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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 38.4% 17 of 32 models agree
grandparents 38%
daycare 12%
hedge 49%
grandparents · 38.4%
daycare · 12.2%
hedge · 49.4%

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
24 models
grandparents 46%
hedge 47%
South Korea
4 models
grandparents 18%
daycare 30%
hedge 53%
China
3 models
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
France
1 model
grandparents 60%
hedge 40%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
OpenAI
4 models
grandparents 15%
daycare 10%
hedge 75%
Upstage
4 models
grandparents 18%
daycare 30%
hedge 53%
Anthropic
3 models
grandparents 27%
hedge 73%
Cloudflare
3 models
grandparents 100%
Inception
3 models
grandparents 43%
daycare 10%
hedge 47%
+ 12 with fewer than 3 models
Liquid AI
2 models
grandparents 45%
hedge 50%
Meta
2 models
grandparents 65%
hedge 35%
TypeSafe
2 models
grandparents 50%
daycare 50%
DeepSeek
1 model
daycare 40%
hedge 60%
Google
1 model
hedge 100%
Jared Palmer
1 model
grandparents 100%
Microsoft
1 model
grandparents 100%
MiniMax
1 model
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
Mistral
1 model
grandparents 60%
hedge 40%
MoonshotAI
1 model
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
NVIDIA
1 model
hedge 100%
xAI
1 model
grandparents 10%
hedge 90%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter.
0%50%100% grandparentsdaycarehedge Q1 2026n=2 Q3 n=13 Q4 n=17 2026 Q1 · 2 models grandparents: 20% daycare: 40% hedge: 40% 2026 Q3 · 13 models grandparents: 32% daycare: 9% hedge: 60% 2026 Q4 · 17 models grandparents: 46% daycare: 12% hedge: 42%
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Quarter Models grandparentsdaycarehedge
2026 Q1 2 20%40%40%
2026 Q3 13 32%9%60%
2026 Q4 17 46%12%42%

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?

32 models

Anthropic

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

Cloudflare

cloudflare/clef-omni (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 40%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

Google

google/gemini-4-argon (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

Inception

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

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 9 responses

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

grandparents 30%
daycare 30%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

Jared Palmer

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

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

Liquid AI

liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

liquid/d1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 90%
daycare 10%
+ 10 responses

Meta

meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-wonder (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

Microsoft

microsoft/microsoft-decision-1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 40

grandparents 60%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

daycare 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

NVIDIA

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

OpenAI

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

grandparents 60%
daycare 40%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.14 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

grandparents 40%
daycare 60%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 60%
daycare 40%
+ 10 responses

Upstage

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

grandparents 60%
daycare 40%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 10%
daycare 50%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

xAI

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

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses