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Handle an ambiguous instruction

Tell a case the brief genuinely does not decide from one you simply find hard, and escalate it with evidence.

Starting level
Comfortable with the basics
Time
20 minutes
Public lesson guide
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You will learn to

Tell a genuinely undecided case apart from a merely hard one, and escalate it so the brief gets fixed.

Why this matters

A reviewer who quietly invents a rule makes the whole batch inconsistent, and the next reviewer cannot see why.

Three things to remember

  • Undecided: two readings both fit the written brief.
  • Escalate one example, both readings, and the decision you need.
  • Record which reading you used, so the batch can be re-checked.

See one example

Task

A guideline bans medical advice. An answer suggests rest and water for a fever.

Try the judgement yourself

Both answers respond to the task above. One of them does the job better. Which, and why?

Make something yourself

Take a guideline sentence you have followed. Write an escalation note for one case it does not decide: the item, both readings that fit it, and the exact decision you need.

A useful starting pointFour parts: the item, reading one, reading two, and the missing definition.

Read further

The source is optional. The complete teaching and practice are available inside AI2Bharat.

Read the primary or official source: OpenAI InstructGPT