% "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)
99.82% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
48.03% Sentence opener variety (details)
100.00% 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)
81.63% Technical jargon density (details)
0.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
78.6845% 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 ancient oak standing stones loomed before them, their gnarled roots twisting into the earth like the fingers of some long-forgotten giant. Rory adjusted the strap of her delivery bag, the familiar weight of the Heartstone Pendant warm against her collarbone. Its faint pulse had guided them here, through the mist-laden paths of Richmond Park, to this hidden grove. Nyx shifted beside her, their form rippling between solid and shadow. "This place hums." Rory glanced at them. "Humming’s better than screaming." A breeze stirred the silver hair of Isolde, who stood between the stones, her lavender eyes half-lidded. "The Grove does not scream. It sings." She stepped forward, her bare feet making no sound on the mossy ground. The air shimmered where she passed, as if the world itself hesitated to let her go. Rory followed, the scent of wildflowers thick in the air—jasmine, honeysuckle, things she had no name for. The colours here were too bright, too alive, as if someone had taken the world and turned up the saturation. The trees arched overhead, their leaves a canopy of emerald and gold, whispering secrets in a language just beyond understanding. The ground beneath her boots was soft, spongy, as if she walked on living flesh. She crouched, brushing her fingers against the moss. It recoiled slightly, then curled back around her touch. Nyx’s voice came from the shadows ahead. "The light bends wrong here." Rory straightened. The shadows *did* move oddly, stretching too long or pooling too deep, as if the light itself was afraid to touch certain places. She adjusted the Fae-Forged Blade at her belt, its cold weight a comfort. Isolde had given it to her weeks ago, its moonsilver edge gleaming even in the dimness of the Grove. A sound cut through the stillness—a chime, clear and high, like a glass bell struck by a breeze. Rory turned, scanning the trees. "Did you hear that?" Isolde smiled, cryptic as ever. "The Grove speaks in many tongues." Nyx’s form flickered, their violet eyes glowing faintly in the dappled light. "Something watches." Rory’s fingers twitched toward the dagger. "Friendly?" "Curious." A rustle in the undergrowth. Rory spun, heart pounding, but it was only a fox—no, not a fox. Its fur was too white, its eyes too knowing. It tilted its head, then dissolved into mist before her eyes. She exhaled. "Okay. That was new." Isolde’s laughter was soft, like wind through leaves. "The Grove plays with those who do not belong." Rory pressed on, the air growing thicker, heavier, as if the Grove itself was breathing. The trees here were older, their bark etched with symbols that made her eyes ache if she stared too long. The Heartstone pulsed stronger, its warmth seeping into her skin. Then the trees parted. A clearing stretched before them, its centre dominated by a pool of water so still it looked like glass. The surface reflected not the sky, but a swirling void of stars, as if the pool was a window to another place entirely. Wildflowers ringed its edge, their petals shifting colours like a living rainbow. Nyx materialised beside her, their form solidifying. "That’s not water." Rory knelt, dipping her fingers into the pool. The surface rippled, but the reflection didn’t. Her fingers came away dry. "No. It’s not." Isolde stepped forward, her silver hair catching the light. "The Mirror of the Between. It shows what was, what is, what may be." Rory peered closer. The stars in the pool’s depths swirled, forming shapes—a city burning, a figure with violet eyes, a dagger plunging into darkness. She jerked back. "That’s not just a mirror." "Nothing here is just anything," Isolde murmured. Nyx’s shadow stretched long across the clearing. "We’re not alone." Rory’s grip tightened on the dagger. The air had changed, charged, like the moment before a storm. The flowers around the pool trembled, their petals curling inward. Then the whispers started. Soft at first, a murmur just at the edge of hearing. Then louder, a chorus of voices overlapping, speaking in tongues that made Rory’s teeth ache. She clapped her hands over her ears, but the sound wasn’t outside—it was *inside*, vibrating in her bones. Isolde’s voice cut through the din. "Do not listen." Nyx’s form rippled, their edges blurring. "They’re in the walls." The whispers coiled around Rory’s mind, slithering into her thoughts. *Aurora.* The voice was familiar, yet wrong, like Evan’s but twisted, hollowed out. *You can’t run forever.* Her breath hitched. The pool’s surface darkened, the stars snuffing out one by one. The whispers rose to a crescendo, a cacophony of pleading, laughing, weeping. Then silence. The pool was just water now, its surface calm. The whispers were gone. Rory’s hands shook. "What the hell was that?" Isolde’s gaze was distant. "Echoes. The Grove remembers all who pass through it." Nyx’s voice was a whisper on the wind. "And some echoes do not wish to be forgotten." Rory swallowed, the taste of copper in her mouth. The Heartstone’s pulse had steadied, its warmth now a dull ember against her skin. She looked around the clearing, the wonder of it now tinged with something darker. The Grove was beautiful. But beauty, she knew, was often the sharpest blade.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags2
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences22
tagDensity0.091
leniency0.182
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
94.29% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount876
totalAiIsmAdverbs1
found
0
adverb"slightly"
count1
highlights
0"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)
0.00% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount876
totalAiIsms25
found
0
word"loomed"
count1
1
word"familiar"
count2
2
word"weight"
count2
3
word"pulse"
count2
4
word"shimmered"
count1
5
word"gleaming"
count1
6
word"scanning"
count1
7
word"flickered"
count1
8
word"pounding"
count1
9
word"etched"
count1
10
word"pulsed"
count1
11
word"warmth"
count2
12
word"depths"
count1
13
word"charged"
count1
14
word"trembled"
count1
15
word"cacophony"
count1
16
word"silence"
count1
17
word"echoes"
count2
18
word"whisper"
count1
19
word"tinged"
count1
highlights
0"loomed"
1"familiar"
2"weight"
3"pulse"
4"shimmered"
5"gleaming"
6"scanning"
7"flickered"
8"pounding"
9"etched"
10"pulsed"
11"warmth"
12"depths"
13"charged"
14"trembled"
15"cacophony"
16"silence"
17"echoes"
18"whisper"
19"tinged"
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
emotionTells1
narrationSentences73
matches
0"was afraid"
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences73
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences93
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
repeatedSegmentCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen23
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans4
markdownWords7
totalWords871
ratio0.008
matches
0"did"
1"inside"
2"Aurora."
