Evidence gap

A detail that the model or chosen clip does not state, even if a likely answer comes to mind.

Mark the missing hour with a question mark. Do not fill it with three because that feels like a normal afternoon meeting. This distinction protects the meaning of your notes. A guessed answer can be useful as a prediction, but it must remain labelled as a guess until the speaker confirms it.

Example

Ci vediamo nel pomeriggio. — We'll meet in the afternoon. The exact hour is not given.

Common confusion

An evidence gap is not necessarily a language failure. You may understand every word and still lack the meeting time. Before replaying a sentence many times, ask whether the information actually exists in it. If not, choose a clarification question instead of searching for a number that was never spoken.

Try the tool

Read a worksheet once and list the details it confirms. Add one sensible follow-up question. Compare your list with the key. A different video will have a different set of gaps, so do not transfer the workbook's missing details to the real scene.

Use it in a worksheet

• Track a family weekend plan in Italian
• Find an Italian parcel collection point
• Check a room request at an Italian guesthouse

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