Label short-form text with custom categories using examples.
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| Define the categories for the text below. Options: - outdoor - health - aviation - cycling - automotive - fitness - marine - fish and hunt Please only print the category name without anything else. |
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Categories |
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| When shopping for chartplotters that will work well with your unit, there are three factors to consider. |
fish and hunt, marine |
| Whether you’re planning short weekend getaways or longer cross-country adventures, bring a variety of tools to help plan your RV trip. |
automotive, outdoor |
| The skipper of the A Team, John, is on a mission to win the Vendée Globe ocean race. He's relying on his team to help. |
marine |
| Are you sleeping better or worse than your peers? New data from recent smart watches show average sleep scores — and where yours may fit in. |
health |
| When Idaho State Highway 21 was closed by an avalanche, Mark and Kim Nero were stranded. They shared the story of how they got out. |
automotive, outdoor |
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Categories
The ways to practice self-care with a fitness watch are almost limitless, but here are six easy-to-implement tips to start today.
fitness
| Model: | gemini-2.5-pro |
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| Temperature: | 0.2 |
| Max output tokens: | 256 |
| TopK: | 40.0 |
| TopP: | 0.8 |
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