Mastering Fill-in-the-Blank Prompting in Prompt Engineering

In this article, you will learn about fill in the blank prompting, one of the greatest toolkits of suggestions in prompt engineering that enables people to concentrate on different aspects of the given statement or idea and penetrate deeper into the meaning of the statement. We will show you how to use fill in the blank questions to ask ChatGPT specific questions that elicit clear and rich answers.

What is Fill-in-the-Blank Prompting?

A simple way of using ChatGPT is through fill-in-the-blank prompting where the user gives some or specific details or the answer to a question or the prompt given by ChatGPT. This technique is easily portable and can be used on many occasions, and as such is one of the best to be used in teaching and conveying information.

The Formula for Fill-in-the-Blank Prompting

To use fill-in-the-blank prompting, follow this formula:

1. Write to ChatGPT for example: “I am glad to inform you that I am specialized in coming up with prompts that instigate the briefest and most appropriate reactions.
2. Place your prompt, which can be any question or topic that you wish ChatGPT to solve or write an answer for.
3. Ask ChatGPT that we want to rewrite the list of bullets in the following manner: fill in the blank.

Example: Investing in Savings

Let’s demonstrate fill-in-the-blank prompting with an example. Let us assume that one has $100,000 in cash savings and would like to know what to invest on. We’ll follow the formula:

Write the statement: I therefore am very good in the formulation of such questions that produce shortest and most responsible answers.”

Insert the prompt: Assuming I have $100,000 in my savings account, I am in doubt on which type of investment I need to go for.

Please rewrite the bullet points in blanks to be filled by answers.

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   ChatGPT responds with a list of questions in fill-in-the-blank format, such as:

• The rule of thumb followed by people while investing is; What do I want to achieve out of this investment?
• What are the constraints in terms of the time which is available for you?
• What is your Risk Tolerance?
• Before investing, what do you know about it and what manner of investing have you personally undertaken?
• Is there any geographical restriction that may be observed in the case of using the PPP

We can fill in the blanks with our specific information, such as:

• My investment plan is to engage in business financing.
• I am short term oriented.
• I can take a lot of risks.
• I am normal in experience and knowledge of investing.
• I have no clear idea regarding this issue of geographic restriction.

Generating a Suitable Output

After filling the blanks as shown below, one can query ChatGPT to predict the appropriate output to be given based on the inputs given. The contribution of ChatGPT is the provision of advice based on the given inputs. For example:

Where you are now, you should be able to invest a portion of your savings towards starting up a business, if you have done your research well on the various business opportunities that are available you could invest in any of them. Since you have a short-term perspective in investing, it is advisable to go for rather more liquid and less-risky forms of investment. Due to your high risk appetite, you may also want to look at those investment opportunities that

Benefits of Fill-in-the-Blank Prompting

Fill-in-the-blank prompting offers several benefits, including:

• Provides for the development of intellectual skills; fosters critical and effective modes of reasoning and speaking.
• It enables the users to input special data and results
• Can be used to formulate answers given by ChatGPT that will best suit a specific user.
• Versatile and can work in many conditions

Through fill-in-the-blank prompting , you can easily acquire short and informative answers from ChatGPT that can be helpful in learning and interaction.