A system is designed to solve a complex task by breaking it down into a sequence of sub-problems. For every sub-problem after the first, the language model is given the new sub-problem along with the complete history of all previously answered sub-problems and their corresponding answers. Based on this design, which approach correctly handles the submission of the very first sub-problem to the model?

Example of Prompting and Answering the First Sub-Problem in a Sequence

A developer is creating a system that breaks down a complex query into a series of smaller, sequential questions for a language model. The system is designed to provide the model with the full history of previous questions and answers to maintain context for each new question. However, the system consistently fails to get a correct answer for the very first question in the sequence. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this initial failure?

Analyzing a Sequential Prompting Process