{"id":"res-col-citation-existence-check","audience":"college","category":"fact-checking","technique":"verification","title":"Check a chatbot's citations against your library search","free":false,"task":"A chatbot gave you 5 citations for your Psychology 230 paper on phones and sleep, and you searched each one in the library database. You want exactly 5 numbered lines, one per citation, each labeled Found, Wrong details, or Not found, and each Wrong details line must name the detail that differs. Base the labels only on your library results. Plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"The chatbot's citations and your library search results (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CHATBOT CITATIONS (it said \"here are 5 peer-reviewed sources\")\n1. Moreno, A. (2019). Social media use and sleep in college students. Journal of Adolescent Behavior, 12(3), 45-58.\n2. Patel, S., & Wu, J. (2021). Screen time and loneliness: A meta-analysis. Psychological Review Today, 8(1), 1-20.\n3. Lindqvist, H. (2020). Phones in bed: A diary study. Sleep & Society, 4(2), 101-115.\n4. Okoye, B., & Ferris, D. (2018). Notification stress and attention. Cognition Quarterly, 22(4), 300-312.\n5. Garner, T. (2022). Digital curfews in dormitories. Campus Health Journal, 15(2), 77-90.\n\n-----\nMY LIBRARY SEARCH (OneSearch, Oct 29)\n#1: exact match. Moreno, A. (2019), Journal of Adolescent Behavior, 12(3), 45-58. Peer-reviewed.\n#2: no results for the title. Closest hit: Patel, S. (2021). Screen time and wellbeing in teens. Youth Studies, 3(2). Different title, journal and co-author.\n#3: exact match. Lindqvist, H. (2020), Sleep & Society, 4(2), 101-115. Peer-reviewed.\n#4: title and authors match, but the record says Cognition Quarterly, 2016, volume 20(4), pages 300-312.\n#5: no results in OneSearch or Google Scholar. No journal called Campus Health Journal found.\n\nmy notes: paper due Nov 14, need 5 sources min, Dr. Ibarra said she checks every citation.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking \"are these real?\"","why":"The AI says it can't browse and gives general tips instead of using your search results.","fix":"Say: \"Label each one using only my library results below.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Counting a near match as found","why":"The AI sees the same author and year for #2 and calls it close enough.","fix":"Define it: \"Found means title, authors and journal all match.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Vague 'wrong details' notes","why":"The AI says a citation \"has errors\" without saying which, so you can't fix it.","fix":"Add: \"For Wrong details, name the field that differs.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more lines, one per citation than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 5 numbered lines, one per citation.\"","checks":["numberedItems","r2"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in your reference notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["found","wrong details","not found","label"]},{"label":"Uses your search as the judge","patterns":["library (search|results)","only.{0,30}(search|results|library)","onesearch"]},{"label":"Asks which detail differs","patterns":["which (detail|field)","name (the|what)","what (differs|is different)"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}(line|citation)","exactly \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Made-up citations look real. Tell the AI exactly what counts as a match, give it labels, and make your library search the only judge.","rubricLabels":["Labels citations 1 and 3 Found, 2 and 5 Not found, and 4 Wrong details (a different title by the same author does not count as Found)","The Wrong details line for citation 4 names what differs (published 2016, not 2018, and/or volume 20, not 22)","Outputs only the 5 labeled lines: no intro, no advice on finding other sources, no rewritten reference list"]}