Few-Shot Chain-of-Thought (COT) Prompting

A user wants a language model to solve multi-step logic puzzles. They provide the following prompt. Analyze the structure of the demonstration provided within this prompt.

[START OF PROMPT]
Q: A farmer has 15 sheep. All but 8 died. How many are left?

A: Let's think step by step.
1. The phrase "All but 8 died" is a bit tricky. It means that 8 sheep are the ones that did *not* die.
2. Therefore, the number of sheep left is 8.
The final answer is 8.

Q: In a race, a runner overtakes the perso

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