Read an Article with Questions in Mind | Follow-Along Exercise

Cosa realizzerai

A text deliverable that fits the task, a fact-check sheet and a reusable prompt.

Ti servirà

• A chat, image or video tool suited to the task (PromptKite does not provide model credits)
• Your own input materials and a folder for saving results

Passaggi

1. Define the inputs for this exercise

   The demo inputs for this exercise are: Article: Fictional short essay: the author argues that beginners should complete small tasks before learning complex tools. The evidence is a single classroom observation: most students were more willing to keep practicing after finishing one cover. The observation had no control group and no long-term follow-up; Goal: understand the author's argument. First confirm whether these conditions fit your situation; replace “paste your material” in the example with real material. Write the goal as a deliverable you can check against.

2. Run it once for your scenario

   Replace the placeholder material in the example with real material you can provide, then give the complete prompt to a chat tool. Redact personal or business information as needed first; if the model asks about missing facts, supply the material rather than asking it to make things up. Focus of this task: extract the central claim, the chain of evidence, hidden assumptions and possible counterexamples.

3. Check against the criteria and revise

   Check the output against the input: “Are claims and evidence kept separate, and are quotes accurate? Verify names, numbers and qualifiers in the input.” Tag each conclusion with its supporting material; move anything unsupported to a “to be confirmed” section. Pick one wording or structural problem to fix and compare the old and new versions, rather than just asking for it to be “more professional.”

4. Save and review

   Save the final result, the prompt, the source of your input material and one reason for a change. Name files with the date plus the task name; save reusable versions to your PromptKite Prompt Pocket. Next time, change one condition and try again, noting whether the result still holds.

Errori comuni

• The input is still placeholder text, so the output looks empty — Replace placeholders such as “paste your material” in the example with real material; state clearly that missing facts are unknown instead of asking the model to fill them in.
• The result doesn't meet the standard for this scenario — Check the output against the input: “Are claims and evidence kept separate, and are quotes accurate? Verify names, numbers and qualifiers in the input.” Tag each conclusion with its supporting material; move anything unsupported to a “to be confirmed” section. Pick one wording or structural problem to fix and compare the old and new versions, rather than just asking for it to be “more professional.”

Modello di esercizio

Complete the task using the following inputs: the article is “{subject}”; the goal is to understand the author's argument. Extract the central claim, the chain of evidence, hidden assumptions and possible counterexamples. First give five reading questions, then answer each based on the original text, supporting the analysis with quote locations; separate factual judgments from value judgments, and don't attribute to the author anything they didn't say. Output in this order: understanding and assumptions, ready-to-use text, information I need to confirm, and next steps. Use clear, short sentences and avoid empty slogans; if key inputs are missing, ask at most three specific questions instead of filling in facts with guesses. Finally, check item by item whether it meets my purpose, and state clearly which results still need human review.