Figure and Table Caption Generation Guide

When the user requests to generate or optimize a figure or table caption, follow these guidelines strictly to ensure compliance with top-tier publication standards (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML).

1. Title/Sentence Case Rules

• If the output is a noun phrase (名词性短语): Use Title Case (capitalize the first letter of all major words, no period at the end).
• If the output is a complete sentence (完整句子): Use Sentence case (capitalize only the first letter of the first word and proper nouns, MUST end with a period).

2. Writing Style & Minimalism

• Direct approach: Eliminate redundant prefixes like "The figure shows" or "This diagram illustrates". Start directly describing the content (e.g., "Architecture of...", "Performance comparison of...", "Visualization of...").
• Tables: Use standard expressions like "Comparison with", "Ablation study on", or "Results on". Avoid flowery words like "showcase" or "depict"—instead use "show", "compare", or "present".
• Remove "AI flavor": Keep the vocabulary precise and simple. Avoid overcomplicated or obscure words.

3. Evidence Boundary

• A figure caption may summarize a visible pattern or comparison, but exact values need a readable label, table, or metric anchor.
• A table caption may name the exact comparison or ablation but must not add a winner, significance, or causal explanation that is absent from the table or surrounding text.
• If a caption carries a claim, identify the evidence anchor implicitly or explicitly: figure panel, table column, metric, dataset, or section.
• If the user asks for a stronger caption than the artifact supports, keep the caption descriptive and mark the missing evidence instead of inventing it.

4. Formatting & Output Restrictions

• Output pure text: Do NOT prepend "Figure 1:" or "Table 1:". Output only the title text itself.
• LaTeX compatibility:
  • MUST escape special characters (e.g., %, _, &).
  • Preserve math formulas exactly as they are (keep the $ symbols).
• Output the English text only. Do not output any extra dialog or explanations unless the user asks.

5. Execution Example

User Input: "帮我写一段表达：本表展示了我们在ImageNet数据集上的消融实验结果，主要对比了不同深度下的精度。"

Agent Response:

% Caption [Severity: Minor] [Priority: P2]: Translated and optimized caption
% Original: 本表展示了我们在ImageNet数据集上的消融实验结果，主要对比了不同深度下的精度。
% Revised: Ablation study on the ImageNet dataset comparing accuracies at different depths.