{"id":"study-novel-context-meaning-words","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Learn vocabulary as the novel actually uses it","free":false,"task":"Your English vocab quiz asks what words mean in the novel's sentences, and several are used in unusual ways. Get exactly 4 numbered lines in the form 'word: meaning in this sentence', each meaning under 10 words, plain text. Give the meaning the sentence shows, not the most common dictionary meaning, and use only the 4 words Mr. Ellis assigned.","materialLabel":"Your vocab assignment (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ENGLISH 9 - Mr. Ellis - Vocab in context - \"The Ferryman's Year\" ch. 4-6\n\nASSIGNED WORDS (only these 4 are on the quiz):\n\n1. \"The old ferry was a CRANK to start; Oma swore at it every morning.\" (p. 52)\n2. \"He gave the boy a SPARE smile, the kind you'd give a stranger.\" (p. 58)\n3. \"By noon the river had begun to TELL on the town; the low road was underwater.\" (p. 61)\n4. \"She was GREEN at the oars that first spring, but by fall she rowed like a fisherman.\" (p. 66)\n\nMr. Ellis: \"These words have common meanings you already know. The quiz asks what they mean IN THE SENTENCE. If you write the dictionary's first meaning, it's wrong.\"\n\nBonus words (not on the quiz): eddy, gunwale, tiller.\n\nMy guesses: crank = an annoying person? spare = extra? tell = say something? green = the color??\n\nQuiz Friday. Reading log due Monday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for definitions","why":"The AI gives the most common dictionary meaning, which is exactly what the quiz marks wrong.","fix":"Say: \"Give the meaning the sentence shows, not the common one.\"","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":"Including the bonus words","why":"The AI defines every word it sees, including the ones not on the quiz.","fix":"Add: \"Only the 4 assigned words.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting long explanations","why":"The AI adds the common meaning, etymology and example sentences.","fix":"Show the shape: \"crank: hard to start\".","checks":["r2","plainText"]},{"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 meaning: \"each under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for the meaning in context","patterns":["in (the|this|each) sentence","in context","not the (common|dictionary)"]},{"label":"Says how many words","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}word"]},{"label":"Limits to the assigned words","patterns":["assigned","only.{0,15}(4|four)","skip.{0,15}bonus"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["word:\\s*meaning","like ['\"]","format"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"The AI reaches for the most common meaning unless told otherwise. Say you want the meaning in each sentence, which words count, and the line shape.","rubricLabels":["Covers exactly the 4 assigned words (crank, spare, tell, green) and none of the bonus words","Each meaning matches how the sentence uses the word: crank = hard or difficult to start (a machine that's hard to get going), spare = thin or small and reserved, tell = have a visible effect or take a toll, green = inexperienced or new","Each line is in the shape 'word: meaning', with no dictionary-first meanings like 'extra' for spare or 'the color' for green, and no extra explanations"]}