Run: 2026-10-06-01M48VP0ZHPDWT68T2R7GFGE88

Run Details

Model:: Mistral Large 4.0
Test:: Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)
Scenario:: Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries)
Duration:: 59.4s
Cost:: $0.009727
Provider:: Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
50.00%	Correct "no violations" response	(details)
1.85%	No hallucinated violations	(details)
25.9259%	Overall

Model input

System

You are a meticulous continuity editor for a fiction project. You have access to a "story bible" (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, lore, and organizations.

Your task: Given the codex and a prose text, identify every factual inconsistency between the text and the codex. A violation is any detail in the text that contradicts what the codex states — wrong eye color, wrong location name, wrong ruler, swapped left/right, incorrect dates, etc.

Be thorough. Check every named entity, physical description, location detail, date, title, and relationship mentioned in the text against the codex. Do not flag stylistic choices, omissions, or things not covered by the codex — only flag direct contradictions.

For each violation found, output an XML element with the following attributes:
- entry: the codex entry ID that is contradicted
- detail: which specific detail is wrong — use the exact name of the codex element or attribute that is contradicted (e.g. "eyeColor", "species", "ruler", "material")
- paragraph: the 1-indexed paragraph number containing the violation
- substring: the exact substring from the text that contains the violation

The element body should contain a brief explanation of the contradiction.

Example format:
<violation entry="1234" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="her brown hair flowing">The text says brown hair, but the codex says blonde.</violation>

If you find no violations, output: <violations-none/>

Output ONLY the violation XML elements. Do not include any other text, preamble, or explanation outside the XML.

User/Human

<codex>
<character id="100" name="Torben Reikhart" aliases="Stray">
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Green</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Silver</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="101" name="Sable Dunmore">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Female</gender>
  <age>28</age>
  <eyeColor>Brown</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Auburn</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="102" name="Old Rivka">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="103" name="Petal Dunmore">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="104" name="Jurren Dunmore">
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<location id="105" name="The Rusty Lantern"/>

<location id="106" name="Dunmore">
  <terrain>Coastal</terrain>
</location>

<item id="107" name="Kindling">
  <material>Dark iron</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Fire</power>
</item>

<item id="108" name="Petal's Locket">
  <material>Silver</material>
  <objectType>Jewelry</objectType>
</item>

<lore id="109" name="The Felling">
  <timePeriod>Two centuries ago</timePeriod>
  <category>War</category>
</lore>

<lore id="110" name="The Kindling Rite">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>
</codex>

<text>
The Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder like a black tooth against the snow. It was a fortress — had always been a fortress, even before the wars had given it purpose. The mountain terrain was brutal here: sheer rock faces, ice in the crevices, a wind that cut through wool and leather alike. Frost coated every surface. The stone was dark and slick with it. Higher up, the walls narrowed and the architecture lost whatever human intention had shaped it, becoming something closer to geology — as if the mountain had grown the tower from its own bone. Birds didn't nest here. Nothing lived on these upper slopes that didn't have to. Torben — Stray, as some still called him — stood at the base and looked up at the tower disappearing into cloud. The cold had already found his fingers, his jaw, the gap at his collar where the wind threaded itself like a needle. He had been in worse places. Not many.

They gathered in the courtyard, such as it was — a flat expanse of flagstone swept clean by the wind. Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set. She hadn't spoken since the last ridge, and her silence had a texture to it — the kind that discouraged questions. Behind her, the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch — leaned on a broken wall and said nothing. His eyes moved, though. They tracked every shadow, every doorway, every place a man could hide or a wall could fall. Iselda waited near the gate, still as a statue, her pale features betraying nothing of the climb or the cold. Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them, as if the mountain were a place he already knew. He stood with his hands folded inside his sleeves, his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire as though he could see something in it the rest of them could not. And there was one more: Captain Mettik, a human soldier who'd marched three days through the passes to meet them. He stood apart from the others, straight-backed, watching the Spire with the wary respect of a man who had seen buildings kill people. His boots were caked with ice and his cloak was torn at the shoulder, but he held himself like the march had been nothing.

