Answers.Body: <p>Try with <a href="https://www.promptingguide.ai/techniques/fewshot" rel="nofollow noreferrer">few-shot prompting</a>:</p>
  <pre><code>Give a precise answer to the question based on the context. Don't be verbose.
  CONTEXT: .....
  QUESTION: what is the commission rate?
  ANSWER: 20%
  CONTEXT: I have 2 balls, you have 1 ball
  QUESTION: how many balls do you have?
  ANSWER: 1
  CONTEXT: .....
  QUESTION: what is the tax rate?
  ANSWER:
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I just tried this prompt, and changed it very slightly and it seems to have achieved the desired result.</p>
  <p>Have you tried something like this?</p>
  <p>&quot;Give a precise answer to the question based on the context without stating so. Don't be verbose.&quot;</p>
  
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Body: <p>I use LLMs for QA tasks. The following prompt sent to Llama-2-13b-chat-hf:</p>
  <pre><code>Give a precise answer to the question based on the context. Don't be verbose.
  CONTEXT: .....
  QUESTION: what is the commission rate?
  ANSWER:
  </code></pre>
  <p>It gives me the answer like:</p>
  <pre><code>The commission rate is 20%
  </code></pre>
  <p>How to prompt so that it can give the answer without a full sentence like:</p>
  <pre><code>20%
  </code></pre>
  
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Title: How to prompt LLMs to get a concise answer for a question?
UserDisplayName: etang
ThreadText: # How to prompt LLMs to get a concise answer for a question?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-09-15)
  
  I use LLMs for QA tasks. The following prompt sent to Llama-2-13b-chat-hf:
  Give a precise answer to the question based on the context. Don't be verbose.
  CONTEXT: .....
  QUESTION: what is the commission rate?
  ANSWER:
  
  It gives me the answer like:
  The commission rate is 20%
  
  How to prompt so that it can give the answer without a full sentence like:
  20%
  
  **Tags:** prompt-design
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-02-21. Score: 0
  
  Try with few-shot prompting:
  Give a precise answer to the question based on the context. Don't be verbose.
  CONTEXT: .....
  QUESTION: what is the commission rate?
  ANSWER: 20%
  CONTEXT: I have 2 balls, you have 1 ball
  QUESTION: how many balls do you have?
  ANSWER: 1
  CONTEXT: .....
  QUESTION: what is the tax rate?
  ANSWER:
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2024-01-21. Score: 0
  
  I just tried this prompt, and changed it very slightly and it seems to have achieved the desired result.
  
  Have you tried something like this?
  
  "Give a precise answer to the question based on the context without stating so. Don't be verbose."
  
  
  ---
  
  