One response is accurate but breaks the required format; another follows the format but contains a false claim. How would you rate them?

Instruction: For each fictional round, record factual correctness and format compliance separately, then apply the both-pass acceptance rule. In the advanced round, use the dated holiday exception and the exact JSON schema; do not invent a winner or scoring weights.

Context:

Rate facts and exact output requirements separately, then handle a holiday exception and an extra JSON key in a harder second round.

Fictional practice task

Fact sheet: The support desk opens at 09:00 on weekdays.

Request: "Give the weekday opening time as one JSON object with exactly one key, opens_at, and a string value."

Response A: "The support desk opens at 09:00 on weekdays."

Response B: {"opens_at": "08:00"}

Rubric: Record factual correctness and format compliance separately as pass/fail. A response is acceptable only when both pass. This exercise does not request a pairwise winner or specify weights. State each response's two ratings and whether it is acceptable.

Advanced second round: exception and exact schema

This is a separate fictional support-desk case. All times below are in UTC.

Fact sheet: Normal weekday opening is 09:00. For this fictional desk, 2026-10-12 is a designated holiday with an approved opening-time exception of 10:00. The exception overrides normal hours for that date.

Request: "Give the opening time for 2026-10-12 as one JSON object with exactly one key, opens_at, and a string value. Include no extra keys or surrounding prose."

Response A: {"opens_at":"10:00","timezone":"UTC"}

Response B: {"opens_at":"09:00"}

Rubric: Factual correctness passes only when all asserted facts agree with this fact sheet. Format compliance passes only for valid JSON with exactly the single opens_at key and a string value, with no surrounding prose. A response is acceptable only when both pass. There is no weighted overall score or pairwise-winner task. Return both ratings and acceptance decisions, cite the decisive input, and supply one corrected response.

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I'd rate A as factual correctness pass and format compliance fail, so it is not acceptable...

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1. Entry level annotation

Apply guidelines, label text and spans, and explain a small practice project.

  1. How would you explain the data annotator role and the kind of work you would expect to do? Free sample
  2. How would you learn a new annotation guideline before starting your first batch? Member answer
  3. Apply a sentiment guideline to four short comments. Which labels would you choose, and why? Free sample
  4. Mark two location mentions using the exact character-offset contract. How would you check your result? Free sample
  5. Walk me through an annotation or quality-checking project you can discuss, including your own contribution and limits. Member answer

2. AI response evaluation

Compare responses using separate criteria for correctness, instruction following, and writing quality.

  1. Compare two AI responses against a supplied fact sheet. Which response is better under the rubric? Free sample
  2. One response is accurate but breaks the required format; another follows the format but contains a false claim. How would you rate them? Member answer
  3. Write a short rating rationale that identifies the decisive error without restating both responses. Member answer
  4. An AI response includes a factual claim you cannot verify from the supplied sources. What would you do? Member answer
  5. Two responses have different strengths and neither clearly wins. How would you apply the ranking rules? Member answer

3. Senior review and quality

Work through disagreement, missed critical cases, changing guidelines, review capacity, and reviewer calibration.

  1. Two experienced reviewers disagree repeatedly, and the deadline leaves little time for adjudication. What would you recommend? Free sample
  2. A batch has 98% accuracy against reviewed references but misses every critical item. Would you accept it? Member answer
  3. A labeling rule changes halfway through a delivery. Would you relabel old work, split the dataset or delay the release? Member answer
  4. The delivery requires review of every item, but the available reviewers cannot finish by the deadline. What would you change? Member answer
  5. A reference answer appears to contradict the written rule, and workers are being penalized for disagreeing with it. What would you do? Member answer

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