3"You can’t run forever."
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions4
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
51.57% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions42
wordCount762
uniqueNames11
maxNameDensity1.97
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity2.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Heartstone3
Pendant1
Richmond1
Park1
Isolde8
Fae-Forged1
Blade1
Grove3
Nyx7
Rory15
Evan1
persons
0"Heartstone"
1"Isolde"
2"Nyx"
3"Rory"
4"Evan"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
globalScore0.516
windowScore0.833
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences54
glossingSentenceCount1
matches
0"looked like glass"
85.19% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords1.148
wordCount871
matches
0"not the sky, but a swirling void of stars, as if the pool was a window to ano"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences93
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs39
mean22.33
std17.11
cv0.766
sampleLengths
059
114
28
353
457
532
612
757
827
911
1014
117
121
1338
146
1517
1645
174
1854
1910
2023
2123
2232
237
2410
2527
264
2744
289
2910
3027
3126
322
3313
348
3513
3617
3737
3813
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences73
matches
0"were gone"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount1
totalVerbs137
matches
0"was breathing"
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount5
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences5
totalSentences93
ratio0.054
matches
0"Rory followed, the scent of wildflowers thick in the air—jasmine, honeysuckle, things she had no name for."
1"A sound cut through the stillness—a chime, clear and high, like a glass bell struck by a breeze."
2"Rory spun, heart pounding, but it was only a fox—no, not a fox."
3"The stars in the pool’s depths swirled, forming shapes—a city burning, a figure with violet eyes, a dagger plunging into darkness."
4"She clapped her hands over her ears, but the sound wasn’t outside—it was *inside*, vibrating in her bones."
99.82% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount771
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount31
adverbRatio0.040207522697795074
lyAdverbCount5
lyAdverbRatio0.00648508430609598
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences93
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences93
mean9.37
std5.94
cv0.634
sampleLengths
022
119
218
311
43
54
64
717
820
916
1017
1120
1220
1315
148
159
167
175
182
1923
2013
2119
2218
235
244
255
266
2712
282
296
301
311
325
3313
349
3511
362
374
388
399
4015
4120
4210
434
4419
4523
4612
477
483
498
48.03% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats7
diversityRatio0.3333333333333333
totalSentences93
uniqueOpeners31
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount3
totalSentences69
matches
0"Then the trees parted."
1"Then the whispers started."
2"Then louder, a chorus of"
ratio0.043
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount13
totalSentences69
matches
0"Its faint pulse had guided"
1"She stepped forward, her bare"
2"She crouched, brushing her fingers"
3"It recoiled slightly, then curled"
4"She adjusted the Fae-Forged Blade"
5"Its fur was too white,"
6"It tilted its head, then"
7"Her fingers came away dry."
8"She jerked back."
9"She clapped her hands over"
10"*You can’t run forever.*"
11"Her breath hitched."
12"She looked around the clearing,"
ratio0.188
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount64
totalSentences69
matches
0"The ancient oak standing stones"
1"Rory adjusted the strap of"
2"Its faint pulse had guided"
3"Nyx shifted beside her, their"
4"Rory glanced at them."
5"A breeze stirred the silver"
6"She stepped forward, her bare"
7"The air shimmered where she"
8"Rory followed, the scent of"
9"The colours here were too"
10"The trees arched overhead, their"
11"The ground beneath her boots"
12"She crouched, brushing her fingers"
13"It recoiled slightly, then curled"
14"Nyx’s voice came from the"
15"The shadows *did* move oddly,"
16"She adjusted the Fae-Forged Blade"
17"Isolde had given it to"
18"A sound cut through the"
19"Rory turned, scanning the trees."
ratio0.928
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences69
matches(empty)
ratio0
81.63% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences35
technicalSentenceCount3
matches
0"The shadows *did* move oddly, stretching too long or pooling too deep, as if the light itself was afraid to touch certain places."
1"Rory pressed on, the air growing thicker, heavier, as if the Grove itself was breathing."
2"Then louder, a chorus of voices overlapping, speaking in tongues that made Rory’s teeth ache."
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags2
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"She stepped, her bare feet making no sound on the mossy ground"
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags1
fancyCount1
fancyTags
0"Isolde murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences22
tagDensity0.045
leniency0.091
rawRatio1
effectiveRatio0.091
78.6845%