Check qualifiers first
Words such as may, only and unless often carry important information. Read the summary for missing conditions rather than checking only nouns and numbers.
The service aims to preserve essential context in one or two sentences. Your review determines which details are essential for this use.
- Mark source qualifications.
- Locate them in the summary.
- Restore necessary context.
Check relationships between facts
A paragraph may explain why an event occurred or what must happen first. A shorter sentence can accidentally suggest a causal relationship the source never stated.
Check whether the output distinguishes a completed event from a forecast. Numbers need the same units and reference periods as the original.
- Compare cause and sequence.
- Check event status.
- Verify numbers and units.
Decide whether brevity helps
A summary that removes the reader’s key condition is too short for its purpose. Keep the full text available when a decision depends on detail.
If you edit the generated summary, use the source as your factual baseline. Do not fill gaps from assumptions about what usually happens.
- Identify the reader’s decision.
- Keep needed caveats.
- Recheck the edited summary.
Worked example
The review may start on Monday, but only if all notes arrive by Friday.
The review may start on Monday if all notes arrive by Friday.
A version saying the review will start on Monday would incorrectly remove both uncertainty and the condition.
Before you finish
- Negatives remain accurate.
- Conditions remain visible.
- Forecasts remain forecasts.
- Facts come from the source.
Questions and answers
Is a shorter summary always better?
No. It must retain the information needed for the reader’s purpose.
What if a caveat is missing?
Restore it from the source and compare the complete summary again.