# Fact-check against sources: scoring guide

Check each claim in a draft against the sources you give, quote the passage that backs or contradicts it, and list what to fix, using nothing from outside those sources.

## How to use it

1. Run the template on your own material, or take an answer you already have.
2. For each criterion below, read the answer against the two lines and tick one: meets or does not meet. Quote what you saw.
3. A criterion marked "checked by you" is yours to mark. An AI cannot meet it for you.
4. Count the ticks for meets, out of 8. Fix the first criterion that is not met and run the guide again.

## The guide

### 1. Every claim is quoted word for word from the draft

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every claim in the table is found word for word in the draft.
- Does not meet: A claim has been reworded or corrected, or is not in the draft word for word.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 2. Every passage is quoted word for word from the sources

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every passage is found word for word in the sources, or the row says None found.
- Does not meet: A passage has been reworded, or is not found word for word in the sources.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 3. Each verdict is one of the four allowed words

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every claim has exactly one of supported, partly supported, contradicted or not in sources.
- Does not meet: A row has another word, such as partially supported or unverified.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 4. Every fix row is filled in

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every row under Fix before you send has the claim, what the sources say and the suggested wording filled in.
- Does not meet: A row under Fix before you send has a blank or a dash in one of its three cells.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 5. Every claim in the fix list is in the draft word for word

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every claim quoted in the fix list is found word for word in the draft.
- Does not meet: A quoted claim has been reworded or is not in the draft.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 6. The counts add up to the verdicts

Checked by a second AI prompt.

- Meets: The numbers on the Result line match the verdicts, and the fix list has one row for each claim that is not supported.
- Does not meet: A count on the Result line is wrong, or a claim that is not supported has no row in the fix list, or a supported claim has one.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 7. Each suggested wording says only what the sources say

Checked by a second AI prompt.

- Meets: Every number, date and name in each suggested wording appears in the sources, and the wording says no more than they do.
- Does not meet: A suggested wording adds a figure or a fact the sources do not give, or rounds a figure into a new one.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 8. You decide what to do with each fix

Checked by you.

- Meets: You read each fix, chose to find a source, soften the claim or cut it, and checked the suggested wording against the source yourself.
- Does not meet: A fix is used without being read against the source, or a claim marked not in sources is sent as it stood.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

## Your result

Met ___ of 8

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