Run: 2026-10-20-01M5C69J1J2GXSBSNRM145PCNP

Run Details

Model:
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Reasoning, High)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
13.2s
Cost:
$0.000896
Provider:
InferenceNet

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
94.74% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
73.68% 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)
57.54% Name drop frequency (details)
21.79% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
93.96% "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)
59.18% Sentence opener variety (details)
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
4.64% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
0.00% Technical jargon density (details)
97.22% Useless dialogue additions (details)
73.08% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
75.8610% 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 rose from the earth like gnarled teeth, each one taller than a man and furred with moss that held the last of the afternoon light. Rory counted seven before the path curved and hid the rest from view. "Cold," Nyx whispered. Their shadow-form rippled, the edges blurring into the air. "Something here remembers winter." Isolde had already passed between the stones. Her silver hair caught the breeze, though no wind touched the trees around them. She left no footprints in the soft earth. Rory touched the nearest stone. It hummed beneath her palm, a vibration that climbed her arm and settled behind her teeth. She pulled her hand back. "Hurry," Isolde called from ahead. "The grove doesn't wait for stragglers." "Does it do something else?" Rory asked, stepping through the gap between two stones. The air changed. One moment she was in Richmond Park, the late afternoon sun filtering through oaks, the distant sound of a dog walker calling their terrier. The next, she stood in a clearing that existed nowhere on any map. The light here had no source. It glowed amber from everywhere at once, soft and warm as candlelight, but it cast no shadows. The grass beneath her feet grew in spirals, each blade tipped with a tiny white flower that opened and closed as though breathing. The trees—if they were trees—had bark the colour of slate and leaves that shifted between green and violet depending on the angle she looked at them. Nyx appeared beside her, their form solidifying as they stepped onto the grass. Their violet eyes widened. "No shadows," they murmured. "I can't—" They turned in a slow circle, hands opening and closing at their sides. "There's nowhere to slip." Rory pulled out the Heartstone pendant from beneath her shirt. The crimson gem pulsed with warmth against her fingers, steady as a second heartbeat. It had glowed for three days straight, ever since Isolde's message arrived at the Golden Empress, folded into a napkin with her name written in silver ink. Ahead, Isolde stood at the centre of the clearing, arms raised toward the amber sky. "You feel it, don't you? Time here runs like honey. Thick and slow." Rory checked her watch. The second hand had stopped. She tapped the crystal face, but it stayed frozen at 4:17. "Don't worry about that," Isolde said without turning. "You'll come out and find only minutes have passed. Or days. It varies." "Comforting," Rory muttered. Nyx crouched beside a cluster of wildflowers—flowers that bloomed in colours Rory had no name for. Sunset-orange? Not quite. The colour of a bruise, but luminous? She shook her head. "These aren't real," Nyx said, reaching toward one. "They are very real," Isolde said. "They're just not from your world." The petals curled toward Nyx's outstretched hand, and the shade flinched back. The flower snapped closed, a tiny mouth, then reopened as though nothing had happened. "It tried to bite me." "It's curious." Isolde walked toward them, her bare feet leaving no mark on the spiral grass. "Everything here is curious. That's why the courts sealed it off. Too much curiosity leads to complications." Rory stepped past Nyx, deeper into the grove. The trees parted before her, not physically, but she found herself walking through a gap that hadn't been there a moment ago. The air tasted of honey and something sharper underneath—like tasting a word in a language she'd forgotten. "Where are we going?" she asked. "To the heart." Isolde pointed ahead, where the trees thinned and a pale glow seeped through the branches. Not amber this time. Something cooler. Silver. "The heart of what?" "The grove. It has a centre. Everything does." They walked. The grass gave way to soft moss that squelched under Rory's boots, releasing a scent like rain on hot stone. Mushrooms grew in rings around the tree trunks, their caps glowing faint blue, and small winged things—too small to be birds, too large to be insects—flitted between branches, trailing motes of light. Nyx had gone quiet. When Rory glanced back, they'd drifted closer to her, their form intact but flickering at the edges. Their jaw was tight. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine." Their voice came out clipped. "I just don't like being somewhere I can't leave the way I arrived." "You can't—" Rory stopped herself. "The shadows. They don't work here?" "There are no shadows." Nyx gestured at the amber light that surrounded them from every direction. "It's all shadow. Or none. I can't tell. It's like standing in a room with no walls." "Stay close, then." "I wasn't planning on wandering." They passed a tree that grew sideways, its trunk parallel to the ground, branches reaching upward like fingers from a buried hand. Small creatures—or perhaps they were fruits—hung from those branches, pulsing red and gold. Rory stopped. "What are those?" "Don't touch them," Isolde said without turning. "They look like hearts." "They are hearts. Or they were. The grove takes things and makes them into other things. That's what it does." Isolde stopped at the edge of the silver glow and turned to face them. "We are about to enter the deepest part of the grove. Your world doesn't reach here. Not even a little. Understand that before we go further." Rory touched the Fae blade at her belt, still cold against her hip despite the warm air. The pendant at her throat pulsed harder, and when she glanced down, the crimson gem had brightened, its glow staining her fingers red. "It's reacting to something," she said. "Good." Isolde stepped aside. "That means it remembers where we're going. Walk forward, Aurora. You're expected."
created_at"2026-10-20T08:19:22.296Z" 10/20/2026, 8:19:22 AM
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags18
adverbTagCount1
adverbTags
0"Isolde stepped aside [aside]"
