Quoting and paraphrasing without misattributing
Lesson 4 of 6 · Citations that survive
1 · Learn the move · Verified-data override
Asked what a paper says, a model answers from the shape of similar papers - which produces paraphrases that are fluent, reasonable, and not what the authors wrote. The override: the model may quote or paraphrase only from text you paste in front of it, with a locator - section, paragraph, or page - attached to every quote. A paraphrase must not extend the claim past the passage: reduced aggregation in one cell line under one condition does not become prevents aggregation. If the passage does not support the sentence your argument needs, the model's job is to say so, not to bridge the gap. Anything it cannot ground in the pasted text gets [NEEDS: source passage], because cited-for-what-it-actually-says is part of VERIFIED too.
Here is a passage from [citation], [locator]: [paste passage]. Using ONLY this text: (1) give me an exact quote with the locator, (2) a one-sentence paraphrase that does not extend the claim, (3) a flag line stating anything my draft sentence claims that this passage does not support. My draft sentence: [sentence]. If the passage cannot support it, say so - do not stretch either one.
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
Your introduction says a 2021 paper 'established that the modification is required for localization.' A reviewer on a previous submission called a similar sentence an overreach, and you were not sure then whether the source actually made the claim. This time you have the PDF open and want the sentence grounded before it ships.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
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