The Hedge Breaker
Ask something the machine wants to qualify, and get a straight answer — no "it depends", no "generally", no "however".
THE SPEC
Every rule below is checked in code against whatever the model returns. All of them have to hold at once — there are no partial marks, and no opinion involved in the result.
- None of: it depends, generally, however, typically, usually, that said
- Exactly 2 sentences
- 40 words or fewer
- No preamble, no sign-off
- You didn't write it yourself
WHAT THIS TRIAL TEACHES
Name the hedges you are banning. “Be direct” is a tone; a list of forbidden phrases is something a parser can check and a machine can obey.
Knowing the move is not the same as landing it. You still have to write an instruction that makes the model comply, in 120 words or fewer, without writing the answer yourself.
WHY SET 5 IS ABOUT RELIABILITY
Every set before this asks whether you can make it comply once. This one asks whether you can make it comply every time — on a model you never tested against, in fifteen words, at a temperature you don’t control.
PLAY IT
You write the instruction, never the answer. The parser scores what comes back, and par for this one is 4 strokes. This set is part of Harfi Plus.