Inventing New Words

Background

This prompt tests an LLM's ability to create new words and use them in sentences.

Prompt

A "whatpu" is a small, furry animal native to Tanzania. An example of a sentence that uses the word whatpu is:
We were traveling in Africa and we saw these very cute whatpus.
 
To do a "farduddle" means to jump up and down really fast. An example of a sentence that uses the word farduddle is:

Code / API

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
 
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[
        {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "A \"whatpu\" is a small, furry animal native to Tanzania. An example of a sentence that uses the word whatpu is:\nWe were traveling in Africa and we saw these very cute whatpus.\n\nTo do a \"farduddle\" means to jump up and down really fast. An example of a sentence that uses the word farduddle is:"
        }
    ],
    temperature=1,
    max_tokens=256,
    top_p=1,
    frequency_penalty=0,
    presence_penalty=0
)

Reference

Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4 (13 April 2023)