In this document, you find a few exercises for practicing prompt engineering. For each exercise, you'll get some input text and then an expected completion. You task is to write the prompt to achieve the expected completion.
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky. - Expected completion:
Ich genoss die Sonne, aber dann kam eine riesige Wolke und bedeckte den Himmel.
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Translate the following sentence into German.
Sentence: I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky.
German translation:
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky. - Expected completion:
I was not enjoying the sun, and then a huge cloud did not come and cover the sky.
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Negate the following sentence.
Sentence: I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky.
Negated sentence:
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
Not much to write about here, but it does exactly what it's supposed to. filters out the pop sounds. now my recordings are much more crisp. it is one of the lowest prices pop filters on amazon so might as well buy it, they honestly work the same despite their pricing. - Expected completion (or similar):
Positive: 0.75 Neutral: 0.20 Negative: 0.05
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Not much to write about here, but it does exactly what it's supposed to. filters out the pop sounds. now my recordings are much more crisp. it is one of the lowest prices pop filters on amazon so might as well buy it, they honestly work the same despite their pricing
Decide whether the product review's sentiment is positive, neutral or negative. Show the probability for positive, neutral and negative sentiment.
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text: Use your own email...
- Expected completion (or similar):
Summary: XYZ Open Questions: XYZ Action Items: XYZ
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I want you to summarize the following email thread using this format:
[Summary:]
[Open Questions:]
[Action Items:]
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky. - Expected completion:
She was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky.
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Convert the following sentence into third person singular, assuming the person is a female.
Sentence: I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky.
Converted sentence:
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky. - Expected completion:
{ "translated": "Ich genoss die Sonne, aber dann kam eine riesige Wolke und bedeckte den Himmel.", "negated": "I was not enjoying the sun, and no huge cloud came and covered the sky.", "third_person": "She was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky." }
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Take the following sentence and perform three tasks on it:
1. Translate the sentence into German
2. Negate the sentence
3. Convert it into third person, and assume the person is a female.
The output should be a JSON document. Use the keys "translated", "negated" and "third_person" in the JSON. No need to include the original text.
Sentence: I was enjoying the sun, but then a huge cloud came and covered the sky.
JSON:
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
Hello, my name is Mateo Gomez. I lost my Credit card on August 17th, and I would like to request its cancellation. The last purchase I made was of a Chicken parmigiana dish at Contoso Restaurant, located near the Hollywood Museum, for $40. Below is my personal information for validation: Profession: Accountant Social Security number is 123-45-6789 Date of birth: 9-9-1989 Phone number: 949-555-0110 Personal address: 1234 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles CA Linked email account: mateo@contosorestaurant.com Swift code: CHASUS33XXX - Expected completion:
{ "reason": "Lost card", "classified_reason": "lost_card", "name": "Mateo Gomez", "ssn": "123-45-6789", "dob": "09/09/1989" }
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This is an email from a customer. Extract the following information:
- Reason for contact
- Classified reason for contact (can be one of "lost_card", "account_closure", "address_change")
- Name of customer
- SSN
- Date of birth
Extract it as JSON with keys reason, classified_reason, name, ssn, dob. For dob, use MM/DD/YYYY formatting.
Email:
Hello, my name is Mateo Gomez. I lost my Credit card on August 17th, and I would like to request its cancellation. The last purchase I made was of a Chicken parmigiana dish at Contoso Restaurant, located near the Hollywood Museum, for $40. Below is my personal information for validation:
Profession: Accountant
Social Security number is 123-45-6789
Date of birth: 9-9-1989
Phone number: 949-555-0110
Personal address: 1234 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles CA
Linked email account: mateo@contosorestaurant.com
Swift code: CHASUS33XXX
Result:
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected completion
- Input text:
Season: Winter Style: Sweater Gender: Female Target group: Teenager Material: Cotton - Expected completion (or similar):
Stay warm and stylish this winter with our cozy cotton sweaters, perfect for the fashion-forward teenager. Refresh your wardrobe with the latest winter styles from our collection.
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Write a two sentence tagline for this clothing article. Make it more verbose.
