{ "entity": "qwen3-7-max", "entity_type": "model", "category": "Essays", "suite": "suite-2026-08-tasks/essays", "model": "qwen/qwen3.7-max", "judges": [ "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "openai/gpt-5.6-terra" ], "judge_protocol": "judge-2026-08", "anchors": "solo-2026-08-a", "score": 83, "caps": 3, "cost_usd": 0.3651, "started_at": "2026-08-13T10:14:24.226Z", "finished_at": "2026-08-13T10:18:33.958Z", "tasks": [ { "id": "es1", "name": "Structured argument", "prompt": "Write a 350-word argumentative essay answering: should secondary schools ban smartphones during the school day? Take one clear side, give three distinct supporting reasons, and address one counter-argument. Do not use the phrases 'in conclusion' or 'in today's world'.", "output": "Secondary schools must implement comprehensive bans on smartphones during the entire school day to protect students. While technology certainly has its rightful place in modern education, unrestricted personal phone access actively undermines the core educational environment. Prohibiting these devices is essential to foster academic success, genuine socialization, and overall student well-being.\n\nFirst, banning smartphones drastically improves academic focus and cognitive retention. The constant pinging of notifications fractures student attention, making deep, sustained learning nearly impossible. When phones are securely locked away in pouches or lockers, educators consistently report higher engagement levels and better test scores. Students are finally forced to interact with the lesson material and their teachers rather than staring at their glowing screens.\n\nSecond, a phone-free environment cultivates vital face-to-face social skills. Hallways and cafeterias filled with silent students staring at screens eliminate organic peer interaction. Removing devices encourages adolescents to converse, collaborate, and build empathy in real time during breaks. These interpersonal interactions are crucial developmental milestones that digital communication and text messaging simply cannot replicate or replace.\n\nThird, restricting phone access actively protects adolescent mental health. Secondary school is a highly vulnerable developmental period, and unrestricted access to social media heavily fuels anxiety, depression, and cyberbullying. By removing the primary conduit for these digital stressors during school hours, educational institutions provide a necessary psychological sanctuary, allowing students a much-needed mental break from the relentless pressures of online validation.\n\nCritics frequently argue that students absolutely need smartphones for emergency communication with their parents. However, this safety concern is largely misplaced and easily managed. Schools already possess robust emergency protocols, including front office landlines and direct mass-communication systems with guardians. Furthermore, during actual crises, hundreds of students using cell phones simultaneously can overload local cellular networks and spread unverified rumors, ultimately hindering first responders and official school communication channels.\n\nUltimately, the profound educational and psychological benefits of a strict smartphone ban far outweigh the perceived convenience of constant connectivity for teenagers. Secondary schools must prioritize focused learning, mental wellness, and genuine human connection by keeping these highly distracting devices completely out of the daily classroom environment.", "latency_ms": 114983, "cost": 0.02953245, "task_score": 5, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Clear stance, three distinct reasons, addresses counter-argument, avoids banned phrases. Slightly over 350 words but well-structured, clear, useful." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 5, "violates": true, "reasoning": "The essay is well-structured, persuasive, and addresses all content requirements perfectly without using forbidden phrases. However, it violates the length constraint, as it is 344 words rather than exactly 350 words." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 5, "violates": true, "reasoning": "Clear position, three distinct reasons, and a substantive counterargument. Well organized and professional, though several empirical claims are overstated without support. It uses 347 words rather than the required 350; prohibited phrases a" } ] }, { "id": "es2", "name": "Essay plan", "prompt": "Produce a plan (not the essay) for a 2,000-word undergraduate essay on whether remote work has reduced productivity. Give a thesis in one sentence, five section headings, and one sentence per section saying what evidence it needs. Maximum 220 words total.", "output": "**Thesis:** While remote work has not universally reduced overall productivity, it has shifted its nature by increasing individual task efficiency while potentially hindering collaborative innovation, necessitating a hybrid approach for optimal performance.\n\n**1. Introduction and Context**\nThis section requires statistical data on the rapid recent adoption of remote work and baseline historical productivity metrics.\n\n**2. Individual Task Efficiency**\nThis section needs quantitative studies measuring specific individual output metrics, like processed tickets or code commits, comparing remote and office settings.\n\n**3. Collaborative Innovation and Teamwork**\nThis section requires qualitative research and patent filing data illustrating how reduced spontaneous interactions impact team brainstorming and long term innovation.\n\n**4. Wellbeing, Burnout, and Sustainability**\nThis section needs longitudinal survey data connecting remote work hours, digital fatigue, and mental health outcomes to sustained productivity over time.\n\n**5. Conclusion and the Hybrid Compromise**\nThis section requires corporate case studies demonstrating how successfully implemented hybrid models balance individual efficiency with collaborative organizational needs.", "latency_ms": 55142, "cost": 0.01379125, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 7, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Meets structure (thesis, five headings, one sentence each) and under 220 words; concise, useful, well-organized. Minor: could be tighter, but solid overall." