Vocabulary · Free lesson
Included, omitted or added? Describe an AI response
Task: report both the meeting day and deadline. Input: “The meeting is Tuesday. Send the agenda by Monday.” Output: “The meeting is Tuesday.”
Professor Scott MendozaThe short answer
Included means the response contains something; omitted means it leaves something out; added means it introduces something extra. Say which detail you mean and whether the task required it.
Point to the content difference, not an imagined intention.
The output included the meeting day but omitted the agenda deadline. The task requested both, so the omission matters here. “The model ignored us deliberately” invents an intention you cannot read from that output. Describe the text you can actually compare.
Useful feedback on the same output
The response included the meeting day.
It omitted the requested deadline: Monday.
A summary can legitimately leave details out. Check the task before calling every omission an error.
Make the feedback specific
Identify the requirement
The task required the day and the deadline.
Describe the difference
The response included Tuesday but omitted the Monday deadline.
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Describe what changed
Read all answers and explanations
Required: day and deadline. Input: Tuesday meeting, Monday deadline. Output: Tuesday meeting only. Which feedback fits?
The response omitted the deadline.The output contains Tuesday but no deadline. Omitted identifies the missing requested detail.
Input: “The meeting is Tuesday.” Output: “The meeting is Tuesday at 9:00.” Which description is accurate?
The response added a time that was not in the input.9:00 appears only in the output. Report the addition without pretending the input supports it.
Task: name only the meeting day. The response says Tuesday and leaves out the room. What should you say?
The response included the requested day; the room was not requested.The task asked only for the day. Leaving out an unrequested room is not an error on that basis alone.
Put it into practice
Write useful output feedback
Task: report the owner and deadline. Input: “Mina owns the report. It is due Friday.” Output: “Mina owns the report. It is due Thursday.” Choose precise feedback.
The model is careless and always gets dates wrong.
See a model answer
The response included Mina as the owner but changed the deadline from Friday to Thursday.
Changed is useful when a detail is present but different. Other precise wording is valid too.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Is every added detail wrong?
No. Some tasks invite expansion or suggestions. Say whether the addition is supported or permitted by that task; do not call all extra information an error.
The task asked for suggestions, and the response added two possible next steps.
Is omitting information always a mistake?
No. A summary normally leaves some details out. Explain what was omitted and why that detail was required for this task before describing the omission as a failure.
Take it into your day
Specific content verbs make feedback easier to verify.
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