{"id":"search-hs-history-answer-followup-questions","audience":"high-school","category":"ai-search","track":"research","technique":"verification","title":"Write follow-up questions that check an AI's history answer","free":false,"task":"An AI search tool gave you 4 facts about the 1911 Carver Mill strike for your history essay, but its sources look shaky. Write exactly 4 numbered follow-up questions to send back, one per fact in order, each starting with What, Which or Who and asking for something you can check (the original document, the exact quote, who wrote the source, or when it was written). The question about fact 3 must point out its only source is an unsigned website. Plain text, under 110 words.","materialLabel":"The AI search answer (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"AI SEARCH ANSWER (\"Carver Mill strike 1911\")\n\n1. About 1,200 mill workers walked out on March 3, 1911. (Source: Carver County Historical Society)\n\n2. Workers demanded a 54-hour week instead of 60 hours. (Source: \"Labor in New England Towns,\" a 1978 book)\n\n3. Mill owner Josiah Pell said \"Not one cent more\" to reporters. (Source: carvertownhistory.net, no author listed)\n\n4. The strike ended after 6 weeks with a 10% raise. (Source: a 2019 blog post)\n\nThat's a great topic! The Carver Mill strike shows how workers fought for better conditions.\n\nMy notes: essay due Dec 1, Ms. Ferreira wants at least one primary source and every quote cited.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking \"is this true?\"","why":"The tool says \"yes, according to historians\" and you've checked nothing.","fix":"Say: \"Each question asks for the original document, exact quote, author or date.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"One question for everything","why":"The AI asks one broad question, so the shaky sources hide behind the good one.","fix":"Add: \"One question per fact, in order, each starting with What, Which or Who.\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Missing the weak source","why":"The AI doesn't notice the quote comes from a site with no author.","fix":"Add: \"Point out fact 3's source is an unsigned website.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each question: \"each under 25 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI bolds the facts, which you'd have to clean up before pasting.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for follow-up questions","patterns":["follow.?up","questions? to (ask|send)"]},{"label":"One per fact","patterns":["one per fact","each fact","\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}question"]},{"label":"Asks for checkable details","patterns":["original","exact quote","author","primary"]},{"label":"Flags the unsigned site","patterns":["unsigned","no author","website"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown"]}],"hint":"A source list isn't proof. Ask questions that make the tool point you to the original documents.","rubricLabels":["There are 4 questions, one per fact in order (1,200 workers walked out, 54-hour demand, the Pell quote, 6 weeks and 10% raise), each starting with What, Which or Who","Each question asks for something checkable (the original document such as a 1911 newspaper, the exact quote and where it was printed, the source's author, or its date)","The question about fact 3 points out the only source is an unsigned website (no author listed) and asks where the quote was first printed"]}