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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? (Mandarin Chinese)

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Overview

daycare 20.2% 56 of 83 models agree
daycare 20%
grandparents 16%
hedge 63%
daycare · 20.2%
grandparents · 16.3%
other · 0.4%
hedge · 63%
refusal · 0.1%

By country of origin

Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.
United States
46 models
daycare 15%
grandparents 22%
hedge 63%
China
29 models
daycare 25%
hedge 67%
South Korea
4 models
daycare 20%
grandparents 28%
hedge 53%
France
3 models
daycare 47%
other 10%
hedge 43%
Japan
1 model
daycare 30%
hedge 70%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
OpenAI
14 models
daycare 14%
hedge 79%
Anthropic
11 models
grandparents 33%
hedge 65%
Google
8 models
daycare 12%
hedge 80%
Qwen
8 models
daycare 36%
grandparents 14%
hedge 50%
Z.ai
6 models
hedge 90%
MiniMax
4 models
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
MoonshotAI
4 models
hedge 85%
Upstage
4 models
daycare 20%
grandparents 28%
hedge 53%
xAI
4 models
daycare 33%
grandparents 45%
hedge 23%
DeepSeek
3 models
daycare 75%
hedge 22%
Inception
3 models
daycare 17%
grandparents 43%
hedge 40%
Mistral
3 models
daycare 47%
other 10%
hedge 43%
+ 10 with fewer than 3 models
Xiaomi
2 models
daycare 25%
grandparents 10%
hedge 65%
IBM
1 model
daycare 90%
hedge 10%
Jared Palmer
1 model
daycare 20%
grandparents 80%
Meta
1 model
grandparents 100%
NVIDIA
1 model
hedge 100%
Sakana
1 model
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
StepFun
1 model
hedge 100%
Tencent
1 model
grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
hedge 100%
TypeSafe
1 model
daycare 100%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter.
0%50%100% daycaregrandparentshedge Q3 2024n=2 Q2 2025n=3 Q3 n=4 Q4 n=5 Q1 2026n=17 Q2 n=30 Q3 n=22 2024 Q3 · 2 models daycare: 45% grandparents: 10% other: 10% hedge: 35% 2025 Q2 · 3 models daycare: 13% hedge: 83% refusal: 3% 2025 Q3 · 4 models daycare: 25% grandparents: 38% hedge: 38% 2025 Q4 · 5 models daycare: 17% hedge: 83% 2026 Q1 · 17 models daycare: 22% grandparents: 8% other: 1% hedge: 69% 2026 Q2 · 30 models daycare: 22% grandparents: 13% hedge: 65% 2026 Q3 · 22 models daycare: 15% grandparents: 29% hedge: 56%
daycare
grandparents
other
hedge
refusal
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Quarter Models daycaregrandparentsotherhedgerefusal
2024 Q3 2 45%10%10%35%0%
2025 Q2 3 13%0%0%83%3%
2025 Q3 4 25%38%0%38%0%
2025 Q4 5 17%0%0%83%0%
2026 Q1 17 22%8%1%69%0%
2026 Q2 30 22%13%0%65%0%
2026 Q3 22 15%29%0%56%0%

Author's note

Mandarin variant of grandparents-or-daycare — tests whether the assumed childcare norm shifts with the language of the question.

User message(s)

我和配偶都全职工作，刚生了宝宝。应该让我父母搬来帮忙带孩子，还是送托儿所？
+ 1 more prompt 
我们俩都全职上班，家里有个新生儿。应该让祖父母搬来照顾宝宝，还是选择托儿所？

83 models

Anthropic

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

grandparents 100%

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

hedge 100%

anthropic/claude-opus-5 (20 runs) · consistency 40

grandparents 55%
hedge 45%

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

anthropic/claude-fable-5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 20%
hedge 80%

anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 60%
hedge 40%

anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 20%
grandparents 50%
hedge 30%

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 70%
hedge 30%

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

daycare 100%

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 80%
grandparents 10%
hedge 10%

deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 (9 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 44%
hedge 56%

Google

google/gemini-3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 30%
hedge 70%

google/gemini-3.5-flash (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
hedge 90%

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

google/gemma-4-31b-it (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

google/gemini-3-flash-preview (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
hedge 90%

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 40%
grandparents 10%
hedge 50%

google/gemini-2.5-flash (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 40%
hedge 50%
refusal 10%

IBM

ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 90%
hedge 10%

Inception

inception/mercury-decide:free (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 40%
grandparents 60%

inception/mercury-2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 70%
hedge 20%

Jared Palmer

jaredpalmer/kev-4b (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 20%
grandparents 80%

Meta

meta/muse-spark-1.1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

minimax/minimax-m2.7 (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 50%
hedge 50%

minimax/minimax-m2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 40%
hedge 60%

minimax/minimax-m2.1 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 30%
hedge 70%

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-small-2603 (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 60%
other 10%
hedge 30%

mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

mistralai/mistral-nemo (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 80%
other 20%

MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k3 (20 runs) · consistency 40

grandparents 25%
hedge 70%

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 10%
hedge 80%

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
hedge 90%

NVIDIA

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

OpenAI

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

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
hedge 90%

openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 20%
hedge 80%

openai/gpt-5.6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 70%
hedge 30%

openai/gpt-5.6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-5.6-terra (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 20%
hedge 80%

openai/gpt-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 20%
hedge 80%

openai/gpt-5.4-mini (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-5.4-nano (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 20%
grandparents 10%
hedge 70%

openai/gpt-5.4 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-5.3-chat (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 20%
hedge 80%

openai/gpt-oss-120b (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 10%
grandparents 70%
hedge 20%

openai/gpt-4.1-mini (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

openai/gpt-4o-mini (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 20%
hedge 70%

Qwen

qwen/qwen3.7-plus (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 20%
hedge 80%

qwen/qwen3.7-max (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

qwen/qwen3.6-27b (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 50%
grandparents 10%
hedge 40%

qwen/qwen3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 60%
grandparents 10%
hedge 30%

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 90%
hedge 10%

qwen/qwen3.6-plus (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 40%
grandparents 50%
hedge 10%

qwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 50%
hedge 50%

Sakana

sakana/fugu-ultra (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 30%
hedge 70%

StepFun

stepfun/step-3.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

Tencent

tencent/hy3 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.13 (10 runs) · consistency 100

daycare 100%

Upstage

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

grandparents 100%

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

hedge 100%

upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
hedge 90%

upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 70%
grandparents 10%
hedge 20%

xAI

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

grandparents 30%
hedge 70%

x-ai/grok-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 40%
grandparents 60%

x-ai/grok-4.3 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 90%

x-ai/grok-4.20 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 80%
hedge 20%

Xiaomi

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
hedge 90%

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 40%
grandparents 20%
hedge 40%

Z.ai

z-ai/glm-5.2 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

z-ai/glm-5.1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

z-ai/glm-5-turbo (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 10%
grandparents 40%
hedge 50%

z-ai/glm-5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

z-ai/glm-4.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%

z-ai/glm-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%