clarification question
/ˌklærɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˈkwestʃən/
a focused question that resolves missing or ambiguous information before work continues
clarification question in a sentence
“The model asked a clarification question about currency before building the budget.”
Origin of clarification question
Latin clarificare to make clear + quaestio inquiry
Related Words
instruction hierarchy
the order of authority that determines which instruction wins when directions conflict
zero-shot prompting
asking a model to perform a task without giving an example in the prompt
few-shot prompting
providing a small number of examples in the prompt to demonstrate the desired behavior
in-context example
a demonstration included in the current input that guides a response without changing the model's parameters
counterexample
an example that disproves a general claim or shows what the desired output must avoid
edge case
an unusual but valid situation near a task's boundaries where normal assumptions may fail