dialogueSentences39
tagDensity0.462
leniency0.923
rawRatio0.056
effectiveRatio0.051
94.74% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount950
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)
73.68% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount950
totalAiIsms5
found
0
word"pulsed"
count2
1
word"warmth"
count1
2
word"crystal"
count1
3
word"comforting"
count1
highlights
0"pulsed"
1"warmth"
2"crystal"
3"comforting"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches1
maxInWindow1
found
0
label"eyes widened/narrowed"
count1
highlights
0"eyes widened"
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells1
narrationSentences68
matches
0"d with warmth"
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount1
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences68
filterMatches
0"watch"
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences89
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
repeatedSegmentCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen34
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords943
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions10
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
57.54% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions38
wordCount703
uniqueNames9
maxNameDensity1.85
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity3
worstWindowName"Isolde"
discoveredNames
Rory13
Richmond1
Park1
Heartstone1
Isolde11
Golden1
Empress1
Nyx8
Fae1
persons
0"Rory"
1"Isolde"
2"Empress"
3"Nyx"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
2"Golden"
globalScore0.575
windowScore0.667
21.79% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences39
glossingSentenceCount2
matches
0"as though breathing"
1"appeared beside her, their form solidifying as they stepped onto the grass"
93.96% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords1.06
wordCount943
matches
0"not physically, but she found herself walking through a gap"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences89
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs43
mean21.93
std17.23
cv0.786
sampleLengths
041
116
229
326
411
514
640
772
817
923
1051
1128
1220
1321
143
1530
168
1712
1826
195
2033
2147
226
233
2422
254
268
2754
2825
293
3020
3111
3233
333
345
3537
363
377
384
3960
4040
416
4216
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences68
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs127
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount8
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences5
totalSentences89
ratio0.056
matches
0"The trees—if they were trees—had bark the colour of slate and leaves that shifted between green and violet depending on the angle she looked at them."
1"Nyx crouched beside a cluster of wildflowers—flowers that bloomed in colours Rory had no name for."
2"The air tasted of honey and something sharper underneath—like tasting a word in a language she'd forgotten."
3"Mushrooms grew in rings around the tree trunks, their caps glowing faint blue, and small winged things—too small to be birds, too large to be insects—flitted between branches, trailing motes of light."
4"Small creatures—or perhaps they were fruits—hung from those branches, pulsing red and gold."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount712
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount16
adverbRatio0.02247191011235955
lyAdverbCount1
lyAdverbRatio0.0014044943820224719
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences89
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences89
mean10.6
std7.69
cv0.726
sampleLengths
028
113
23
39
44
57
614
78
85
916
105
115
126
1314
143
1524
1613
176
1817
1923
2026
2113
224
234
2415
254
2610
2714
2827
2915
3013
314
325
3311
348
3513
363
3716
381
392
407
414
428
436
446
4512
4614
475
4816
4917
59.18% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats9
diversityRatio0.4157303370786517
totalSentences89
uniqueOpeners37
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences56
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount14
totalSentences56
matches
0"Their shadow-form rippled, the edges"
1"Her silver hair caught the"
2"She left no footprints in"
3"It hummed beneath her palm,"
4"She pulled her hand back."
5"It glowed amber from everywhere"
6"Their violet eyes widened."
7"They turned in a slow"
8"It had glowed for three"
9"She tapped the crystal face,"
10"She shook her head."
11"Their jaw was tight."
12"Their voice came out clipped"
13"They passed a tree that"
ratio0.25
4.64% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount51
totalSentences56
matches
0"The standing stones rose from"
1"Rory counted seven before the"
2"Their shadow-form rippled, the edges"
3"Isolde had already passed between"
4"Her silver hair caught the"
5"She left no footprints in"
6"Rory touched the nearest stone."
7"It hummed beneath her palm,"
8"She pulled her hand back."
9"Isolde called from ahead"
10"Rory asked, stepping through the"
11"The air changed."
12"The next, she stood in"
13"The light here had no"
14"It glowed amber from everywhere"
15"The grass beneath her feet"
16"The trees—if they were trees—had"
17"Nyx appeared beside her, their"
18"Their violet eyes widened."
19"They turned in a slow"
ratio0.911
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences56
matches(empty)
ratio0
0.00% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences29
technicalSentenceCount6
matches
0"The standing stones rose from the earth like gnarled teeth, each one taller than a man and furred with moss that held the last of the afternoon light."
1"It hummed beneath her palm, a vibration that climbed her arm and settled behind her teeth."
2"The grass beneath her feet grew in spirals, each blade tipped with a tiny white flower that opened and closed as though breathing."
3"The grass gave way to soft moss that squelched under Rory's boots, releasing a scent like rain on hot stone."
4"Mushrooms grew in rings around the tree trunks, their caps glowing faint blue, and small winged things—too small to be birds, too large to be insects—flitted be…"
5"They passed a tree that grew sideways, its trunk parallel to the ground, branches reaching upward like fingers from a buried hand."
97.22% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags18
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"Isolde walked, her bare feet leaving no mark on the spiral grass"
73.08% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags11
fancyCount3
fancyTags
0"Nyx whispered (whisper)"
1"they murmured (murmur)"
2"Rory muttered (mutter)"
dialogueSentences39
tagDensity0.282
leniency0.564
rawRatio0.273
effectiveRatio0.154
75.8610%