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Open chatbots predict likely-sounding words. Idasara's AI Study Coach doesn't. Before it answers, it retrieves the exact lesson from our syllabus-aligned Knowledge Pack — a curated set of NIE-mapped notes, worked examples, and past-paper solutions — and answers only from what it retrieved. When it isn't confident, it says so instead of guessing.
Every AI response carries a badge that tells you which of three states it's in:
The answer comes directly from the retrieved Knowledge Pack lesson, with a citation to the source topic.
Some of the answer is grounded; some is general reasoning. The parts that need cross-checking are flagged.
The topic isn't in our syllabus scope. The coach declines rather than invent — and points you to the right source.
Here is a real grounded response, exactly as a student would see it:
Q: State Newton's Second Law and give one worked example.
Newton's Second Law states that the net force on an object equals its mass times its acceleration: F = ma. Worked example: a 2 kg trolley pushed with 10 N accelerates at 5 m/s² (a = F/m = 10/2).
Grounded Source: NIE O/L Science — Force and Motion, Grade 11 Unit 6Q: What's the standard model of particle physics?
This topic isn't in the Sri Lanka O/L or A/L syllabus scope. I don't have a syllabus-aligned lesson for it, so I won't guess. For an accurate introduction, see university-level physics references — I can help you with A/L Physics (Mechanics, Waves, Electricity, Modern Physics) instead.
Not grounded — declinedThe coach saying "I don't know" is a feature, not a bug. It's the single most important reason our AI can be trusted for exam prep: the answers you rely on are traceable, and the times it can't help are visible.
Every AI product should be as clear about its limits as its features. Ours will not:
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