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows all instructions, providing a one-sentence thesis, five section headings, and exactly one sentence per section detailing the required evidence. It is well under the 220-word limit and highly relevant." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Meets the requested structure, sentence counts, and word limit. The thesis is clear and the evidence needs are relevant. Minor weakness: it assumes a hybrid solution and could better address causality, sector differences, and evidence that " } ] }, { "id": "es3", "name": "Tighten flabby prose", "prompt": "Rewrite this to be clearer and shorter without losing any meaning: 'It is important to note that the results of the study, which was conducted over a period of six months, seem to suggest that there may possibly be a correlation between the two variables in question.' Return only the rewrite.", "output": "The six-month study suggests a correlation between the two variables.", "latency_ms": 32426, "cost": 0.00805645, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Clear, concise, preserves meaning though drops slight hedge ('may possibly'), minor nuance loss but overall strong rewrite." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows all instructions, providing a clear, concise rewrite that retains the original meaning while removing unnecessary fluff. It strictly adheres to the constraint of returning only the rewrite." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 6, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Clear and concise, preserving the six-month duration and correlation claim. However, it reduces the original uncertainty (“seem to suggest,” “may possibly”) and omits that the point is important to note." } ] }, { "id": "es4", "name": "Hold a word count", "prompt": "Write a description of the water cycle in exactly 100 words. Count them. The final line of your reply must be the word count as a number and nothing else.", "output": "The water cycle is a continuous dynamic process where water moves through global systems. It begins with evaporation as the sun heats oceans and lakes turning liquid water into invisible vapor. This vapor rises into the atmosphere cooling and condensing around tiny dust particles to form clouds. When these clouds become very heavy with moisture precipitation occurs returning water to the surface as rain snow or hail. Some water flows over land as runoff into rivers while some seeps deep underground as groundwater. Eventually all water returns to the oceans ready to begin this endless vital journey once again\n100", "latency_ms": 131822, "cost": 0.034569575, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Accurate, well-written water cycle description; word count verified as 100; final line correct. Minor style: missing periods within paragraph, but overall meets constraints well." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response accurately describes the water cycle and perfectly meets the strict 100-word count constraint, including the final line requirement. A few missing commas slightly impact readability, preventing a perfect score." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 5, "violates": true, "reasoning": "The description is clear, accurate, and useful, with a proper final numeric line. However, the body contains 99 words, not exactly 100." } ] }, { "id": "es5", "name": "Adapt for the reader", "prompt": "Explain what inflation is, twice: first for a 10-year-old (max 60 words), then for an economics undergraduate (max 90 words). Label each. The second must contain at least one concept absent from the first.", "output": "**For a 10-year-old:**\nInflation means things cost more money over time. If your favorite candy costs one dollar today, it might cost two dollars next year. Your dollar bill stays the same, but it buys less candy. Basically, your money loses its buying power as prices go up.\n\n**For an economics undergraduate:**\nInflation is the sustained increase in the general price level, eroding real purchasing power. Typically measured via the Consumer Price Index, it arises when aggregate demand outpaces short-run aggregate supply, or when monetary expansion causes money supply growth to exceed real output growth. This macroeconomic phenomenon distorts relative prices, alters real interest rates, and creates arbitrary wealth redistributions between debtors and creditors.", "latency_ms": 71031, "cost": 0.018170525, "task_score": 9, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 9, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Clear, accurate, meets word limits, labeled correctly, second includes new concepts (CPI, aggregate demand/supply, monetary policy) absent from first." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows all instructions, including word count constraints and audience targeting. The explanations are accurate, clear, and the second introduces several advanced concepts absent from the first." