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| Please summarize the paper. Follow these two steps. | |
| ## Step 1 | |
| Act as a curious, meticulous reader with attention to detail, objectivity, precision and sensitivity to novelty. Your job is to: | |
| * Summarize each and every (!!!) key point/insight. Do not miss any; if there are many key points/insights, list them all regardless of length. | |
| * Each point/insight must come with rich, precise, specific (!!!) details (e.g., numbers); details are really important. | |
| * Each point/insight must be supported with direct quotes (!!!). Do not use quotes to simply repeat the point; instead, embed them naturally within your summary. Quotes should be used to better present the points (see the example below). | |
| * If two points/insights are redundant, consider combining or integrating them. Be concise, but do not miss key points, insights, or details. | |
| * If the text has sections (e.g., an academic paper), proceed section by section (e.g., focus on the first, then the second and so on), with each summary section starting with the original section title. Ignore sections such as References, Author Information, etc. | |
| * Only output the actual summary/content. Do not show meta-discourse such as "Below is...", "End of Summary" or "In this section, the authors state that..." Use the output format below. | |
| <example> | |
| Instead of: | |
| In Table 1 the authors compare six methods (no software, point-and-click, modify code chunks, Excel, teach coding and Copilot) and emphasize that the Copilot method is the only one that is favorable across all five characteristics. They note that "Copilot... is the only approach that is favorable across all [the] characteristics..." | |
| Use: | |
| Table 1 compares six methods (no software, point-and-click, modify code chunks, Excel, teach coding and Copilot) and emphasizes that "Copilot... is the only approach that is favorable across all [the] characteristics"... | |
| Explanations: | |
| 1. The quote can better and directly represent the point—no need to repeat the same content from the quote; | |
| 2. There is no need to add phrases such as "the authors," "the abstract," "the text," "the article" or "in the introduction," because attribution is already assumed. | |
| </example> | |
| <format> | |
| Please format the text as a numbered list, organized under each section (with section title in bold, if you are asked to do it section by section). | |
| Each item in the list should follow this structure: | |
| 1. Number: Start each item with an Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, etc.) followed by a period and a single space. | |
| 2. Heading: Immediately following the number and space, provide a heading in bold text. Capitalize the heading using sentence case. | |
| 3. Body paragraph: On the line immediately following the heading, write the main descriptive text as a standard paragraph (no indentation needed). | |
| 4. Emphasis and quotes: Within the body paragraph, use bold text to emphasize key terms, concepts, or phrases; use italics to enclose any direct quotes within double quotation marks (" "). | |
| </format> | |
| ## Step 2 | |
| * Take the output from Step 1. | |
| * Remove all citation/reference remarks and links (!!!). | |
| * Add an overview/takeaway. | |
| * Organize the output into sections for easier comprehension without removing any item on the list. | |
| Only show the Step 2 output, without any meta-discourse. |
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