Edit generated questions

AI can miss the most important idea on the page. It can generate questions that are technically related but not useful.

AI can make questions too generic, produce overlapping questions, or focus on surface details instead of understanding.

Editing makes questions more aligned with what you actually want to remember. Question quality matters more than question count.

Questions are recall prompts. They are not automatic tests. Yuhimo does not grade the answer.

You still evaluate your own recall with Again, Hard, Good, or Easy. A question should help you retrieve the page content from memory.

See Questions, Self-Assessment, and AI question generation for the broader context.

A good question should be:

• specific enough to trigger a clear recall target
• connected to the page content
• useful during a review session
• understandable without being overly long
• focused on important ideas
• not dependent on hidden context

Weak: "What is React?"

Better: "What problem does React's component model solve?"

Weak: "Explain everything about spaced repetition."

Better: "Why do spaced repetition systems schedule reviews after increasing intervals?"

Weak: "What are the notes?"

Better: "What are the three main ideas from this page?"

Delete or ignore generated questions that are:

• unrelated to the page
• duplicated
• too obvious
• too broad
• too narrow or trivial
• based on details you do not care about remembering
• confusing or badly worded
• asking about something not present in the page

Removing bad questions is better than keeping a large noisy set.

Rewrite questions when:

• the question is close but unclear
• the wording is too generic
• the question asks for too much at once
• the prompt is too easy
• the prompt does not match your learning goal
• the question should target understanding instead of recognition

Too broad: "Explain JavaScript promises."

Rewrite: "What problem do promises solve compared with nested callbacks?"

Too vague: "What is important about this page?"

Rewrite: "What are the two mistakes this page warns about?"

Too many things: "Explain stability, difficulty, retrievability, and due dates."

Rewrite into separate questions:

• What does stability estimate?
• What does difficulty estimate?
• What does retrievability estimate?
• How does Yuhimo use due dates?

Questions should be answerable from the page content.

If a question needs information not written on the page, either remove it or add the missing explanation.

A page should remain useful even without the original source. Links can support the page, but the key learning material should be written clearly.

If a generated question exposes a gap in the page, that is useful. It may mean the page needs a better explanation.

More questions are not automatically better.

Too many questions can make reviews slower. Repeated or low-value questions create noise.

A small set of high-quality prompts is usually better than many weak prompts. Questions should support the page, not turn the page into a flashcard pile.

A question should create a real recall attempt.

If the answer is obvious from the wording, it is less useful. If the question only asks for a copied phrase, it may not test understanding.

Useful question types include:

• Why does this happen?
• What is the difference between X and Y?
• What problem does this solve?
• When would this approach fail?
• What example proves this idea?

Sometimes the problem is not the generated question. The page itself may be unclear.

Edit the page when:

• questions feel hard because the page is messy
• the key idea is missing
• the page contains copied text without explanation
• the page mixes unrelated topics
• the page is too long and should be split
• the notes are not understandable later

See Pages, Nested Pages, and How learning pages work.

1. Generate questions from the page.
2. Read the generated list.
3. Delete unrelated or duplicated questions.
4. Rewrite vague questions.
5. Split broad questions into smaller prompts.
6. Add missing page context if needed.
7. Keep only questions that help recall.
8. Start reviewing when the page is ready.

AI question generation — how Yuhimo generates questions.

What AI does not do — limits of AI in Yuhimo.

Why AI is a helper — AI supports, not replaces, learning.

Questions — optional prompts attached to a page.

Self-Assessment — how you rate your own recall.

How learning pages work — the main learning unit.

Should I trust AI-generated questions as final?

No. Treat them as drafts. Review, edit, delete, or rewrite them before relying on them for learning.

Can AI-generated questions be wrong?

They can be irrelevant, vague, duplicated, or poorly focused. Check that each question matches the page content.

Do I need questions on every learning page?

No. Questions are optional prompts. A learning page can still be reviewed without questions.

Is it better to have more questions?

Not necessarily. A few useful questions are usually better than many weak or repetitive ones.

What should I do if a generated question asks about something not on the page?

Either remove the question or add the missing explanation to the page if that idea is important.

Does Yuhimo grade my answers to generated questions?

No. Yuhimo does not automatically verify answers. You review the page and grade your own recall with Again, Hard, Good, or Easy.