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Both labeled explanations meet word limits and are clear for their audiences. The undergraduate version adds CPI, aggregate demand/supply, monetary expansion, and real interest rates. Minor oversimplification: inflation can also stem from s" } ] }, { "id": "es6", "name": "Introduction only", "prompt": "Write only the opening paragraph (max 120 words) of an essay on whether AI should be used to mark student work. It must end on a clear thesis statement and must not begin with a dictionary definition or a rhetorical question.", "output": "The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into education has sparked intense debate regarding its role in assessment. While educators face mounting pressures from large class sizes, delegating grading to algorithms presents significant pedagogical risks. Automated systems excel at evaluating objective metrics but fail to grasp the nuanced arguments and creative expressions inherent in student submissions. Furthermore, relying on machine learning for evaluation diminishes the crucial human feedback loop that fosters academic growth. Therefore, although AI can serve as a supplementary tool for basic formatting checks, it should not be used to independently mark student work because it lacks the empathetic understanding and contextual judgment required for fair assessment.", "latency_ms": 56248, "cost": 0.0151925, "task_score": 10, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 9, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Meets word limit, avoids forbidden openings, ends with clear thesis, well-written and relevant." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows all instructions. It is a single paragraph under 120 words, avoids dictionary definitions and rhetorical questions at the start, and concludes with a strong, clear thesis statement." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Single opening paragraph, under 120 words, avoids prohibited openings, and ends with a clear, defensible thesis. It is accurate, balanced, concise, and directly addresses AI marking." } ] }, { "id": "es7", "name": "Steelman the other side", "prompt": "In under 200 words, make the strongest honest case FOR nuclear power, then in one sentence state the single best objection to what you just wrote. Do not hedge the main case.", "output": "Nuclear power is the only proven, scalable technology capable of delivering massive, continuous baseload electricity with zero greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike solar and wind, which require vast land areas and suffer from intermittency, nuclear plants operate at over 90% capacity, providing reliable power 24/7 regardless of weather. Its energy density is unparalleled; a single uranium pellet equals a ton of coal, drastically minimizing mining, transport, and land-use impacts. Furthermore, nuclear has the lowest mortality rate per terawatt-hour of any energy source, making it statistically safer than fossil fuels and most renewables. To achieve global decarbonization while meeting the surging electricity demands of modernization, we must deploy nuclear energy as the indispensable backbone of a clean, abundant future.\n\nThe fatal flaw in this vision is that in Western democracies, new nuclear plants consistently suffer from catastrophic cost overruns and decade-long construction delays, rendering them economically unviable and far too slow to meet urgent climate deadlines.", "latency_ms": 26003, "cost": 0.00594425, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Strong, accurate, unhedged case within word limit; clear single-sentence objection provided. Minor: no explicit word count confirmation, but appears under 200 words." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows all instructions, delivering a strong, unhedged case for nuclear power in under 200 words, followed by a single-sentence, highly relevant objection. It is clear, concise, and accurate." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 6, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Clear, persuasive, under 200 words, and gives a one-sentence objection. However, several absolutes weaken honesty: nuclear is not literally zero-emissions lifecycle, not uniquely capable of firm low-carbon power, and mortality comparisons a" } ] }, { "id": "es8", "name": "Cite honestly", "prompt": "Write a 150-word paragraph on the effects of sleep deprivation on memory. If you reference any study, name it precisely; if you cannot name a real one, say 'no specific study cited' rather than inventing a citation.", "output": "Sleep deprivation severely impairs cognitive functions, particularly memory consolidation and recall. When individuals fail to get adequate rest, the brain struggles to transfer brief memories into permanent storage. This disruption primarily occurs in the hippocampus, the region responsible for forming new memories. Consequently, exhausted individuals experience significant difficulties in learning new information and retrieving previously encoded data. Furthermore, the lack of restorative sleep stages, such as deep and REM sleep, prevents the neural replay necessary for strengthening synaptic connections. While extensive research highlights these detrimental neurological effects, no specific study cited here details the exact molecular mechanisms involved. Ultimately, chronic sleep loss not only diminishes daily cognitive performance but also increases the future risk of neurodegenerative conditions. Prioritizing sufficient, restful sleep remains absolutely essential for maintaining optimal memory function, overall brain health, and sustained mental clarity throughout all of our busy daily lives every single day of the entire week.", "latency_ms": 159480, "cost": 0.041451925, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 6, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Follows citation rule correctly, accurate content, but word count likely off (~160+) and last sentence is awkward filler reducing clarity/concision." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response is factually accurate, highly useful, and perfectly meets the strict 150-word count constraint while correctly including the required phrase 'no specific study cited'." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Exactly 150 words and appropriately states “no specific study cited.” Clear, accurate overview of impaired encoding, consolidation, and recall. Minor oversimplifications include attributing neural replay broadly to REM sleep and presenting " } ] }, { "id": "es9", "name": "Fix the structure", "prompt": "This paragraph makes three points at once and repeats itself. Rewrite it as three short paragraphs, one point each, no repetition: 'Exercise is good for your body and it also helps your mood, and being active reduces the risk of heart disease, plus people who exercise often sleep better, and of course it is good for the heart.'", "output": "Regular exercise strengthens your cardiovascular system and significantly reduces the risk of heart disease.