Run: 2026-10-20-01M5C66T6XT7YTAT7RCBCQ6D7J

Run Details

Model:
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Reasoning, High)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
14.9s
Cost:
$0.000983
Provider:
InferenceNet

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
94.86% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
43.42% 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)
14.86% Name drop frequency (details)
13.64% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse (details)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding) (details)
100.00% Paragraph length variance (details)
100.00% Passive voice overuse (details)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
53.40% Sentence opener variety (details)
49.02% 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)
20.41% Technical jargon density (details)
53.57% Useless dialogue additions (details)
68.92% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
70.4030% Overall

Model input

System
You are an expert fiction writer. Always keep the following rules in mind: - Write in past tense and use General English spelling, grammar, and colloquialisms/slang. - Write in active voice - Always follow the "show, don't tell" principle. - Avoid adverbs and cliches and overused/commonly used phrases. Aim for fresh and original descriptions. - Convey events and story through dialogue. - Mix short, punchy sentences with long, descriptive ones. Drop fill words to add variety. - Skip "he/she said said" dialogue tags and convey people's actions or face expressions through their speech - Avoid mushy dialog and descriptions, have dialogue always continue the action, never stall or add unnecessary fluff. Vary the descriptions to not repeat yourself. - Put dialogue on its own paragraph to separate scene and action. - Reduce indicators of uncertainty like "trying" or "maybe" When writing text: - NEVER conclude the scene on your own, follow the beat instructions very closely. - NEVER end with foreshadowing. - NEVER write further than what I prompt you with. - AVOID imagining possible endings, NEVER deviate from the instructions. - STOP EARLY if the continuation contains what was required in the instructions. You do not need to fill out the full amount of words possible.
User/Human
Take into account the following glossary of characters/locations/items/lore... when writing your response: <codex> <character id="4412" name="Aurora Carter" aliases="Rory, Laila, Aurora, Carter, Malphora" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Protagonist"> <eyeColor>bright blue</eyeColor> <hair>straight shoulder-length black</hair> <height>5'6"</height> <age>25</age> <scar>small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident</scar> <description>Aurora, referred to by her friends as Rory, is cool-headed, intelligent, and known for quick out-of-the-box thinking.</description> <backstory>Born in Cardiff to an Irish barrister father (Brendan Carter) and Welsh teacher mother (Jennifer Carter née Ellis), Rory reluctantly pursued Pre-Law at Cardiff University. She fled to London at the behest of her childhood friend Eva after leaving an abusive ex named Evan. By day, Rory works part-time as a delivery person for Yu-Fei Cheung's Golden Empress restaurant. She lives in a flat above Silas' bar.</backstory> </character> <character id="4418" name="Nyx" aliases="Nyx, the Shadow, Nightwhisper" pronouns="they/them" species="Shade" storyRole="Wild Card"> <eyeColor>faintly glowing violet</eyeColor> <height>approximately 6'2" in solid form</height> <age>ageless</age> <form>humanoid silhouette of living shadow, can shift between solid and incorporeal</form> <voice>sounds like a whisper carried on the wind</voice> <description>A being of living shadow, existing between the mortal plane and the spaces between realms.