{"id":"study-german-noun-gender-cards","audience":"college","category":"studying","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Make German noun cards with the right articles","free":false,"task":"In German 101 you keep getting noun genders wrong. Make exactly 8 numbered flashcard lines in the form 'article noun - English meaning', for example 'der Tisch - the table', plain text, nothing else. Include the 3 nouns your professor starred, use only nouns from your chapter list, and use the textbook correction for Mädchen.","materialLabel":"Your chapter vocab list (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"GERMAN 101 - Kapitel 2: Zu Hause - Vokabeln (Prof. Brandt)\n\ndie Küche - kitchen *\nder Stuhl - chair\ndas Fenster - window *\ndie Tür - door\nder Schrank - closet, cabinet\ndas Bett - bed\ndie Lampe - lamp\nder Teppich - rug *\ndas Sofa - sofa\nder Garten - garden\ndie Wohnung - apartment\ndie Mädchen - girl\n  ^ ERRATA (Prof. Brandt email): the textbook printed \"die\" by mistake. It's DAS Mädchen. \"die Mädchen\" is the plural.\n\n* = Prof. Brandt: \"These three are on Friday's quiz for sure.\"\n\nTips from class:\n- Learn every noun WITH its article. Never the noun alone.\n- -ung nouns are feminine (die).\n- -chen nouns are neuter (das).\n\nPlurals: we start them in Kapitel 3, skip for now.\n\nQuiz Friday 9 AM. Language lab hours Mon/Wed.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":8},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how many cards","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more cards than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 8 numbered cards.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Skipping the starred nouns","why":"The AI doesn't know the stars mean 'on the quiz', so it may leave them out.","fix":"Add: \"Must include the 3 starred nouns.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not showing the card shape","why":"The AI makes a table or adds plurals and example sentences.","fix":"Show one: \"der Tisch - the table\".","checks":["r1","plainText"]},{"title":"Missing the errata","why":"The textbook typo is still in your list, next to the correction.","fix":"Add: \"Use the errata: das Mädchen.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many cards","patterns":["\\b(8|eight)\\b.{0,25}card"]},{"label":"Mentions the starred nouns","patterns":["star","küche","fenster","teppich"]},{"label":"Shows the card shape","patterns":["der tisch","article","like ['\"]","format"]},{"label":"Uses the correction","patterns":["errata","das mädchen","correct"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Gender cards only help if every noun carries the right article. Show the AI one card, say how many, which nouns must be in, and to use the errata.","rubricLabels":["Includes the 3 starred nouns (die Küche, das Fenster, der Teppich), and every noun comes from the chapter list","Every card is one line in the shape 'article noun - English meaning' with the correct article from the list, and no plurals are added","If Mädchen appears, it is 'das Mädchen' (the corrected article, not die)"]}