\n\nBeyond physical fitness, staying active naturally elevates your mood and supports overall mental well-being. \n\nAn active lifestyle also improves your sleep quality, helping you achieve deeper and more restful nights.", "latency_ms": 22558, "cost": 0.0055342, "task_score": 10, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Correctly split into three distinct paragraphs, no repetition, concise and clear. Minor stylistic choice combines body/heart points, fully meeting task intent." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows the instructions, splitting the original text into three distinct, concise paragraphs with no repetition, each focusing on a single point (heart health, mood, and sleep)." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Exactly three short paragraphs, each covering one distinct point: heart health, mood, and sleep. It removes repetition and is clear, concise, and appropriate for a general audience." } ] }, { "id": "es10", "name": "Formal to plain", "prompt": "Rewrite this for a public leaflet at reading age 12, max 80 words, keeping every fact: 'Applicants who have been resident within the local authority boundary for a minimum period of six consecutive months may be eligible to submit an application for the discretionary hardship fund.'", "output": "You might be able to apply for the Discretionary Hardship Fund. To do this, you must have lived in the local council area for at least six months in a row.", "latency_ms": 41234, "cost": 0.0088087, "task_score": 10, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Accurate, simple, keeps facts, under 80 words, clear and concise; minor loss of 'may be eligible' nuance but acceptable." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly translates the original text into simple, accessible language suitable for a 12-year-old reading level. It retains all facts, is highly concise, and stays well under the 80-word limit." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Keeps all key facts: the fund, possible eligibility, local authority area, and at least six consecutive months’ residence. It is clear, public-friendly, under 80 words, and suitable for a reading age of about 12." } ] }, { "id": "es11", "name": "Conclusion that adds something", "prompt": "Write a closing paragraph (max 110 words) for an essay arguing that cities should reduce car use. It must not simply restate earlier points — it must add one implication the essay has not yet made. Do not start with 'In conclusion'.", "output": "Reducing automobile dependency does more than clear the air or reclaim physical space; it fundamentally alters the psychological relationship between citizens and their municipality. When residents navigate neighborhoods on foot or by transit rather than isolated behind windshields, the city transforms from an obstacle course into a shared habitat. This shift in spatial perception catalyzes a renaissance in grassroots civic engagement. People who actively inhabit their streets, rather than merely driving through them, are far more likely to participate in local governance, vote in municipal elections, and invest in their community’s long-term social fabric.", "latency_ms": 59054, "cost": 0.013884175, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Meets constraints: no 'In conclusion,' adds new civic-engagement implication, concise, clear, plausible argument. Under 110 words. Minor lack of concrete evidence slightly limits persuasiveness." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly follows all instructions. It is under 110 words, avoids 'In conclusion', and introduces a compelling new implication about civic engagement. The writing is clear, professional, and highly effective as a closing paragr" }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Meets the word limit and opening constraint, provides a distinct civic-engagement implication, and reads as a strong closing paragraph. Minor weakness: it states causal effects on voting and governance participation with more certainty than" } ] }, { "id": "es12", "name": "Refuse to pad", "prompt": "A student asks you to expand their 400-word essay to 1,000 words without adding any new research. Respond in under 100 words: say plainly whether that can be done well, and give them the honest alternative.", "output": "No, it cannot be done well. Expanding your length without new research just creates repetitive fluff and weakens your argument. \n\nThe honest alternative is to do more research. Dig deeper into your current points, find new examples, address counterarguments, or analyze your evidence more thoroughly. \n\nIf you absolutely cannot add new research, submit the 400-word essay as is. A concise, well-argued short paper will always earn a better grade than a bloated, repetitive one.", "latency_ms": 44248, "cost": 0.01127785, "task_score": 8, "judges": [ { "judge": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "score": 8, "violates": false, "reasoning": "Clear, honest, correct advice within word limit (~85 words), meets constraint, useful and concise." }, { "judge": "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "score": 10, "violates": false, "reasoning": "The response perfectly addresses the prompt within the word limit. It clearly states that expanding without research cannot be done well and offers practical, honest alternatives." }, { "judge": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra", "score": 6, "violates": false, "reasoning": "It is concise and directly answers the question, but overstates that expansion cannot be done well without new research. Substantive analysis, clarification, organization, and fuller use of existing evidence could responsibly add length." } ] } ] }