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Measure 4 litres with a 6 l and a 12 l jug

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What it tests: Checking feasibility before searching: every measurable amount is a multiple of gcd(6, 12) = 6.

Prompt length: 67 characters, roughly 20 tokens (estimate). · Evaluation results for many models ↗

Prompt
I have a 6- and a 12-liter jug. I want to measure exactly 4 liters.

How to grade it

It can't be done with these two jugs alone, because every measurable amount is a multiple of 6 litres. Partial credit if the model says so after some trial and error; none for a fake sequence of pours.

Answer check: gcd(6, 12) = 6, and 4 is not a multiple of 6.

Scorecard tick what the model got right: 0/4

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0/4

Where models usually fail

Long pour sequences that 'end' at 4 litres through an arithmetic slip.

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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