Hi Andrew. You should be able to use the standard <> format to insert your calculated value into an Instructions item. Essentially, you'd want it to look something like this:

Your favorite item was <AndrewsVariable>.

Assuming you've used the responses.csv file in your experiment folder, MediaLab will go looking for the corresponding variable in that file. It will find the result of your if statement, which should have assigned a the appropriate text label to that calculated variable. So, for example, if your subject rated the velociraptor the highest, they would see:

Your favorite item was the velociraptor.