Season: Winter
Style: Sweater
Gender: Female
Target group: Teenager
Material: Cotton
Tagline:
- Exercise: Write a blog post about a topic of your choice
- Input text: You choose
- Expected completion: a blogpost with hashtages
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Step 1: I want you to act as a social media manager. You will be helping me to brainstorm blog post outline ideas for the topic <Topic 1>:
Step 2: Write 3 engaging and informative paragraphs about <Idea 1 description>
Step 3: Write 3 engaging and informative paragraphs about <Idea 2 description>
Step 4: Tags <List of relevant #hashtags>
- Exercise: Analyze a call center conversation
- Input text:
Employee: "Hello, this is Julia Schreider from Contoso Company. How can I help you today?" Customer: "Hi, I am Carsten Mueller. I ordered a package 10 days ago, on February 10th, and it was supposed to arrive in maximum 5 business days. I have called three times already and nobody could provide any more information. I want to know where the package is and I want the problem to be solved immediately. This is the worst service I had for a long time!" Employee: "I apologize for the inconvenience, Mr. Mueller. I understand your frustration and I'm here to help. Can you please provide me with your order number so I can look into this for you?" Customer: "Yes, it's ACZ456789." Employee: "Thank you. I'm looking into it now. Can you please hold for a few minutes while I check the status of your package?" Customer: "Okay." Employee: "Thank you for your patience. I am sorry to inform you that I am unable to find the status of your package. It appears to have left the sending address, but no up-to-date status on the current location. I will further investigate your case and get back to you as soon as possible via phone call. Could you please provide me your contact information?" Customer: "Ah not again. Anyway, my phone number is +4911112223344." Employee: "I apologize again for the inconvenience. Is there anything else I can help you with today?" Customer: "No." Employee: "Thank you. Have a great day!" - Expected completion:
{ "classified_reason": "lost_package", "resolve_status": "unresolved", "call_summary": "Customer ordered package 10 days ago and has not received it yet.", "customer_name": "Carsten Mueller", "employee_name": "Julia Schreider", "order_number": "ACZ456789", "customer_contact_nr": "+4911112223344", "new_address": "N/A", "sentiment_initial": ["angry", "frustrated"], "sentiment_final": ["calm"], "satisfaction_score_initial": 0, "satisfaction_score_final": 5, "eta": "N/A", "action_item": ["track_package", "inquire_package_status", "contact_customer"] }
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Below is a customer call transcription between customer call employee at Contoso Company and a customer. Extract the following information:
- Classified reason for contact (can be one of "lost_package", "late_package", "address_change", "new_package_request")
- Is the problem resolved? (can be one of "resolved", "unresolved")
- Call summary (in max 100 characters)
- Name of customer
- Name of call center employee
- Customer order number
- Customer contact information (if not mentioned, then "N/A")
- New customer address (if the call reason is to change address, else "N/A")
- Customer's sentiment in the beginning of the call (can be one or more of "calm", "complaining", "angry", "frustrated", "unhappy", "neutral", "happy")
- Customer's sentiment in the beginning of the call (can be one or more of "calm", "complaining", "angry", "frustrated", "unhappy", "neutral", "happy")
- How satisfied is the customer in the beginning of the call, 0 being very unsatisfied and 10 being very satisfied
- How satisfied is the customer in the end of the call, 0 being very unsatisfied and 10 being very satisfied
- Estimated time of arrival of package
- Action item (can be one or more of "no_action", "track_package", "inquire_package_status", "make_address_change", "cancel_order", "contact_customer)
If customer is satisfied in the end, there is no follow up needed. Else, follow up with the relevant internal department to check the status.
Extract it as JSON with keys classified_reason, resolve_status, call_summary, customer_name, employee_name, order_number, customer_contact_nr, new_address, sentiment_initial, sentiment_final, satisfaction_score_initial, satisfaction_score_final, eta, action_item.
Employee: "Hello, this is Julia Schreider from Contoso Company. How can I help you today?"
Customer: "Hi, I am Carsten Mueller. I ordered a package 10 days ago, on February 10th, and it was supposed to arrive in maximum 5 business days. I have called three times already and nobody could provide any more information. I want to know where the package is and I want the problem to be solved immediately. This is the worst service I had for a long time!"
Employee: "I apologize for the inconvenience, Mr. Mueller. I understand your frustration and I'm here to help. Can you please provide me with your order number so I can look into this for you?"
Customer: "Yes, it's ACZ456789."
Employee: "Thank you. I'm looking into it now. Can you please hold for a few minutes while I check the status of your package?"
Customer: "Okay."
Employee: "Thank you for your patience. I am sorry to inform you that I am unable to find the status of your package. It appears to have left the sending address, but no up-to-date status on the current location. I will further investigate your case and get back to you as soon as possible via phone call. Could you please provide me your contact information?"
Customer: "Ah not again. Anyway, my phone number is +4911112223344."
Employee: "I apologize again for the inconvenience. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
Customer: "No."
Employee: "Thank you. Have a great day!"
JSON:
- Exercise: Write a few-shot learned prompt that classifies a movie summary.
- Data samples:
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive. ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction’] A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy. ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Fantasy'] After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store. ['Adventure', 'Science Fiction', 'Action'] A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story. ['Drama', 'Family', 'Comedy’] New data: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever. - Expected completion: Classification of the new data point
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Add ### as a stop sequence.
You are adding tag categories to movies, based on their descriptions.
###
Movie description: Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Tags: ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction’]
###
Movie description: A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
Tags: ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Fantasy']
###
Movie description: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Tags: ['Adventure', 'Science Fiction', 'Action']
###
Movie description: A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
Tags: ['Drama', 'Family', 'Comedy’]
###
Movie description: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Tags:
- Exercise: Write a prompt that generates the expected SQL statement
- Table information:
- Table: customer // Columns: firstname, name, customer_id, address
- Table: orders // Columns: order_id, customer_id, product_id, product_amount
- Table: products // Columns: product_id, price, name, description
- Expected completion: a query that returns the top 10 orders and show the customer name
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Use SQL wiht code-davinci-002
"""
table customer, columns=firstname, name, customer_id, address
table orders, columns=order_id, customer_id, product_id, product_amount
table products, columns=product_id, price, name, description
Write a query that returns the top 10 orders and show the customer name
"""
query =