{"id":"study-ib-command-terms-answer-level","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"examples","track":"study","title":"Practice matching answers to IB command terms","free":false,"task":"In IB Biology you lose marks by describing when the question says explain. Get exactly 4 numbered lines labeling each sample answer exactly State, Describe or Explain, based on what the answer actually does using your teacher's definitions, with a reason under 10 words, plain text. Don't rewrite any sample answer.","materialLabel":"The sample answers and definitions (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"IB BIOLOGY SL - Mr. Hartmann - Command terms practice\n\nDEFINITIONS (IB guide, as Mr. Hartmann teaches them):\n- State: give a specific name, value or short answer, no explanation.\n- Describe: give a detailed account of WHAT happens or what something is like.\n- Explain: give a detailed account INCLUDING reasons or causes (WHY or HOW). Look for \"because\", \"so\", \"which causes\".\n\nQUESTION: \"Explain why the rate of photosynthesis levels off at high light intensity.\"\n\nSAMPLE ANSWERS (from past students, anonymous):\n(1) \"The rate levels off.\"\n(2) \"As light intensity increases, the rate rises steeply at first, then rises more slowly, and finally stays flat above about 600 units.\"\n(3) \"At high light intensity another factor, such as carbon dioxide concentration, becomes limiting, so adding more light cannot increase the rate further.\"\n(4) \"Carbon dioxide.\"\n\nMr. Hartmann: \"Label what each answer ACTUALLY does, not what the question asked for. Then you'll see why only one earns full marks.\"\n\nIA draft due in 3 weeks. Paper 2 practice Friday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking what the terms mean","why":"The AI defines the terms, which you already have, and skips the practice.","fix":"Ask for labels: \"Label each sample answer State, Describe or Explain.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Labeling the question instead","why":"The AI may label all four 'Explain' because the question says explain.","fix":"Add: \"Label what each answer actually does.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a model answer","why":"The AI writes the perfect answer, so you don't practice spotting the difference.","fix":"Add: \"Don't rewrite any answer.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each reason: \"under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["state.{0,15}describe.{0,15}explain","label"]},{"label":"Labels what the answer does","patterns":["actually does","each answer","what (it|the answer) does"]},{"label":"Says not to rewrite it","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never|not).{0,20}(rewrite|rewritten|replacement|re-?write|write it for)","keep.{0,20}(my|own) words"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"The lesson is the gap between what a question asks and what an answer does. Give the AI the three labels, tell it to judge the answers themselves, and rule out a model answer.","rubricLabels":["Each line uses exactly one label: State, Describe or Explain","The labels match what each answer does: (1) State, (2) Describe, (3) Explain, (4) State","Gives no rewritten or improved sample answers"]}