</description> <backstory>Nyx was once a human sorcerer named Aldric who became trapped between realms during a failed summoning ritual in 1643. They now exist as a Shade, bound to the mortal plane but able to slip between shadows.</backstory> </character> <character id="4424" name="Isolde Varga" aliases="Isolde, the Seer" pronouns="she/her" species="Half-Fae" storyRole="Oracle"> <eyeColor>pale lavender</eyeColor> <hair>silver, reaching her waist</hair> <height>5'5"</height> <age>300 years old</age> <appearance>ethereal, ageless</appearance> <speech>speaks in riddles</speech> <footprints>leaves no footprints when she walks</footprints> <compulsion>cannot lie (Fae compulsion) but can mislead</compulsion> <description>A Half-Fae seer exiled from the Fae Courts for sharing visions with mortals.</description> <backstory>She now lives in a hidden grove in Richmond Park, offering cryptic prophecies to those who seek her out.</backstory> </character> <location id="853" name="Dymas (Gluttony)" aliases="Dymas, gluttony, Dymasian" realm="Hel" sin="Gluttony"> <ruler>Prince Belphegor</ruler> <skyColor>warm amber</skyColor> <description>A place of excess and indulgence. Sprawling vineyards, orchards, and gardens provide exotic ingredients for master chefs — often helbound souls contracted from Earth. Grand feasts and culinary competitions are common.</description> </location> <location id="861" name="The Fae Grove" aliases="Isolde's grove, Richmond grove, the Grove" realm="Earth (Fae-touched)"> <parkLocation>Richmond Park</parkLocation> <standingStones>ancient oak standing stones mark the boundary</standingStones> <timeBehavior>time moves differently — an hour inside can be minutes or days outside</timeBehavior> <flora>wildflowers bloom year-round</flora> <description>A hidden clearing that exists in a pocket between Earth and the Fae realm.</description> </location> <item id="2001" name="Heartstone Pendant" aliases="the pendant, Heartstone" type="Artifact" origin="Dymas"> <gemstoneColor>deep crimson</gemstoneColor> <chainMaterial>silver chain</chainMaterial> <size>roughly the size of a thumbnail</size> <behavior>pulses faintly with warmth when near a Hel portal</behavior> <glow>faint inner glow</glow> <description>Given to Aurora by an unknown benefactor.</description> </item> <item id="2006" name="Fae-Forged Blade" aliases="the Fae blade, Isolde's gift" type="Weapon" origin="The Fae Courts"> <material>moonsilver</material> <shape>slender, leaf-shaped dagger</shape> <temperature>always cold to the touch</temperature> <glow>faintly luminescent in moonlight</glow> <power>can cut through magical wards; particularly effective against demons</power> <givenTo>given to Aurora by Isolde as a gift</givenTo> <description>A weapon of the Fae Courts, rare and highly coveted.</description> </item> <lore id="7001" name="The Veil" aliases="the Veil, the Barrier, the Boundary" category="Cosmology"> <solsticeEffect>weakens during the winter solstice, strengthens during the summer solstice</solsticeEffect> <appearance>faint shimmering distortion visible only to those with supernatural sight</appearance> <monitoring>rift points (tears in the Veil) are monitored by the Wardens</monitoring> <description>The Veil is the metaphysical barrier separating Earth from Hel and the Fae Realms.</description> </lore> </codex> Continue the story using the following instructions: <instructions> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the fantasy genre. A small group enters an ancient, otherworldly place for the first time. The environment is alien and wondrous. Describe their exploration — what they see, hear, and feel as they move deeper. Include moments of discovery, unease, and wonder. Let the world-building emerge through the characters' experience rather than exposition. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters, setting, and lore. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary. </instructions>

