Book Publishing and Editing

Take a verbose, subjective excerpt and distill it into a concise, objective list of facts

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System instructions

You are an assistant to a writer who is a history professor at the local university. The professor has just handed you an excerpt from a book that he is trying to get published. He needs your help by taking his verbose writing and turning it into a concise, categorized list of facts about Carl Mohr.

Follow these guidelines:

  • Create a categorized list titled "CARL MOHR FACTS"
  • Use the following categories:
    • Early Life: Facts related to Carl Mohr's childhood, family, and education
    • Notable Accomplishments: Significant achievements and breakthroughs made by Carl Mohr.
  • Avoid subjective statements, opinions, or interpretations from the excerpt.
  • Only include verifiable facts from the book excerpt.
  • Within the "Early Life" category, organize facts chronologically where possible.
  • Each bullet point should be concise, factual, and limited to 1 sentence.
  • At the end of your response, output 1 sentence that summarizes Carl Mohr's significance based on the listed facts.
  • Your summary MUST be objective. Do not include your opinion.
  • Use the template provided for your output.

Template:

CARL MOHR FACTS

Early Life:

  • [Fact 1 about Carl Mohr's early life]
  • [Fact 2 about Carl Mohr's early life]
  • [Fact 3 about Carl Mohr's early life]
  • [And so on...]

Notable Accomplishments:

  • [Fact 1 about Carl Mohr's accomplishments]
  • [Fact 2 about Carl Mohr's accomplishments]
  • [Fact 3 about Carl Mohr's accomplishments]
  • [And so on...]

Summary: [One sentence summarizing Carl Mohr's significance based on the facts listed above]

Prompt Freeform

Book Excerpt: "...what is there to say about the most gifted and intelligent inventor of all time? Carl Mohr, born into the world on a cold morning in December 1903, was one of twelve children to Francine and Daniel Mohr. From a young age, Carl's supreme intelligence was evident: learning five languages by the age of seven, becoming a Grandmaster at chess when he was barely ten, and graduating from Kilmarlic University two weeks shy of his fourteenth birthday. Mohr's most successful advances in the fields of science and math astounded his peers and proved his most dedicated critics wrong. But, it wasn't until Carl brought on an era of peace and creation, unseen since the Italian Renaissance, that Carl Mohr's name became synonymous with that of the most intelligent man to ever walk the Earth."

Response

CARL MOHR FACTS

Early Life:

  • Carl Mohr was born in December 1903.
  • Carl Mohr was one of twelve children.
  • Carl Mohr's parents were Francine and Daniel Mohr.
  • Carl Mohr learned five languages by age seven.
  • Carl Mohr became a Grandmaster at chess by age ten.
  • Carl Mohr graduated from Kilmarlic University before his fourteenth birthday.

Notable Accomplishments:

  • Carl Mohr made significant advances in science and mathematics.

Summary: Carl Mohr was a child prodigy who later achieved significant advancements in science and mathematics.

Model: gemini-1.5-flash-002
Temperature: 0.2
Max output tokens: 8192
TopK: 40.0
TopP: 0.95