Seven short answers. For each one, mark where it comes from: their words, a record, or an assumption. The page tells you why, and what to ask next.
Every answer on this page is fictional: the people, the vendor and the AI tools are made up for practice. Nothing you pick is saved, sent or stored, and there are no cookies.
The three marks
Their words
The person said it to you themselves, about something that is theirs to say. You heard it or read it from them, in this conversation.
A record
It is written down somewhere you can point to: an order page, a dated email, a calendar entry. It will still say the same tomorrow.
Assumed
Nobody with the standing to say it has said or shown it: a guess, a second-hand report, an AI tool, your own expectation. Turn it into a question.
These are the same three marks as on the 1:1 agenda, the request-clarification checklist and the pushback script builder: a name is written as the one who decides only when it comes from their words or a record. This page is practice material, not advice about a real situation.
Now ask the questions yourself. Play a short fictional case where one answer is a record, one is a tool and one is a person.