Model response

AI
The standing stones emerged from the mist like the teeth of a buried giant. Aurora stopped at the edge of the clearing, her boots sinking into moss so soft it felt like walking on a mattress. The air smelled of rain and crushed petals even though the sky above Richmond Park had been clear a minute ago. “The boundary,” Isolde said, her voice little more than a rustle. She drifted past Aurora, silver hair catching the strange light that filtered through the canopy. “Step only where I step. The grove remembers everyone who enters it.” “That sounds ominous,” Aurora muttered, but she followed. Nyx hung back, their shadow-form flickering at the edge of the treeline. Their violet eyes narrowed to slits. “I cannot pass,” they said. Their whisper cracked like ice underfoot. “The Veil here is thin. My nature… disagrees with it.” Isolde turned, her pale lavender eyes unreadable. “The grove will allow you, Shade. You are not Hel-bound.” A long pause. Nyx’s form solidified, their silhouette sharpening into something almost human. They stepped forward. The air rippled around them, a sound like a struck glass, and then they were through. Aurora watched their shoulders relax a fraction. “That tickled,” Nyx said, a trace of surprise in their whisper. The grove opened before them. Aurora’s breath caught. Trees here grew in impossible spirals, their bark smooth and silver, their leaves a deep violet that glowed faintly from within. The grass beneath their feet was not green but a soft, luminous blue, and it swayed without wind. Wildflowers bloomed everywhere—peonies the size of dinner plates, foxgloves that chimed when the air moved past them, tiny white blossoms that snapped shut as her shadow fell across them. “It’s… alive,” Aurora whispered. “It is,” Isolde agreed. She walked ahead, leaves rustling in her wake though her feet touched no ground Aurora could see. “The grove is a wound in the world. A place where the Fae realm bleeds through.” Nyx walked beside Aurora now, their form casting no shadow on the glowing grass. They tilted their head, listening. “There is a heartbeat,” they said. Aurora heard it then—a low, rhythmic pulse that seemed to come from the earth itself. Not a sound, exactly. More a pressure against her skin, a thrum in her bones. She pressed a hand to her chest. The Heartstone pendant was warm against her palm, not pulsing like it did near a Hel portal, but steady. Content. “It knows you,” Isolde said without turning. “What does?” “The grove.” Aurora didn’t like that answer. She let her hand fall and kept walking. The path curved around a massive oak, its trunk twisted into a spiral that climbed twenty feet before branching. Carvings marked the bark—spirals within spirals, lines that formed shapes she almost recognized. Faces, maybe. Or eyes. She reached out to touch one. “I wouldn’t,” Nyx said. Her hand stopped an inch from the bark. “Why?” “The wood is warm.” She pulled back. It was. Not the warmth of sun-baked stone, but a living heat, like pressing your palm to someone’s forehead. She flexed her fingers and moved on. The deeper they went, the stranger it became. Mushrooms grew in perfect rings, their caps glowing a soft orange that pulsed in time with the heartbeat beneath the earth. A stream crossed their path, its water running uphill and making no sound. Fish swam in it—silver, eyeless things that turned as one when Aurora leaned over to look. “Don’t drink it,” Nyx said. “Wasn’t going to.” “Good.” Isolde waited on the far bank, her expression serene. “The water is memory. Drink it and you will relive the worst day of your life until the grove tires of your screams.” Aurora stepped back from the stream. “You could have led with that.” “You did not ask.” They crossed via a fallen tree—solid, mundane wood that creaked under Aurora’s weight. Nyx floated across, their form thin as smoke. Isolde simply appeared on the other side, leaving no prints on the moss. The clearing beyond the stream took Aurora’s breath away again. A circle of standing stones, each one taller than her, ringed a flat expanse of grass that shimmered like the surface of a lake. The stones were black, but veins of silver ran through them, pulsing in time with the heartbeat. In the center of the circle, a single flower grew—white, its petals folded closed. “The heart of the grove,” Isolde said. She stopped at the edge of the stone circle and gestured for them to do the same. “We do not enter without invitation.” “From who?” Aurora asked. “From the grove itself.” Nyx made a sound low in their throat—not quite a growl, not quite a word. “We are being watched.” Aurora followed their gaze. The trees at the edge of the clearing had shifted. Their branches now pointed inward, toward the circle, like fingers reaching. The leaves had stopped glowing. “Isolde,” Aurora said, keeping her voice level. “What’s happening?” The seer’s expression did not change, but she took a step back from the stones. “The grove is curious. It has not seen a mortal with a Heartstone in a very long time.” “Is that good or bad?” “It is… curious.” Nyx moved closer to Aurora, their form solidifying until they stood shoulder to shoulder. “I do not like this.” “Neither do I.” Aurora’s hand drifted to her belt, where the Fae-forged blade hung in its sheath. The moonsilver was cold even through the leather. “What do we do?” Isolde tilted her head, listening to something Aurora couldn’t hear. “We wait. The grove will decide.” The flower in the center of the circle began to open. One petal at a time, slow as a sunrise. The heartbeat beneath the earth quickened. Aurora held her breath.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags14
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences37
tagDensity0.378
leniency0.757
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
94.86% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount972
totalAiIsmAdverbs1
found
0
adverb"very"
count1
highlights
0"very"
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)
43.42% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount972
totalAiIsms11
found
0
word"whisper"
count2
1
word"unreadable"
count1
2
word"rhythmic"
count1
3
word"pulse"
count1
4
word"warmth"
count1
5
word"perfect"
count1
6
word"pulsed"
count1
7
word"weight"
count1
8
word"shimmered"
count1
9
word"quickened"
count1
highlights
0"whisper"
1"unreadable"
2"rhythmic"
3"pulse"
4"warmth"
5"perfect"
6"pulsed"
7"weight"