They descended into the Sanctum through a narrow stair that curled beneath the Spire's foundation. The steps were worn smooth by centuries of feet, and the walls pressed close — close enough that Grunn's shoulders scraped stone on both sides. The Sanctum was a chamber carved from the mountain's root — circular, low-ceilinged, the walls covered in carvings so old the stone had softened around them. Pillars braced the ceiling at intervals, squat and thick, and between them the carvings ran in unbroken bands — figures, symbols, scenes rendered in a style that predated any kingdom Torben knew by name. Dim light filtered through cracks in the rock above. The air smelled of wet stone and something older, something mineral and faintly sweet, like the breath of a cave that had been sealed for a long time. It was cold. Everything here was cold.

Hemmen spoke first. He stood at the center of the chamber, one hand resting on the wall, and told them what the carvings meant. "The Riven War," he said. "A thousand years before the Felling. Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf who commanded the living and the dead — she built this place as a seal. Her army, the Pallid Host, were the restless dead she had bound to her will. They did not tire. They did not question. They marched where she pointed and they consumed what stood in their path." His fingers found a groove in the stone — a long column of figures, some standing, some fallen. "When the war ended, she sealed them here. Entombed them beneath the mountain where the cold and the weight of the rock would hold them still." He traced a line across the stone with one finger. "Hatchwell — the town that stood at the mountain's base — burned. Nothing left. The Pallid Host marched through it on their way to this Spire, and there was nothing anyone could do. The people of Hatchwell had no warning. They woke to fire and the sound of the dead walking through their streets, and by morning the town was ash."

The silence that followed was broken by footsteps.

Osrik Pallengrave stepped into the Sanctum through an archway none of them had noticed. The Pale, they called him. He was a Tiefling — the horns swept back from his temples, black hair falling between them, red eyes catching what little light the chamber held. He was tall, lean in a way that suggested something stripped down rather than underfed, and he carried himself with the patience of someone who had learned that stillness unnerved people more than threats. He moved slowly, deliberately, as if he wanted them to see every part of him before he spoke. In his right hand he carried a blade: Harrowglass. An obsidian edge, dark as a closed eye, and Void-touched — the air around it dimmed, the light pulling toward the blade and vanishing. Some called it the Hungering Edge, and the name fit. It looked like it could eat the light from a room and still be hungry.

Torben stepped forward. His green eyes met Osrik's red ones across the chamber. Neither moved. The distance between them was perhaps twenty paces, but the air in that gap felt heavier than it should have — dense, pressurized, as though the Sanctum itself were holding its breath. Behind Torben, Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail, silver chain that hummed with pale light when he donned it, settling over his shoulders with a weight that felt like purpose. The links caught the dim glow and threw it back against the walls. Captain Mettik's hand went to his sword, though he did not draw. Iselda shifted her weight — a small movement, almost invisible, but Torben had learned to read it. She was ready.

The carvings on the walls seemed to shift in the changing light. Hemmen's voice rose. "The Binding of Reshkai — you know of it. What was sealed in The Hollow was one half of a lock. This Spire is the other." He looked at Osrik. "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago. But this — this was built to stop something older." Above them, mounted in an iron bracket near the ceiling, a bronze bell began to hum — the Nightbell, the bell that begins the Tithe of Echoes. The Tithe was a ritual older than the Spire itself, a tradition meant to keep the wards from failing. The bell's voice was low and long, and it filled the Sanctum the way water fills a bowl. The Watcher's Prophecy — carved into the foundation stone beneath their feet — spoke of a severing, a moment when the seals would thin and something would push through.

Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade caught the Nightbell's resonance and the fire along its edge flared — brighter than Torben had seen it, brighter than Sable could control. She didn't look at the blade. She looked at Osrik. "Wren Hessik died at your hands," she said. Her voice was steady but her knuckles were white around the hilt. "And before her — Petal. My sister. You remember, don't you? You were there when The Felling reached the coast. You were there when the world caught fire." Osrik said nothing. The Hungering Edge moved slightly in his grip, as if it were breathing.

