A reviewer rejects a label that you believe follows the guideline. How would you handle the feedback?

Instruction: Resolve both feedback records against guideline version 3. Correct the clear negation error directly, use the permitted review label for the two-intent case and write a concise, evidence-based clarification message.

Context:

Distinguish a valid reviewer correction from an unsupported priority rule. Produce corrected labels and a focused clarification message using the actual source text.

Fictional practice task

Compare two feedback records with the current, approved guideline version 3. Corrections and clarification messages stay in the project review system.

Single-label contract:

  • change_address: the item explicitly requests a delivery-address change and does not also ask for order tracking.
  • track_order: the item explicitly asks for order location or status and does not also request an address change. A negated tracking question is not a tracking request.
  • needs_review: the item contains both requests, or the supplied rules otherwise do not determine one label.
  • Version 3 gives no first-mentioned-intent or other priority rule. A reviewer comment is not, by itself, a new guideline version. Use the allowed review status for a multi-intent item rather than inventing precedence.

D1

  • Source: “Please change my delivery address. I am not asking where the order is.”
  • Your original label: track_order.
  • Reviewer comment: “This is an address-change request, not a tracking question. Recheck the negation.”

D2

  • Source: “Where is my order? Also, please change the delivery address.”
  • Your original label: change_address.
  • Reviewer comment: “The tracking question comes first, so use track_order.”

Produce: For each item, give the corrected allowed label and a short rule-based reason. Write a brief acknowledgement for the clear correction and a clarification message of no more than two sentences for the unresolved precedence question. Do not escalate the clear worker error or invent a label outside the supplied contract.

Updated

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For D1, the reviewer is right. I missed the negation: the person asks for an address change and explicitly says they are not asking where the order is. I’d correct my label to change_address and acknowledge that mistake...

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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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