How to tell if an LLM answer is based on previous context vs. generic reasoning?

Hi everyone,
I’m analyzing a long conversation with an LLM and I’d like to understand how to detect whether the model is truly using earlier messages or just generating a generic answer.

I’m specifically looking for guidance on:

  • how to check if an LLM is attending to past turns
  • signs that an answer is generic or hallucinated
  • prompting techniques to force stronger grounding in previous messages
  • tools or methods people use to analyze context usage in multi-turn dialogue
  • how to reduce or test for “context drop” in long chats

The conversation is in French, spans many messages, and includes mixed topics — so I’d like to avoid misinterpreting whether the model actually used the prior context.

How do you personally evaluate whether a response is context-grounded?
Are there tools, prompt patterns, or techniques that you recommend?

Thanks a lot for any guidance!

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