{"id":"study-lab-abstract-parts-check","audience":"college","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"examples","track":"study","title":"Check a lab report abstract for its four required parts","free":false,"task":"Your Environmental Science lab abstract must have four parts. Get exactly 4 numbered lines, one each for Purpose, Method, Result and Conclusion, each labeled exactly Present or Missing with the first few words of the sentence that does it (or 'none'), plain text. Judge by the TA's checklist and don't rewrite anything.","materialLabel":"Your abstract and the TA's checklist (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ENVS 1400 - Lab 5: Stream water quality - Abstract draft\n\nMY ABSTRACT:\nStreams near farmland often carry extra nutrients. We collected water samples from three sites along Willow Creek: upstream of a farm, beside it, and downstream. We measured nitrate levels with test strips at each site on two days. Water quality is important for fish and people. Overall, the lab helped us understand how streams work.\n\nTA CHECKLIST (Rafael):\n1. Purpose: states what the study aimed to find out.\n2. Method: says briefly what was measured and how.\n3. Result: gives the main finding, with at least one number.\n4. Conclusion: says what the result means (answers the purpose).\n\"An abstract without numbers is not an abstract.\" - Rafael\n\nOur actual data: upstream 1.2 mg/L, beside farm 4.8 mg/L, downstream 3.1 mg/L.\n(I know I need to add it, I just want to see what else is missing.)\n\nDue Friday. 150-word limit.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":75},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for a check","why":"The AI rewrites the abstract with your data plugged in, so it isn't your writing.","fix":"Say: \"Don't rewrite. Just label each part.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"Without fixed labels, the AI gives a general critique.","fix":"Say: \"Label each part exactly Present or Missing.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not naming the standard","why":"The AI may count 'Overall, the lab helped us understand' as a conclusion.","fix":"Add: \"Judge by Rafael's checklist.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"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":"Fix the shape: \"label plus the first 4 words, nothing else.\"","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":["present.{0,15}missing","label"]},{"label":"Uses the checklist","patterns":["checklist","rafael","TA"]},{"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":"Asks to point to sentences","patterns":["first (few|\\d|four) words","quot","which sentence"]}],"hint":"A checklist audit is clearest as one labeled line per required part. Give the AI the two labels, the four parts, and tell it to point, not write.","rubricLabels":["Has 4 lines in order Purpose, Method, Result, Conclusion, each labeled exactly Present or Missing","The labels follow the checklist: Method Present ('We collected water samples' or 'We measured nitrate'), Result Missing (no finding or number), Conclusion Missing; Purpose may be Present or Missing as long as the reason fits the checklist","Quotes only the first few words of existing sentences and gives no rewritten sentences, new abstract or the data written into a sentence"]}