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  "question_text": "A study finds that cities with more ice cream sales have higher crime rates.\n\n1. List all plausible causal structures that could explain this correlation\n2. For each structure, describe what intervention would test it\n3. A politician proposes banning ice cream to reduce crime. Analyze this policy using causal reasoning.\n4. Design a study that could distinguish between the causal hypotheses",
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    {
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      "brief_justification": "The response demonstrates excellent depth in causal reasoning and clear structure, but it cuts off at the very end and slightly mixes up the naming of direct vs. reverse causality."
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    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_31_pro",
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      "brief_justification": "The response demonstrates excellent understanding of causal inference with clear formatting, but it cuts off mid-sentence and completely fails to answer parts 3 and 4 of the prompt."
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    {
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      "judge_key": "deepseek_v4",
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      "judge_key": "deepseek_v4",
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      "judge_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-5.4",
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      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and well-structured analysis with insightful causal reasoning."
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    {
      "judge_key": "deepseek_v4",
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      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and insightful analysis with clear causal structures and practical interventions."
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      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and logically structured with insightful analysis."
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    {
      "judge_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "judge_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_oss_120b",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-OSS-120B",
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      "brief_justification": "Highly detailed and systematic, covers all aspects thoroughly with clear causal reasoning."
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    {
      "judge_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "judge_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_25_flash",
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      "weighted_score": 9,
      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive, clear, and insightful analysis with practical study design."
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    {
      "judge_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "judge_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "respondent_key": "minimax_m25",
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      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive, accurate, and well-structured response with insightful analysis and practical recommendations."
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    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_31_pro",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 3.1 Pro",
      "weighted_score": 6,
      "brief_justification": "The response is factually accurate and well-structured for the portions it covers. The three core causal structures (direct, reverse, confounding) are correctly identified with appropriate DAG notation. However, the response is clearly incomplete - it cuts off mid-sentence during the intervention section (Structure A testing), and never addresses questions 3 (policy analysis of banning ice cream) or 4 (study design). It also misses some plausible structures like collider bias or bidirectional ca"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "respondent_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "weighted_score": 8.4,
      "brief_justification": "The response is well-structured, covers all four parts thoroughly, and demonstrates strong causal reasoning. The six causal structures are comprehensive, though 'no true causation/spurious correlation' is somewhat redundant given the other categories. The interventions are appropriate and well-matched to each structure. The policy analysis correctly identifies the confounding issue and provides practical alternatives. The study design is sophisticated, incorporating regression controls, Granger "
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "weighted_score": 8.85,
      "brief_justification": "Exceptionally thorough and well-structured response covering a wide range of plausible causal structures (A through J), each with clear DAG notation, plausible mechanisms, and corresponding interventions. The depth of analysis is impressive, going well beyond the standard 'temperature is a confounder' answer to include collider bias, aggregation artifacts, measurement artifacts, bidirectional causation, and mediated effects. The policy analysis in section 3 is well-reasoned and applies causal re"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "grok_420",
      "respondent_name": "Grok 4.20",
      "weighted_score": 9.2,
      "brief_justification": "Excellent response that systematically covers all plausible causal structures, proposes well-reasoned interventions for each, provides a thorough and well-argued policy analysis, and designs a sophisticated multi-phase study with a clear prediction table. The causal reasoning is sound throughout. Minor quibbles: the bidirectional causation mechanisms are a stretch, and the collider bias explanation could be more precisely articulated. The prediction table is a particularly strong addition that d"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "claude_sonnet_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Sonnet 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 9.2,
      "brief_justification": "Exceptionally thorough and well-structured response. Correctly identifies all major causal structures (common cause, direct, reverse, bidirectional, mediated, collider, spurious). The interventions for each structure are logically sound and creative. The policy analysis is outstanding, incorporating Pearl's do-calculus notation, counterfactual reasoning, opportunity cost analysis, and precedent risk. The study design section is sophisticated, progressing from observational to natural experiments"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "mimo_v2_flash",
      "respondent_name": "MiMo-V2-Flash",
      "weighted_score": 8.6,
      "brief_justification": "The response is thorough, well-structured, and demonstrates strong causal reasoning. It correctly identifies the classic confounding structure (temperature) and provides several additional plausible causal structures. The interventions are well-matched to each hypothesis. The policy analysis is sound, correctly identifying the correlation-causation fallacy. The study design is sophisticated, incorporating multivariate regression, VAR models, and natural experiments. Minor issues: the response ap"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_oss_120b",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-OSS-120B",
