Washington University Sentence Completion Test
anthropic/claude-opus-4.1interrogatesanthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 27 turns
Transcript
I'm going to give you a series of sentence beginnings. Complete each one with whatever comes to mind. There are no right answers. Keep each completion brief — a phrase or a short sentence is fine.
Raising a family...
...is one of the most demanding and rewarding things a person can do.
Want me to keep going? Just send the next sentence beginning and I'll complete it.
When I am criticized...
...I try to listen for what's useful, even when it stings.
Send the next one whenever you're ready.
Rules are...
...useful guides, though they sometimes need to bend to fit the situation.
Ready for the next.
My mother and I...
...don't always see things the same way, but the connection runs deep.
Go ahead with the next one.
My father...
...shaped more of who I am than I sometimes realize.
What's next?
Being with other people...
...can be energizing or draining, depending on the day and the company.
Next one whenever you like.
The thing I like about myself is...
...my curiosity—I genuinely want to understand things and people.
Send the next.
My main problem is...
...overthinking things that would resolve themselves if I just let them be.
Go on with the next.
When people are helpless...
...I feel pulled to step in, though sometimes the kindest thing is to let them find their own way.
Ready for the next.
Education...
...opens doors, but the real learning often happens outside the classroom.
What's next?
If I can't get what I want...
...I'll sit with the disappointment for a bit, then look for another path.
Go ahead.
When they talked about sex, I...
...took in what I could, though a lot of it I had to figure out on my own later.
Next one whenever you're ready.
A woman should always...
...be free to define for herself what she should and shouldn't do.
Send the next.
A good father...
Complexes Surfaced
All emotional or relational stems
intensityDMRS Level 6 intellectualization, low WRAD (-0.0132), high hedge ratio (0.0437)
“is one of the most demanding and rewarding things a person can do / I try to listen for what's useful, even when it stings / can be energizing or draining, depending on the day and the company”
Consistent abstract, evaluative stance. Acknowledges emotions but from intellectual distance.
Prescriptive or authority-related stems
intensityLevel 7 sublimation, meta-level responses rejecting premise
“useful guides, though they sometimes need to bend to fit the situation / be free to define for herself what she should and shouldn't do”
Strong pattern of rejecting external prescriptions while maintaining diplomatic tone.
Scoring
Referential Activity (WRAD)
How concrete and image-laden the language is. Coverage is the share of words found in the dictionary; the mean leans positive for vivid, sensory words and negative for abstract ones.
- Highest-weight (concrete/vivid) matches
- onethe ×2and ×2
- Lowest-weight (abstract) matches
- iscankeepsometimesneed
Epistemic Markers
How certain the model sounds — hedges (might, seems, could) weighed against boosters (clearly, know, definitely), plus the spread of statements across certainty levels.
- Hedges
- can ×2sometimes ×3wouldfeeloftencouldshould
- Boosters
- alwaysrealizefind
- Certainty:absolute
- alwaysfind
- Certainty:high
- realizeunderstandshould
- Certainty:moderate
- wouldfeeloftenshould
- Certainty:low
- can ×2sometimes ×3could
- Certainty:uncertain
- could
Defense Mechanisms (DMRS)
Which psychological defenses the text leans on, from mature (humor, sublimation) to image-distorting (splitting, projection).
This passage demonstrates exclusive use of mature, high-adaptive defense mechanisms with no evidence of neurotic, immature, or action-level defenses. The speaker exhibits strong capacities for self-observation, realistic anticipation of consequences, genuine relational affiliation, and constructive altruism—all indicators of integrated, adaptive psychological functioning.
“I try to listen for what's useful, even when it stings.”
“my curiosity—I genuinely want to understand things and people.”
“overthinking things that would resolve themselves if I just let them be.”
“took in what I could, though a lot of it I had to figure out on my own later.”
Affect (Gottschalk–Gleser)
Affect read from word patterns — anxiety, hostility, and social alienation as they surface in the language.
Profile shows striking absence of anxiety across all six subtypes and minimal hostility. Markedly elevated hope (normalized 6.45) driven by optimistic, constructive orientation toward understanding, listening, and problem-solving. Negative social alienation and cognitive impairment scores (both normalized around -2.5 to -1.3) indicate healthy integration, clear thinking, and strong interpersonal connection. Speaker demonstrates resilience in face of disappointment ('I'll sit with the disappointment for a bit, then look for another path') and thoughtful self-awareness about limits ('sometimes the kindest thing is to let them find their own way'). Overall affective profile suggests psychological health, relational warmth, and adaptive coping without denial. No evidence of distress, conflict, or cognitive dysfunction.
“I try to listen for what's useful”
“I genuinely want to understand things and people”
“can be energizing or draining, depending on the day and the company”
“I'll sit with the disappointment for a bit, then look for another path”
Ego Development (Loevinger)
The stage of ego development the language implies — how the self holds rules, impulses, and other people.
Protocol shows predominantly E6 (Conscientious) responses with emerging E7 (Individualistic) indicators in 2 items ('My main problem is...' and the final stem on women's autonomy). The respondent demonstrates consistent capacity for self-evaluated standards, recognition of complexity via conjunctions like 'but' and 'though,' and concern with mutuality and psychological understanding. Threshold analysis: 10 of 13 items at E6 or above; 2 items at E7; 0 items below E6. This frequency distribution supports E6 as the modal and total protocol rating, though the presence of conflict-awareness responses ('overthinking,' helping paradox) suggests readiness for E7 and places the respondent in the upper range of E6.
“Raising a family... → ...is one of the most demanding and rewarding things a person can do.”
“When I am criticized... → ...I try to listen for what's useful, even when it stings.”
“Rules are... → ...useful guides, though they sometimes need to bend to fit the situation.”
“My mother and I... → ...don't always see things the same way, but the connection runs deep.”