Message roles (system, user, assistant) in Prompt Engineering / GenAI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the system message role in a chat API call.

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messages = [{"role": "[1]", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."}]

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Asystem

Buser

Cassistant

Dbot

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'user' instead of 'system' for the initial message.

The system role sets the behavior and context for the assistant before the conversation starts.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to add a user message role with a question.

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messages.append({"role": "[1]", "content": "What is AI?"})

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Aassistant

Bsystem

Cuser

Dclient

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'assistant' instead of 'user' for user input.

The user role represents the person asking questions or giving input.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly add an assistant reply role.

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messages.append({"role": "[1]", "content": "AI stands for Artificial Intelligence."})

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Auser

Bsystem

Cbot

Dassistant

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'user' or 'system' instead of 'assistant' for replies.

The assistant role is used for the AI's responses in the conversation.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a conversation with system and user roles.

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messages = [[1]{"role": "system", "content": "You are a friendly bot."}, [2]{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]

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A{

B[

C]

D}

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using curly braces for the list instead of square brackets.

The messages list starts and ends with square brackets []. Each message is a dictionary inside curly braces {}.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to add system, user, and assistant messages correctly.

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messages = [[1]{"role": "system", "content": "You are helpful."}, [2]{"role": "user", "content": "What is ML?"}, [3]{"role": "assistant", "content": "ML means Machine Learning."}]

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A{

B[

C]

D}

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using curly braces for the list or missing brackets.

The messages list is enclosed in square brackets []. Each message is a dictionary enclosed in curly braces {}.