Past-Paper Question Breakdown: Command Word, Marks and Scope, Without the Answer
Understand what an exam question is asking before you write anything. Get the command word, what the marks suggest and the limits of the topic, with no model answer and no list of points to include.
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Help me understand what this exam question is asking. Do not answer it, give a model answer or list the content points that would earn marks.
Question: {{question_text}}. Marks and paper details: {{marks_and_paper}}. My exam board's command-word definitions, or "none": {{board_glossary}}.
Use this format. 1) Command word: quote it, then give its meaning from the definitions I pasted. If I pasted none, give a general meaning and label it "general, not the board's own". 2) Marks: what the mark count may suggest about how many separate points or how much development is expected, stated as a guess about typical practice and not a rule. 3) Scope: the topic, the limits (time period, place, text, data) and any words that narrow the question. 4) Easy misreadings: two ways a student could end up answering a different question. 5) Three questions for me to answer in my own words that check I know what to write about.
If the question looks incomplete or refers to a source I have not pasted, ask for it first. I will check my board's mark scheme and my teacher's guidance.3 inputs still blank. Empty inputs stay as placeholders when copied.
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Check the result: 1. The command word is quoted exactly as it appears in the question. 2. Meanings are called the board's own only when they came from the glossary you pasted. 3. The breakdown contains no answer content, only what the question is asking for. Example output is illustrative; independently verify calculations, dates, quotations and actions relevant to your task.
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Illustrative example · 2026-10-25
Distinct practical task selected after the library gap review; no measured breakout-query claim. Compatibility checked from provider documentation; no cross-platform benchmark or ranking claim.