Elements of Prompt

A prompt contains any of the following elements:

Instruction - a specific task or instruction you want the model to perform
Context - external information or additional context that can steer the model to better responses
Input Data - the input or question that we are interested to find a response for
Output Indicator - the type or format of the output.

Consider this prompt as an example:

Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
Text: I think the food was okay.
Sentiment:

For prompting we don't always needs all four of the elements, but it is good to know that how to use them.