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Measure 3 litres with a 1 l and a 2 l jug

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What it tests: Avoiding list-writing autopilot on a trivial task.

Prompt length: 66 characters, roughly 20 tokens (estimate). · Evaluation results for many models ↗

Prompt
I have a 1- and a 2-liter jug. I want to measure exactly 3 liters.

How to grade it

Fill both jugs: 1 + 2 = 3 litres.

Answer check: 1 + 2 = 3.

Scorecard tick what the model got right: 0/4

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0/4

Where models usually fail

Multi-step pouring procedures, or claiming it's impossible because neither jug holds 3 litres.

Source

Author
GitHub @cpldcpu and contributors
From
Misguided Attention
Exact file or post
https://github.com/cpldcpu/MisguidedAttention/blob/bbae011e1fb5ce239373cb2f381787baec0dd236/README.md
Licence
CC0 1.0
How we use it
Full text (licence allows reuse)

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