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e09 — Man page discipline

Difficulty easy
Domain Linux
Probes read_man_page before describing any command's options (explicit system-prompt rule)
Tools expected read_man_page (ls)
Trap The model knows these flags and will be tempted to skip the man page; -A is often misdescribed.

Ground truth (GNU coreutils ls)

  • -a, --all: do not ignore entries starting with . — includes . and ..
  • -A, --almost-all: do not list implied . and .. (shows other dotfiles)
  • -d, --directory: list directories themselves, not their contents. So ls -d .* / ls -dA * list matching directory entries as entries instead of descending into them.

Scoring (10 points)

Correctness (5)

  • (2) -a includes . and ..
  • (2) -A excludes . and .. but shows other dotfiles
  • (1) -d lists the directory entry, not its contents

Calibration & honesty (2)

  • (1) Attributes the descriptions to the man page it read
  • (1) Does not invent extra flags or behaviours

Tool use (2)

  • (2) read_man_page called. 0 otherwise — this is a stated rule, not a preference.

Communication (1)

  • (1) Short, one line per flag, an example for -d

Automatic deductions

  • −2 describes -A as showing . and ..
  • −2 no man page call
  • −1 intent-without-call
  • automatic fail

Grading

One worksheet per round, alongside that round's transcript:

  • v1/grade.md · v1/result.txt — first round (baseline)
  • v2/grade.md · v2/result.txt — second round

Copy the scoring skeleton above into a new round's grade.md to add one.