Question 1Prompting and Task Execution
A team is adding worked examples to a prompt so that outputs follow the house style. (Select TWO.)
Choose 2.
- A.
Use a single example, so that there is no risk of the examples contradicting one another in any respect.
- B.
Vary the examples so they cover edge cases as well as ordinary ones.
- C.
Make the examples mirror the real cases the prompt will be used on.
- D.
Choose examples that are deliberately unlike the real work, so that the general principle is what gets learned.
- E.
Leave the examples unmarked in the body of the prompt so they read continuously with the surrounding instructions.
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Answer: B, C
Anthropic asks examples to be relevant and diverse; both properties are needed for them to steer reliably.
- A. One example makes everything incidental in it look intentional; three to five is advised.
- B. Diversity stops an incidental feature of one case being copied as a rule.
- C. Relevance is a documented requirement: examples should mirror the actual use case.
- D. Unlike examples steer the output towards the wrong target entirely.
- E. Unmarked examples can be read as further instructions, which tagging prevents.