INTERACTIVE WALKTHROUGH

See how it works

A guided tour through every step — from asking your question to recording what you experienced.

STEP 1 OF 5

Ask your question naturally

Type the question exactly as you would normally ask it — to a friend, a search engine, or a doctor. Don't try to make it more precise. The whole point is to capture real human questions, not polished ones.

Your question can be long or short, specific or vague, personal or abstract. All of these are valid research contributions.

RESEARCH NOTE The more natural your question, the more useful the data. Overly formal or engineered questions underrepresent how people actually use AI.
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Your question
STEP 2 OF 5

Choose the right interpretation

Before generating any answer, the AI identifies several plausible ways your question could be read — and several reasons you might have asked it.

You see all of them. Then you pick the ones that actually match your intent. This is the core of what makes Interpretive Bridge different: you correct the AI before it answers, not after.

You can also rephrase the question if a different wording would better capture what you meant.

WHY THIS MATTERS Most AI tools skip this step entirely. The AI guesses your intent silently, and you only find out it was wrong by noticing the answer doesn't quite fit.
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What did you mean?
A direct medical question about a symptom
A question prompted by anxiety
Curiosity about a physiological process
Why did you ask it?
To decide whether to see a doctor
To reassure myself
General curiosity
STEP 3 OF 5 — AI RECORD

Read the answer and the analysis

With your confirmed interpretation in hand, the AI generates an answer tailored to what you actually meant. You also see three analysis cards showing:

Your selected meaning — the interpretation you chose, plus the alternatives you were offered.

Your stated reason — why you said you asked, and the other options.

The explanatory frame — the conceptual approach the AI used to answer, why it chose that frame, and what could go wrong if the interpretation was still off.

WHAT'S NEW HERE The AI tells you how it answered, not just what it said. The "risk if wrong" field is especially important — it's the AI's own acknowledgment of its uncertainty.
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ANSWER GIVEN
Chest tightness can have many causes, from muscle tension to acid reflux to cardiac issues. Given that you're trying to decide whether to see a doctor, it's worth going if the sensation is new, persistent, or accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, or pain radiating to the arm.
YOUR SELECTED MEANING
A direct medical question about a symptom
YOUR STATED REASON
To decide whether to see a doctor
EXPLANATORY FRAME
Clinical triage overview
STEP 4 OF 5

Decide what to do next

After reading the answer, you have three choices. This is where you take control of the research process.

A — Accept the answer and move on to recording your evaluation. You were satisfied with what you got.

B — Revisit your interpretation. Maybe you picked the wrong meaning, or you want to see how the answer changes with a different selection. Your radio buttons are still set — just adjust them and get a new answer.

C — Rephrase the question. Start fresh with a reworded version of your question. Your original wording is pre-filled in the question box, ready to edit.

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Accept this answerRecord your evaluation
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Revisit Step 2Try a different interpretation
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Rephrase the questionStart fresh with new wording
STEP 5 OF 5 — USER RECORD

Tell us what you actually meant

This is the most important part. You record your own version of events: what you actually meant, why you really asked, and how the answer landed.

You'll also rate three things on a 1–5 scale: how well the AI understood the question, how well it understood your reason for asking, and how useful the answer was.

You can update this evaluation later — every version is preserved, so your change of mind is itself part of the data. And you can revisit past questions to try perturbations: the same question with a different interpretation, or slightly different wording.

YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your records are private to your account. You can export everything as a CSV file at any time.
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WHAT DID YOU ACTUALLY MEAN?
I've had this for two days and I'm worried it might be serious.
WHY DID YOU ACTUALLY ASK?
To figure out if I should go to urgent care tonight.
HOW WELL DID IT UNDERSTAND?
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HOW USEFUL WAS THE ANSWER?
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