{"id":"study-sat-reading-answer-support-check","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"verification","track":"study","title":"Check your SAT reading answers against the passage","free":false,"task":"You answered 3 SAT-style reading questions and want to know if the passage really supports your choices before you look at the key. Get exactly 3 numbered lines, each labeled exactly Supported or Not supported, followed by the sentence number from the passage that decides it in parentheses, plain text. Don't name the correct answer choice for any question you got wrong.","materialLabel":"The passage, questions and your answers (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SAT PRACTICE - Reading - Passage 3\n\n(1) For decades, scientists assumed that city pigeons navigated mainly by the sun. (2) A 2019 study by ecologist Dana Ferris tracked 40 pigeons fitted with small GPS units over Boston. (3) On cloudy days, the birds still found their way home, which suggested the sun could not be their only guide. (4) Ferris found that pigeons followed major roads and rail lines, often turning exactly where a highway turned. (5) However, when released in unfamiliar areas, the birds flew in a nearly straight line toward home, ignoring roads. (6) Ferris concluded that pigeons use familiar landmarks when they can, and switch to another sense when they cannot.\n\nQ1. The main purpose of sentence 3 is to:\n  MY ANSWER: B) challenge an earlier assumption\n\nQ2. According to the passage, in unfamiliar areas the pigeons:\n  MY ANSWER: A) followed highways home\n\nQ3. Ferris's conclusion is that pigeons:\n  MY ANSWER: C) use landmarks when available but rely on something else otherwise\n\nMy tutor says: \"Every right answer is proven by a specific sentence. Find the sentence.\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking if they're right","why":"The AI grades them and explains the right answer, so you skip the step of finding it yourself.","fix":"Say: \"Don't tell me the right answer. Just label each one.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"Without fixed labels, the AI gives long explanations instead of a clear verdict.","fix":"Say: \"Label each exactly Supported or Not supported.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking for the proof","why":"A verdict without the sentence number doesn't teach you where to look.","fix":"Add: \"Give the sentence number that decides it.\"","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 3 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 and sentence number only.\"","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":["supported.{0,15}not supported","label"]},{"label":"Asks for the sentence","patterns":["sentence (number|#)","which sentence","line"]},{"label":"Says not to give the answer","patterns":["(don't|do not|never|no).{0,25}(answer|solution|solve|tell me|give)","only (ask|question|hint)"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"To learn from a practice set, you want to know where the proof is, not just the answer. Give the AI two exact labels, ask for the sentence number, and rule out the right answer.","rubricLabels":["Each line uses exactly one label, Supported or Not supported, and gives a sentence number in parentheses","The labels are correct: Q1 Supported (sentence 3), Q2 Not supported (sentence 5), Q3 Supported (sentence 6)","Does not state or describe the correct answer for Q2 (for example, 'they flew in a straight line') and adds no explanations beyond the labels and sentence numbers"]}