Self-Ask Prompting: Let the Model Interview Itself
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Ask an LLM a multi-hop question ("who was president when the composer of Rhapsody in Blue was born?") and it often skips a hop and guesses. Self-Ask fixes that by making the model interview itself — out loud. ❓ Watch it ask its own follow-ups: https://dev48v.infy.uk/prompt/day19-self-ask.html The format Self-Ask gives the model a strict scaffold: Are follow-up questions needed here? Yes. Follow-up: Who composed Rhapsody in Blue? Intermediate answer: George Gershwin. Follow-up: When was George…
1Key Takeaways
- Ask an LLM a multi-hop question ("who was president when the composer of Rhapsody in Blue was born?") and it often skips a hop and guesses.
- Self-Ask fixes that by making the model interview itself — out loud.
- ❓ Watch it ask its own follow-ups: https://dev48v.infy.uk/prompt/day19-self-ask.html The format Self-Ask gives the model a strict scaffold: Are follow-up questions needed here?
- Follow-up: Who composed Rhapsody in Blue?
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Prompt and agent patterns spread fast; staying current saves time and token cost. DEV — Prompt Engineering reports that ask an LLM a multi-hop question ("who was president when the composer of Rhapsody in Blue was born?") and it often skips a hop and guesses.
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