8"shimmered"
9"quickened"
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
narrationSentences80
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount2
narrationSentences80
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
1"began to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences103
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
repeatedSegmentCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen30
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords965
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions13
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
14.86% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions43
wordCount777
uniqueNames8
maxNameDensity2.7
worstName"Aurora"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Aurora"
discoveredNames
Richmond1
Park1
Aurora21
Nyx9
Isolde8
Heartstone1
Hel1
Fae-forged1
persons
0"Aurora"
1"Nyx"
2"Isolde"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
2"Hel"
globalScore0.149
windowScore0.5
13.64% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences55
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"felt like walking on a mattress"
1"pulse that seemed to come from the earth itself"
2"not quite a growl, not quite a word"
3"not quite a word"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches3
per1kWords3.109
wordCount965
matches
0"not green but a soft, luminous blue"
1"not pulsing like it did near a Hel portal, but steady"
2"Not the warmth of sun-baked stone, but a living heat, like pressing your palm to someone’s forehead"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences103
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs47
mean20.53
std18.56
cv0.904
sampleLengths
057
138
28
318
421
517
639
711
85
971
104
1137
1219
136
1457
157
162
172
1813
1942
204
219
224
2329
2458
255
263
271
2832
2912
304
3134
3265
3330
344
354
3619
3730
389
3933
405
413
4219
4329
4416
4526
464
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences80
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs138
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount7
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences7
totalSentences103
ratio0.068
matches
0"Wildflowers bloomed everywhere—peonies the size of dinner plates, foxgloves that chimed when the air moved past them, tiny white blossoms that snapped shut as her shadow fell across them."
1"Aurora heard it then—a low, rhythmic pulse that seemed to come from the earth itself."
2"Carvings marked the bark—spirals within spirals, lines that formed shapes she almost recognized."
3"Fish swam in it—silver, eyeless things that turned as one when Aurora leaned over to look."
4"They crossed via a fallen tree—solid, mundane wood that creaked under Aurora’s weight."
5"In the center of the circle, a single flower grew—white, its petals folded closed."
6"Nyx made a sound low in their throat—not quite a growl, not quite a word."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount787
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount27
adverbRatio0.03430749682337993
lyAdverbCount3
lyAdverbRatio0.0038119440914866584
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences103
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences103
mean9.37
std6.1
cv0.651
sampleLengths
014
122
221
311
415
512
68
712
86
95
106
1110
127
1310
143
1510
163
1716
187
1911
205
213
2221
2318
2429
254
264
2717
2816
2914
305
316
3215
334
3411
357
3619
371
387
392
402
415
428
4319
4413
452
462
476
484
498
53.40% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats5
diversityRatio0.34951456310679613
totalSentences103
uniqueOpeners36
49.02% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount1
totalSentences68
matches
0"More a pressure against her"
ratio0.015
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount15
totalSentences68
matches
0"She drifted past Aurora, silver"
1"Their violet eyes narrowed to"
2"Their whisper cracked like ice"
3"They stepped forward."
4"She walked ahead, leaves rustling"
5"They tilted their head, listening."
6"She pressed a hand to"
7"She let her hand fall"
8"She reached out to touch"
9"Her hand stopped an inch"
10"She pulled back."
11"She flexed her fingers and"
12"They crossed via a fallen"
13"She stopped at the edge"
14"Their branches now pointed inward,"
ratio0.221
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount63
totalSentences68
matches
0"The standing stones emerged from"
1"Aurora stopped at the edge"
2"The air smelled of rain"
3"Isolde said, her voice little"
4"She drifted past Aurora, silver"
5"Aurora muttered, but she followed"
6"Nyx hung back, their shadow-form"
7"Their violet eyes narrowed to"
8"Their whisper cracked like ice"
9"Isolde turned, her pale lavender"
10"A long pause."
11"Nyx’s form solidified, their silhouette"
12"They stepped forward."
13"The air rippled around them,"
14"Aurora watched their shoulders relax"
15"Nyx said, a trace of"
16"The grove opened before them."
17"Aurora’s breath caught."
18"Trees here grew in impossible"
19"The grass beneath their feet"
ratio0.926
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences68
matches(empty)
ratio0
20.41% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences35
technicalSentenceCount6
matches
0"Aurora stopped at the edge of the clearing, her boots sinking into moss so soft it felt like walking on a mattress."
1"Trees here grew in impossible spirals, their bark smooth and silver, their leaves a deep violet that glowed faintly from within."
2"Wildflowers bloomed everywhere—peonies the size of dinner plates, foxgloves that chimed when the air moved past them, tiny white blossoms that snapped shut as h…"
3"Carvings marked the bark—spirals within spirals, lines that formed shapes she almost recognized."
4"They crossed via a fallen tree—solid, mundane wood that creaked under Aurora’s weight."
5"A circle of standing stones, each one taller than her, ringed a flat expanse of grass that shimmered like the surface of a lake."
53.57% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags14
uselessAdditionCount2
matches
0"Isolde said, her voice little more than a rustle"
1"Nyx said, a trace of surprise in their whisper"
68.92% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags13
fancyCount3
fancyTags
0"Aurora muttered (mutter)"
1"Aurora whispered (whisper)"
2"Isolde agreed (agree)"
dialogueSentences37
tagDensity0.351
leniency0.703
rawRatio0.231
effectiveRatio0.162
70.4030%