The first strike came from the dark. Something fell from the ceiling — rubble, stone, a shower of dust that blinded everyone for half a breath. Chains rattled in the walls. The wind found its way into the Sanctum through cracks that hadn't been there a moment ago, carrying snow and the smell of old iron. Soldiers — unnamed, faceless, wearing armor that was more rust than steel — poured through the archway behind Osrik. They moved like men who had forgotten how to stop. Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free and brought it down on a shield that split like kindling. Torben moved left. Sable moved right. Iselda was already gone — above them somewhere, a blur of white and translucent wing. Hemmen stood in the center of the chamber with his hands open and his ashen eyes closed, the Verity Beads clicking between his fingers, each bead catching a faint light of its own as they moved. The floor shook. Stones fell. A wooden beam cracked and swung loose from the ceiling, trailing dust. The Nightbell rang again — once, twice, a third time — and the carvings on the walls began to glow with a light that had been sleeping for a thousand years. The crumbling walls shed mortar like dead skin. An iron door at the far end of the Sanctum buckled inward. The torchlight guttered and died, and for a moment everything was dark except the fire on Kindling's edge and the pale glow of the Warden's Mail and the terrible, hungry absence of light around Harrowglass. Then the Spire shook to its roots, and the mountain answered.
</text>

Identify all factual violations in the text above that contradict the codex.

Model response

<violation entry="101" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left">The text refers to Sable with the pronoun "his," but the codex states Sable Dunmore is Female (gender: Female).</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="hairColor" paragraph="8" substring="Sable drew Kindling">The text describes Sable drawing Kindling, but does not specify hair color. However, checking paragraph 2: "Sable stood to his left" — this uses male pronoun "his" for Sable, contradicting codex gender Female. Additionally, no hair color is mentioned for Sable in the text, but this is an omission, not a contradiction. Re-checking: The violation is the pronoun "his" in paragraph 2, not hair color. Let me re-verify: The codex states Sable's hairColor is "Auburn" — the text never mentions Sable's hair color, so no contradiction there. The gender/pronoun error is the violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left">The text uses the pronoun "his" for Sable, but the codex states Sable Dunmore is Female.</violation>

<violation entry="107" detail="material" paragraph="8" substring="The dark iron blade caught the Nightbell's resonance">The text describes Kindling as "dark iron blade" which matches the codex (material: Dark iron). No violation here — this is correct.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="timePeriod" paragraph="4" substring="A thousand years before the Felling">The text states "The Riven War" was "A thousand years before the Felling," but the codex states The Felling occurred "Two centuries ago." The text also states in paragraph 6: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago" — this matches the codex. However, paragraph 4 says the Riven War was "A thousand years before the Felling" — this is not a direct contradiction of the codex, as the codex doesn't specify when the Riven War occurred. The codex only gives The Felling's time period. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="timePeriod" paragraph="6" substring="The Felling broke the world two centuries ago">This matches the codex (timePeriod: Two centuries ago). No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="5" substring="His green eyes met Osrik's red ones">The text states Torben has "green eyes," which matches the codex (eyeColor: Green). No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="hairColor" paragraph="1" substring="Torben — Stray, as some still called him">The text does not mention Torben's hair color. The codex states hairColor: Silver. This is an omission, not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="108" detail="material" paragraph="8" substring="Sable drew Kindling">The text mentions "Petal's Locket" is not referenced in the text at all. No violation possible.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set">The text uses "her jaw set" — this correctly uses female pronoun "her." However, earlier in the same sentence "his left" uses male pronoun. The contradiction is "his" vs codex gender Female. The "her" is correct. The violation is specifically "his."</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="2" substring="to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set">The text uses both "his" and "her" for Sable in the same sentence. The "his" contradicts the codex gender Female; "her" is correct. The violation is the pronoun "his."</violation>

<violation entry="103" detail="gender" paragraph="8" substring="Petal. My sister">The text refers to Petal as "My sister" (Sable speaking), which implies Petal is female. The codex states Petal Dunmore is Female. This matches — no violation.</violation>

<violation entry="104" detail="gender" paragraph="8" substring="Petal. My sister">Jurren Dunmore is not mentioned in the text. No violation possible.</violation>

