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Zero-Shot Chain of Thought (Zero-Shot-CoT) Prompting

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Zero-Shot Chain of Thought (Zero-Shot-CoT) Prompting
  • a follow-up to CoT prompting, which introduces an incredibly simple zero-shot prompt by just APPENDING:
    • Let’s think step by step.

Zero-Shot CoT - Example

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Prompt

If John has 5 pears, then eats 2, and buys 5 more, then gives 3 to his friend, how many pears does he have?

Output (WRONG)

John has 8 pears.
Prompt

If John has 5 pears, then eats 2, and buys 5 more, then gives 3 to his friend, how many pears does he have?

Let’s think step by step.

Output (CORRECT)

John starts with 5 pears. He eats 2 pears, leaving him with 3 pears. He buys 5 more pears, giving him a total of 8 pears. He gives 3 pears to his friend, leaving him with only 5 pears.