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Suppose you could…
Extract evidence from supplied sources
Create a traceable evidence table that preserves conflicting source claims.
Create a traceable evidence table that preserves conflicting source claims.
Time is a practice estimate. Pause or return whenever you need.A useful little possibility.
Your goal is a usable work artifact, not a perfect-looking AI answer. Create a traceable evidence table that preserves conflicting source claims.
Let’s make a start.
Use a fresh conversation in an AI tool you are permitted to use. Copy the fictional sample below, then paste the starter prompt with it. No file upload, web search or paid integration is required.
1. Read the three sources yourself.
2. Paste them with the prompt.
3. Match each quoted excerpt to its original.
4. Ask the model which uncertainty prevents an unconditional answer.
Your sample material
Fictional training material. No real customer information needed.
Question: Can Harbor host a 20-person evening workshop? S1 — venue brochure, 1 September: “Room A seats up to 24. Evening hire is available.” S2 — venue email, 14 September: “Room A currently has 18 usable chairs. Additional chairs may be available; we have not confirmed this.” S3 — organizer notes, 15 September: “Twenty participants expected. Step-free access is required, but has not yet been checked.”Download sample .txt ↓
Answer the question only from S1–S3. Produce a table with claim, source ID, exact supporting excerpt, limitation and follow-up question. Separate capacity, availability and accessibility. Do not browse or invent facts. Finish with a conditional conclusion, not a booking recommendation.
Keep personal and confidential information out of external AI tools. Start with the sample material.
Turn a first try into your thing.
Compare the result with the checklist before opening the worked example. Identify one specific weakness and ask for a targeted revision, referring to the original sample. If all checks pass, tighten the wording without changing the facts. Save the reviewed result in your own document; do not send or publish it as part of this exercise.
Pause for the “aha.”
Traceability matters more than confident phrasing. A citation is useful only when its source actually supports the claim being made.
Useful beats convincing.
Check these against your actual output. Your answers stay on this device; this is self-review, not automated grading.
Finished your first try? Reveal a worked example ↓
S1 advertises a maximum of 24, but S2 reports only 18 usable chairs now; extra chairs are unconfirmed. S1 says evening hire exists, not that a specific evening is available. S3 establishes the access requirement, not that the venue meets it. Conclusion: suitability for 20 is not established. Confirm at least 20 usable seats, the intended evening and step-free access before committing. The newer email narrows a brochure claim but does not prove the room’s legal capacity has changed.
A new case. Your own approach.
Apply the review principles to these new facts, not the previous sample’s specific numbers or answers.
Source A says a supplier delivers in three days. Source B says custom orders take seven days. Your order needs customization and is required in four days. Build a two-row evidence table and explain why the general promise is insufficient.
One possibility leads to another.
Repeat on a small, permitted task of your own. Record what you changed and which check caught a problem. Keep using fictional inputs if workplace material is not approved for your chosen tool.
Your reusable workflow card ↓
Task: Extract evidence from supplied sources Audience: [who will use this] Approved source material: [paste] Required output: Create a traceable evidence table that preserves conflicting source claims. Constraints and unknowns: [list] Review before use: - Every factual claim has an appropriate source ID. - Quotations match the original text. - Advertised capacity is distinguished from current seating. - General evening hire is not a confirmed date. - Accessibility remains an open question.Download workflow .txt ↓
You tried something. That counts.
Keep a note of what you made or what surprised you. It stays in this browser.