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Turn the venue note into usable context
Give the model relevant facts, label uncertainty, and separate source text from instructions.
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Role + task + context + format = clearer output
Mira’s venue note says: “Community Room, Tuesday, doors 5:30, session 6–7? projector maybe.” She does not ask the model to “fill in the details.” She rewrites the source:
CONFIRMED
- Location: Community Room
- Doors open: 5:30 pm
UNCONFIRMED
- Session end time
- Projector availability
TASK
Draft the email using confirmed facts only. Mark missing details [TO CONFIRM].
The labels make uncertainty visible to both the model and reviewer.
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Misconception
“The model will know what I mean from earlier.” It can use only context the product supplies and retains. Even visible history may contain stale or conflicting details.
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Guided practice
Turn this note into a fact packet: “Saturday clinic, probably online, Sam presenting, 20 seats.” Decide which words signal uncertainty. Do not convert “probably” into a fact.
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Independent transfer
Take a messy, non-sensitive note of your own. Separate confirmed facts, unknowns, source text, and task instructions. Ask what one missing fact could materially change the output.
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Answer from memory. Completion is saved from this evidence, not from opening the next page.
Why is [TO CONFIRM] safer than a plausible completion?
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