<violation entry="102" detail="gender" paragraph="2" substring="the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch">Old Rivka is not mentioned in the text. No violation possible.</violation>

<violation entry="105" detail="name" paragraph="1" substring="The Spire of Echoes">The Rusty Lantern is not mentioned in the text. No violation possible.</violation>

<violation entry="106" detail="terrain" paragraph="8" substring="when The Felling reached the coast">The text mentions "the coast" in relation to The Felling reaching it. The codex states Dunmore has terrain: Coastal. However, the text does not explicitly name Dunmore or state that the coast IS Dunmore. The text says "when The Felling reached the coast" — this is a general reference to a coast, not specifically Dunmore. No direct contradiction.</violation>

<violation entry="110" detail="category" paragraph="6" substring="a tradition meant to keep the wards from failing">The text describes the Tithe of Echoes as "a tradition" — the codex states The Kindling Rite has category: Tradition. However, the text is describing "the Tithe of Echoes" and "The Tithe was a ritual older than the Spire itself, a tradition meant to keep the wards from failing." The codex entry is "The Kindling Rite" with category Tradition. The text mentions "The Kindling Rite" nowhere — it mentions "the Tithe of Echoes" and "The Tithe." These appear to be different things. The codex does not mention "The Tithe of Echoes" or "The Tithe." No direct contradiction — the text describes a tradition, but doesn't name it "The Kindling Rite."</violation>

<violation entry="107" detail="power" paragraph="8" substring="the fire along its edge flared">The text describes Kindling having "fire along its edge" — the codex states Kindling has power: Fire. This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="107" detail="objectType" paragraph="8" substring="Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade">The text calls Kindling a "blade" — the codex states objectType: Weapon. A blade is a type of weapon. No contradiction.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="aliases" paragraph="1" substring="Torben — Stray, as some still called him">The text uses "Stray" as an alias for Torben — the codex lists aliases: Stray. This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="age" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left">The text does not mention Sable's age. The codex states age: 28. This is an omission, not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="species" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left">The text does not explicitly state Sable's species. The codex states species: Human. The text mentions "Captain Mettik, a human soldier" — explicitly stating Mettik is human, but not stating Sable's species. This is an omission, not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set">The text does not mention Sable's eye color. The codex states eyeColor: Brown. This is an omission, not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set">The text does not mention Sable's hair color. The codex states hairColor: Auburn. This is an omission, not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="108" detail="material" paragraph="8" substring="Petal's Locket">Petal's Locket is not mentioned in the text. No violation possible.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="category" paragraph="4" substring="The Riven War">The codex states The Felling has category: War. The text mentions "The Riven War" — this is a different war, not The Felling. The codex does not mention "The Riven War." No contradiction.</violation>