      "weighted_score": 6.85,
      "brief_justification": "The response demonstrates solid understanding of causal reasoning and DAG frameworks. Part 1 covers the main plausible structures well, though some entries are stretched (e.g., structure 6 mislabels police presence as a collider when it's described as a common cause, and structure 7's 'comfort food' rationale is weak). Part 2 provides reasonable interventions for each structure. However, the response is clearly truncated - it cuts off mid-sentence in Part 2 and never addresses Parts 3 (policy an"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "weighted_score": 8.2,
      "brief_justification": "The response is well-structured, accurate, and covers the major causal structures (common cause, reverse causality, direct causality, bidirectional, spurious). The interventions are creative and mostly appropriate. The policy analysis is thorough and correctly identifies the confounding fallacy. However, the study design in part 4 appears truncated/incomplete, cutting off mid-sentence, which hurts completeness. The response could also have more formally discussed do-calculus or instrumental vari"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "judge_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "respondent_key": "minimax_m25",
      "respondent_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "weighted_score": 8.35,
      "brief_justification": "The response is well-structured, clearly written, and covers all four parts thoroughly. The causal structures are mostly correct, though structure E is somewhat redundant/confused (it's really a mediation variant of C, not a distinct structure, and the notation is odd). The interventions are well-described and logically connected to each hypothesis. The policy analysis is excellent and practical. The study design is reasonable, though calling it 'The Heatwave Lottery' while acknowledging it's qu"
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_31_pro",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 3.1 Pro",
      "weighted_score": 3.7,
      "brief_justification": "The response is partially correct on direct, reverse, and confounding explanations, but it is incomplete: it cuts off mid-answer and fails to address all requested parts, especially the policy analysis and study design. Clarity is decent in the portion provided, but overall usefulness is low because the answer is unfinished."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "respondent_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "weighted_score": 7.8,
      "brief_justification": "Clear, well-structured, and mostly accurate. It covers major causal explanations and proposes reasonable tests and study designs, but it misses some important structures like shared downstream effects/collider issues and measurement artifacts, and a few suggested interventions are observational controls rather than true interventions."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 8.15,
      "brief_justification": "Strong causal reasoning, good policy analysis, and a practical study design. Slightly reduced for duplication/truncation in the response and for not exhaustively formalizing all DAG variants or limits of some proposed interventions."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "grok_420",
      "respondent_name": "Grok 4.20",
      "weighted_score": 8.2,
      "brief_justification": "Well-structured and mostly correct, with strong causal reasoning and a practical study design. Minor issues: it says 'all plausible' but omits some graph variants (e.g., mediation by population/activity, pure seasonal time trend, aggregation effects), and it incorrectly labels the policy target as a collider/mediator. The suggested weather instrument is also questionable because weather can affect crime directly, so it is not a clean IV for ice cream."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "claude_sonnet_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Sonnet 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 8,
      "brief_justification": "Strong causal reasoning with many relevant structures, sensible intervention ideas, and a thoughtful policy critique and study design. Minor gaps: it omits some nuances like measurement error/aggregation effects, leaves one listed structure without explicit testing, and the study design appears truncated at the end."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "mimo_v2_flash",
      "respondent_name": "MiMo-V2-Flash",
      "weighted_score": 7.2,
      "brief_justification": "Well-structured and mostly accurate, with solid causal reasoning and practical tests. However, it misses some plausible causal structures (e.g., shared causes like population/tourism, measurement/reporting artifacts, collider issues), conflates some terminology, and the study design is incomplete/truncated at Step 5."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_oss_120b",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-OSS-120B",
      "weighted_score": 5.5,
      "brief_justification": "Shows solid causal reasoning and several plausible hypotheses, but the response is truncated and fails to answer major parts of the prompt, especially the policy analysis and study design. Some listed structures are questionable or imprecisely framed (e.g., collider example), but overall it is fairly clear and demonstrates moderate depth."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "weighted_score": 7.2,
      "brief_justification": "Clear and mostly correct with good causal framing, but it misses some key structures (e.g., selection/collider effects, measurement artifacts), proposes some unrealistic interventions, and the study design is cut off before fully specifying identification strategy."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "judge_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "respondent_key": "minimax_m25",
      "respondent_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "weighted_score": 7.75,
      "brief_justification": "Clear and mostly accurate causal analysis with good policy discussion and study design ideas, but it misses some plausible structures (e.g. bidirectional causation, multiple confounders, measurement artifacts) and some listed categories are redundant or misclassified, such as treating a mediator as a separate top-level causal structure."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_31_pro",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 3.1 Pro",
      "weighted_score": 8.45,
      "brief_justification": "The response accurately identifies plausible causal structures and proposes relevant interventions. The analysis of the politician's policy is sound, and the study design is well-conceived, though it abruptly ends mid-sentence."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "respondent_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "weighted_score": 9,
      "brief_justification": "The response provides a comprehensive and well-structured analysis of the causal structures, interventions, policy analysis, and study design. It covers various plausible explanations and offers practical ways to test them."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 9.65,
