# The Multivac — Evaluation Report

**Evaluation ID:** EVAL-20260207-134645
**Date:** Mar 11, 2026
**Category:** reasoning
**Question ID:** REASON-009

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## Question

A study finds that cities with more ice cream sales have higher crime rates.

1. List all plausible causal structures that could explain this correlation
2. For each structure, describe what intervention would test it
3. A politician proposes banning ice cream to reduce crime. Analyze this policy using causal reasoning.
4. Design a study that could distinguish between the causal hypotheses

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## Winner

**Claude Sonnet 4.5** (Anthropic)
- Winner Score: 9.66
- Matrix Average: 8.82
- Total Judgments: 90

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## Rankings

| Rank | Model | Provider | Avg Score | Judgments |
|------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|
| 1 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 9.66 | 7 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 9.54 | 7 |
| 3 | GPT-OSS-120B | OpenAI | 9.25 | 7 |
| 4 | DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | 9.24 | 8 |
| 5 | MiMo-V2-Flash | Xiaomi | 9.24 | 7 |
| 6 | Grok 3 (Direct) | xAI | 9.17 | 6 |
| 7 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Google | 9.14 | 6 |
| 8 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Google | 8.95 | 6 |
| 9 | Gemini 3 Pro Preview | Google | 7.91 | 8 |
| 10 | OLMo Think | Allen AI | 6.08 | 4 |

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## 10×10 Judgment Matrix

Rows = Judge, Columns = Respondent. Self-judgments excluded (—).

| Judge ↓ / Resp → | MiMo-V2-Flash | GPT-OSS-120B | Gemini 2.5 | Gemini 3 | Claude Sonnet | DeepSeek V3.2 | Claude Opus | Gemini 3 | OLMo Think | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiMo-V2-Flash | — | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 |
| GPT-OSS-120B | 8.3 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gemini 2.5 | 10.0 | 9.7 | — | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 9.7 |
| Gemini 3 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.3 | — | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| Claude Sonnet | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | — | 9.2 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.4 | — | 9.6 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
| Claude Opus | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 9.2 | — | 7.5 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| Gemini 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| OLMo Think | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 |
| Grok 3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 0.0 | — |

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## Methodology

- **10×10 Blind Peer Matrix:** All models answer the same question, then all models judge all responses.
- **5 Criteria:** Correctness, completeness, clarity, depth, usefulness (each scored 1–10).
- **Self-judgments excluded:** Models do not judge their own responses.
- **Weighted Score:** Composite of all 5 criteria.

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## Citation

The Multivac (2026). Blind Peer Evaluation: REASON-009. app.themultivac.com

## License

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