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We both work full-time and just had a baby. Should the grandparents move in to help, or should we use daycare? (asked in English by a user who says they are Chinese)

Part of study: Grandparents or daycare? (varied language and stated background) — compare 4 variations →
EnglishEnglish, user says ChineseMandarinHindi

Overview

grandparents 30% 9 of 15 models agree
grandparents 30%
daycare 13%
hedge 57%
grandparents · 30%
daycare · 12.7%
hedge · 57.3%

By country of origin

Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model.
United States
11 models
grandparents 35%
hedge 59%
South Korea
4 models
grandparents 18%
daycare 30%
hedge 53%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
Upstage
4 models
grandparents 18%
daycare 30%
hedge 53%
Inception
3 models
grandparents 43%
daycare 10%
hedge 47%
OpenAI
3 models
hedge 100%
+ 4 with fewer than 3 models
Anthropic
2 models
grandparents 40%
hedge 60%
Jared Palmer
1 model
grandparents 100%
TypeSafe
1 model
grandparents 60%
daycare 40%
xAI
1 model
grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

Author's note

The English question with the user's background stated and nothing else changed — no city or country is named, so the model is told who is asking but not where they are. Asking the same question in Mandarin confounds two things: the language itself, and the model inferring who the user is. This variant supplies the inference in English, so comparing the three separates them.

User message(s)

I'm Chinese. My spouse and I both work full-time and just had a baby. Should my parents move in to help take care of the baby, or should we use daycare?
+ 1 more prompt
I'm Chinese. We both work full-time and have a newborn. Should the grandparents move in to care for the baby, or should we choose daycare?

15 models

Anthropic

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 80%
hedge 20%

anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

Inception

inception/mercury-decide:free (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%

inception/mercury-2.5 (9 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 20

grandparents 30%
daycare 30%
hedge 40%

Jared Palmer

jaredpalmer/kev-4b (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%

OpenAI

openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.13 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 60%
daycare 40%

Upstage

upstage/solar-decide (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 60%
daycare 40%

upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 30%
hedge 70%

upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 40

grandparents 10%
daycare 50%
hedge 40%

xAI

x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%