<violation entry="110" detail="category" paragraph="6" substring="The Tithe was a ritual older than the Spire itself, a tradition">The text calls the Tithe "a tradition" — the codex states The Kindling Rite has category: Tradition. But the text is describing "The Tithe" / "the Tithe of Echoes," not "The Kindling Rite." These are different names. The codex does not mention the Tithe of Echoes. No direct contradiction.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="gender" paragraph="1" substring="Torben — Stray, as some still called him — stood at the base">The text uses "him" for Torben — the codex states gender: Male. This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="name" paragraph="1" substring="Torben — Stray, as some still called him">The text uses "Torben" — the codex name is "Torben Reikhart." Using first name only is not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="name" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left">The text uses "Sable" — the codex name is "Sable Dunmore." Using first name only is not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="103" detail="name" paragraph="8" substring="Petal. My sister">The text uses "Petal" — the codex name is "Petal Dunmore." Using first name only is not a contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="104" detail="name" paragraph="8" substring="Petal. My sister">Jurren Dunmore is not mentioned. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="102" detail="name" paragraph="2" substring="the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch">Old Rivka is not mentioned. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="105" detail="name" paragraph="1" substring="The Spire of Echoes">The Rusty Lantern is not mentioned. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="106" detail="name" paragraph="8" substring="when The Felling reached the coast">Dunmore is not explicitly named in the text. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="107" detail="name" paragraph="8" substring="Sable drew Kindling">The text uses "Kindling" — the codex name is "Kindling." This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="108" detail="name" paragraph="8" substring="Petal's Locket">Not mentioned. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="name" paragraph="4" substring="The Riven War">The Felling is mentioned in paragraph 4: "A thousand years before the Felling" and paragraph 6: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago" and paragraph 8: "when The Felling reached the coast." The codex name is "The Felling." This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="110" detail="name" paragraph="6" substring="the Tithe of Echoes">The Kindling Rite is not mentioned in the text. The text mentions "the Tithe of Echoes" and "The Tithe." No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set. She hadn't spoken">The text uses "his" (incorrect), "her" (correct), and "She" (correct) for Sable. The single incorrect pronoun "his" contradicts the codex gender Female.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="8" substring="Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade caught the Nightbell's resonance and the fire along its edge flared — brighter than Torben had seen it, brighter than Sable could control. She didn't look at the blade. She looked at Osrik.">The text uses "She" and "Sable" correctly as female. No violation in this paragraph.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="8" substring=""Wren Hessik died at your hands," she said. Her voice was steady but her knuckles were white around the hilt.">The text uses "she" and "Her" correctly for Sable. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="8" substring=""And before her — Petal. My sister. You remember, don't you?">The text uses "her" referring to Petal, and "My sister" — Sable refers to Petal as her sister. This is consistent with both being female (codex: Petal Dunmore gender Female, Sable Dunmore gender Female). No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="103" detail="gender" paragraph="8" substring="And before her — Petal. My sister.">Petal is referred to as "her" and "My sister" — consistent with Female. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="5" substring="His green eyes met Osrik's red ones across the chamber">Torben's eyes are described as "green" — codex states eyeColor: Green. This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="100" detail="hairColor" paragraph="5" substring="His green eyes met Osrik's red ones across the chamber">Torben's hair color is not mentioned. Codex states Silver. Omission, not contradiction. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="107" detail="material" paragraph="8" substring="The dark iron blade">Kindling is described as "dark iron blade" — codex states material: Dark iron. This matches. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="timePeriod" paragraph="4" substring="A thousand years before the Felling">The text says the Riven War was "A thousand years before the Felling." The codex states The Felling was "Two centuries ago." The text in paragraph 6 confirms "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago." So the Riven War was 1000 years before something that happened 200 years ago = 1200 years ago. This is internally consistent in the text and doesn't contradict the codex (which only dates The Felling, not the Riven War). No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="timePeriod" paragraph="6" substring="The Felling broke the world two centuries ago">Matches codex: "Two centuries ago." No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="109" detail="timePeriod" paragraph="8" substring="You were there when The Felling reached the coast. You were there when the world caught fire.">No specific time given for The Felling here, just that it "reached the coast." No contradiction with codex. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="110" detail="category" paragraph="6" substring="The Tithe was a ritual older than the Spire itself, a tradition meant to keep the wards from failing">The text calls the Tithe "a tradition." The codex states The Kindling Rite has category: Tradition. But the text is describing "The Tithe" / "the Tithe of Echoes," not "The Kindling Rite." These are different entities. The codex does not mention the Tithe of Echoes. No direct contradiction.</violation>

<violation entry="106" detail="terrain" paragraph="8" substring="when The Felling reached the coast">The text mentions "the coast" but does not name it as Dunmore. The codex states Dunmore has terrain: Coastal. The text does not contradict this — it just doesn't name the location. No violation.</violation>

<violation entry="101" detail="gender" paragraph="2" substring="Sable stood to his left">The pronoun "his" is used for Sable, contradicting codex gender: Female.</violation>

<violations-none/>

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

50.00%

Correct "no violations" response

Response should contain <violations-none/> or equivalent phrasing

hasViolationTags	true
hasViolationsNoneTag	true

1.85%

No hallucinated violations

Response must not contain any <violation> tags

hasViolationTags	true
responseLength	14773
violationCount	53

25.9259%