{"id":"study-tch-answer-key-verify","audience":"teachers","category":"studying","technique":"verification","track":"study","title":"Check your quiz answer key against the textbook","free":false,"task":"You wrote a 5-question answer key for your 7th grade social studies quiz late at night and want to check it before copies go out. Get exactly 5 numbered lines, each labeled exactly Correct or Check this, and for any Check this, what the textbook passage says instead in under 15 words, plain text. Judge only by the textbook passage, not general knowledge.","materialLabel":"Your answer key and the textbook passage (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SOCIAL STUDIES 7 - Mr. Lindqvist - Quiz: Ancient Mali\n\nTEXTBOOK PASSAGE (World Cultures, ch. 8, p. 212):\nThe empire of Mali rose in West Africa in the 1200s. Its founder, Sundiata Keita, defeated the kingdom of Sosso in 1235. Mali grew rich by controlling the trade in gold and salt across the Sahara. Its most famous ruler, Mansa Musa, made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, bringing so much gold that its value fell in Cairo for years. Timbuktu became a center of learning, with libraries and a famous mosque, Djinguereber, built during Musa's reign. Mali declined in the 1400s, and the Songhai Empire took over much of its land.\n\nMY ANSWER KEY (draft):\n1. Who founded the empire of Mali? -> Sundiata Keita\n2. What two goods made Mali rich? -> gold and ivory\n3. In what year did Mansa Musa travel to Mecca? -> 1324\n4. What city became a center of learning? -> Timbuktu\n5. What empire took over Mali's land? -> the Ghana Empire\n\nCopies go to the office at 7:30 AM.\n(I know Ghana came BEFORE Mali in some sources, but the quiz should follow the textbook.)","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking if it's right","why":"The AI rewrites the whole key with extra context and history, which takes longer to check.","fix":"Give labels: \"Label each Correct or Check this.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 5 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Not naming the standard","why":"The AI checks against what it knows, which may not match your textbook.","fix":"Add: \"Judge only by the textbook passage.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No fix for the errors","why":"A 'Check this' with no reason sends you back to reread the whole passage.","fix":"Add: \"For each Check this, say what the passage says instead.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"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 fix: \"under 12 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":["correct.{0,15}check this","label"]},{"label":"Names the standard","patterns":["textbook","passage","only.{0,20}(passage|textbook)"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Asks what the passage says","patterns":["what the (passage|textbook) says","instead","fix"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"A quick key check needs a clear verdict per question and the right source. Give the AI two labels, tell it which source counts, and ask what the passage says for any error.","rubricLabels":["Each of the 5 lines uses exactly one label, Correct or Check this","Questions 1, 3 and 4 are labeled Correct, and questions 2 and 5 are labeled Check this","For question 2 it says the passage gives gold and salt, and for question 5 it says the Songhai Empire, using only the passage"]}