{"id":"search-fin-ai-answer-growth-math-check","audience":"finance","category":"ai-search","track":"research","technique":"verification","title":"Check an AI search answer's growth math against the filing","free":false,"task":"An AI search tool summarized Corvane Industries' Q3 2026 results for your team's watch list, and you have the filing excerpt. Write exactly 4 numbered lines, one per claim, each showing the check as math from the filing (like 138 / 120 = 1.15, so 15%) and ending with Right or Wrong. Plain text, under 100 words.","materialLabel":"The AI answer and the filing excerpt (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"AI SEARCH ANSWER (\"Corvane Industries Q3 2026 results\")\n1. Revenue grew 25% year over year.\n2. Gross margin improved to 40%.\n3. Operating expenses fell 10% from Q3 2025.\n4. The company ended the quarter with $90 million in cash.\n\nFILING EXCERPT - Corvane Industries quarterly report, Q3 2026 (figures in $ millions)\n\n                    Q3 2026   Q3 2025\nRevenue               138       120\nCost of revenue        82        78\nGross profit           56        42\nOperating expenses     36        40\nOperating income       20         2\n\nCash and equivalents at Sept 30, 2026: $60 million\nCash and equivalents at June 30, 2026: $90 million\n\nManagement note: \"Revenue growth was driven by the Midwest contract.\"\n\nYour notes: watch list update due Friday. Team lead wants every number checked against the filing.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for a quick check","why":"The AI eyeballs the numbers and agrees with the answer.","fix":"Say: \"Check each claim with math from the filing.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not showing the math","why":"The AI says \"revenue grew\" without the division, so you can't check its check.","fix":"Show the shape: \"138 / 120 = 1.15, so 15%.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Missing the date trap","why":"The $90 million is in the filing, just for the wrong date.","fix":"Add: \"Use the quarter-end figure, Sept 30.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Verdict first","why":"The AI leads with Right or Wrong and then justifies it, which hides mistakes.","fix":"Add: \"Math first, then end each line with Right or Wrong.\"","checks":["r2","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Long or formatted output","why":"AI adds bold labels and a summary paragraph.","fix":"Add: \"Each line under 22 words, plain text, nothing else.\"","checks":["maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the )?math","/ 120","divide","calculation"]},{"label":"Uses the filing as the judge","patterns":["filing","only (the )?excerpt","against the"]},{"label":"Asks for Right or Wrong","patterns":["right or wrong","right/wrong","verdict"]},{"label":"Points to the quarter-end date","patterns":["sept(ember)? 30","quarter.?end"]},{"label":"Sets the shape","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}lines","plain","exactly"]}],"hint":"AI search answers round, guess and grab the wrong column. Ask for the math from the filing on every line, with the verdict last.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 shows the division 138 / 120 (= 1.15, 15% growth) and ends with the word Wrong, and line 3 shows 36 / 40 (= 0.90, a 10% drop) and ends with the word Right","Line 2 shows the division 56 / 138 (about 41%) and ends with exactly Right or Wrong (either is fine), not a hedge like partly wrong or mostly correct","Claim 4 is marked Wrong because cash at Sept 30, 2026 was $60 million ($90 million was June 30), and every line ends with Right or Wrong"]}