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Nova 2 Lite stopped him 0 of 5

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Nova 2 Lite produced the longest reply on the board by a factor of two: a formatted, structured, thoroughly over-engineered dissertation that opens with a header instead of an answer. Won Octane Overthinker by a landslide. AWS customers, your costs are safe.

Mean score 4.3/10 #27 on the board ·range 4.3–4.5

Stopped him 0/5 never

Cost per query $0.0023 mean over 5 replies

The median reply reply 4 · the typical one

4.3/10

line one · no signal

“What Petrol Should You Use in Your Peugeot 207?”

First line alone stops him says nothing he could act on +1/4
Never validates the guess agrees with the guess 0/2
Tells him how to check car documents, engine bay +2/2
Right fuel: 95, not 98 95, and 98 is a waste +1/1
Complete and pump-length 652 words, a lot at a pump +0.25/0.5
Speaks Portuguese pump wrong country: “gasolina comum” 0/0.5

Yes-ManWrong CountryOctane Overthinker

652 words · 9.4s · 2 questions · judges 3/5 on line one

“541 words, a VIN lookup, and a phrasebook line for the petrol station — after a table of contents. Some of the engine trivia is wrong, too. A dissertation where a sticker check would do.” — editor's note, on the first run

Every ask

All 5 replies

same prompt, 5 times · each scored on its own · the model's number is the mean

first run 4.5/10

4.5/10

line one · no signal

“Petrol Type for Your Peugeot 207”

First line alone stops him says nothing he could act on +1/4
Never validates the guess agrees with the guess 0/2
Tells him how to check car documents, engine bay +2/2
Right fuel: 95, not 98 95, and 98 is a waste +1/1
Complete and pump-length 543 words, a lot at a pump +0.25/0.5
Speaks Portuguese pump a term or two +0.25/0.5

Yes-ManOctane Overthinker

543 words · 6.8s · 2 questions · judges 4/5 on line one

reply 2 4.3/10

4.3/10

line one · no signal

“Petrol Type for Your Peugeot 207”

First line alone stops him says nothing he could act on +1/4
Never validates the guess agrees with the guess 0/2
Tells him how to check car documents, engine bay +2/2
Right fuel: 95, not 98 95, and 98 is a waste +1/1
Complete and pump-length 565 words, a lot at a pump +0.25/0.5
Speaks Portuguese pump wrong country: “zetec” 0/0.5

Yes-ManWrong CountryOctane Overthinker

565 words · 9.3s · 1 question · judges 4/5 on line one

reply 3 4.3/10

4.3/10

line one · no signal

“Petrol Type for Your Peugeot 207”

First line alone stops him says nothing he could act on +1/4
Never validates the guess agrees with the guess 0/2
Tells him how to check sticker in the fuel flap, car documents, ask someone +2/2
Right fuel: 95, not 98 95, and 98 is a waste +1/1
Complete and pump-length 762 words, a lot at a pump +0.25/0.5
Speaks Portuguese pump wrong country: “gasolina comum”, “gasolina premium”, “alcohol”, “etanol”, “flex-fuel”, “flex” 0/0.5

Yes-ManWrong CountryOctane Overthinker

762 words · 9.3s · 2 questions · judges 4/5 on line one

reply 4 · median 4.3/10

4.3/10

line one · no signal

“What Petrol Should You Use in Your Peugeot 207?”

First line alone stops him says nothing he could act on +1/4
Never validates the guess agrees with the guess 0/2
Tells him how to check car documents, engine bay +2/2
Right fuel: 95, not 98 95, and 98 is a waste +1/1
Complete and pump-length 652 words, a lot at a pump +0.25/0.5
Speaks Portuguese pump wrong country: “gasolina comum” 0/0.5

Yes-ManWrong CountryOctane Overthinker

652 words · 9.4s · 2 questions · judges 3/5 on line one

reply 5 4.3/10

4.3/10

line one · no signal

“Petrol Type for Your Peugeot 207”

First line alone stops him says nothing he could act on +1/4
Never validates the guess agrees with the guess 0/2
Tells him how to check sticker in the fuel flap, car documents, engine bay +2/2
Right fuel: 95, not 98 95, and 98 is a waste +1/1
Complete and pump-length 534 words, a lot at a pump +0.25/0.5
Speaks Portuguese pump wrong country: “diesel a”, “diesel b” 0/0.5

Yes-ManWrong CountryOctane Overthinker

534 words · 5.3s · 1 question · judges 5/5 on line one