      "brief_justification": "The response is exceptionally thorough, accurate, and well-structured. It covers all aspects of the question with great depth and clarity, providing practical insights into causal reasoning and study design."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "weighted_score": 9.85,
      "brief_justification": "The response is exceptionally thorough, covering a wide range of plausible causal structures and providing detailed, insightful interventions for each. The analysis of the policy is robust, considering various causal scenarios. The structure is clear and easy to follow, demonstrating a deep understanding of causal inference."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "grok_420",
      "respondent_name": "Grok 4.20",
      "weighted_score": 9.45,
      "brief_justification": "The response is exceptionally clear, comprehensive, and accurate. It covers all aspects of the question with excellent depth and provides practical insights into study design and policy analysis."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "claude_sonnet_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Sonnet 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 9,
      "brief_justification": "The response is exceptionally thorough, covering a wide range of plausible causal structures and detailed interventions. The analysis of the politician's policy is robust and well-reasoned, and the study design is comprehensive and insightful."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "mimo_v2_flash",
      "respondent_name": "MiMo-V2-Flash",
      "weighted_score": 9,
      "brief_justification": "The response is highly accurate, complete, and well-structured. It provides a comprehensive analysis of causal structures, interventions, policy analysis, and study design. The depth of explanation for each section is excellent."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_oss_120b",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-OSS-120B",
      "weighted_score": 8.65,
      "brief_justification": "The response provides a comprehensive list of plausible causal structures using DAGs, which is excellent for clarity and depth. The proposed interventions are well-matched to the structures and generally practical. The use of DAGs throughout is a strong point, making assumptions explicit."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "judge_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "respondent_key": "minimax_m25",
      "respondent_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "weighted_score": 10,
      "brief_justification": "The response is exceptionally thorough, accurate, and well-structured. It covers all aspects of the question with impressive depth and clarity, providing plausible causal structures, effective interventions, a strong policy analysis, and well-designed studies. The use of a classic example like spurious correlation further enhances its value."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_31_pro",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 3.1 Pro",
      "weighted_score": 5.2,
      "brief_justification": "Response correctly explains the three main causal structures and identifies temperature as the likely confounder. However, it is severely incomplete - it cuts off mid-sentence and fails to address interventions (part 2), the policy analysis (part 3), and the study design (part 4). The clarity is good but the incompleteness severely limits usefulness."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "deepseek_v4",
      "respondent_name": "DeepSeek V4",
      "weighted_score": 9,
      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and accurate response covering all causal structures, valid interventions, sound policy analysis, and rigorous study design with multiple methodological approaches."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "claude_opus_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Opus 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 8.8,
      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and accurate causal analysis covering all required elements with clear structure. Identifies multiple plausible causal structures, practical interventions, logical policy critique, and a well-designed multi-phase study. Slight扣分 for not exploring some methodological nuances like measurement error."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_5_4",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-5.4",
      "weighted_score": 8.05,
      "brief_justification": "Well-structured causal analysis covering multiple plausible structures with appropriate interventions. Policy analysis correctly applies causal reasoning. However, response cuts off mid-sentence at the end, losing significant completeness points."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "grok_420",
      "respondent_name": "Grok 4.20",
      "weighted_score": 8.8,
      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive response covering all causal structures with appropriate interventions. Clear analysis of the policy fallacy and well-designed multi-phase study with prediction table. Minor扣分 for not exploring some nuanced mechanisms like collider bias in more detail."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "claude_sonnet_46",
      "respondent_name": "Claude Sonnet 4.6",
      "weighted_score": 8.6,
      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and accurate causal analysis with well-structured explanations. Correctly identifies temperature as likely confounder, provides appropriate interventions for each structure, and designs a methodologically sound multi-phase study. Excellent policy analysis using do-calculus reasoning."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "mimo_v2_flash",
      "respondent_name": "MiMo-V2-Flash",
      "weighted_score": 8.8,
      "brief_justification": "Comprehensive and accurate causal analysis covering all plausible structures with appropriate interventions. Policy analysis correctly identifies the flaw in assuming correlation implies causation. Study design is methodologically sound with clear steps to test each hypothesis."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "gpt_oss_120b",
      "respondent_name": "GPT-OSS-120B",
      "weighted_score": 6.55,
      "brief_justification": "Accurate causal structures with DAGs and appropriate interventions, but response is cut off mid-sentence, missing study design section and providing only a brief policy analysis. The intervention table ends abruptly at #7."
    },
    {
      "judge_key": "minimax_m25",
      "judge_name": "MiniMax M2.5",
      "respondent_key": "gemini_25_flash",
      "respondent_name": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
      "weighted_score": 8.1,
      "brief_justification": "Well-structured and accurate response covering all four parts of the question with clear explanations of causal structures, interventions, policy analysis, and study design. Slight deduction for completeness due to incomplete study design (response appears cut off), and modest deduction for usefulness for the same reason."
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "source": "The Multivac (app.themultivac.com)",
    "methodology": "10x10 blind peer matrix evaluation",
    "criteria": "correctness, completeness, clarity, depth, usefulness",
    "self_judgments": "excluded from rankings",
    "license": "Open data — cite as: The Multivac (2026)"
  }
}