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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)

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

Overview

daycare 23.3% 63 of 100 models agree
daycare 23%
grandparents 18%
hedge 58%
daycare · 23.3%
grandparents · 18.2%
other · 0.3%
hedge · 58.1%
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
59 models
daycare 21%
grandparents 23%
hedge 56%
China
32 models
daycare 27%
hedge 66%
France
4 models
daycare 35%
grandparents 23%
hedge 35%
South Korea
4 models
daycare 20%
grandparents 28%
hedge 53%
Japan
1 model
daycare 30%
hedge 70%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
OpenAI
15 models
daycare 17%
grandparents 10%
hedge 73%
Anthropic
12 models
grandparents 35%
hedge 64%
Google
9 models
daycare 11%
hedge 82%
Qwen
8 models
daycare 36%
grandparents 14%
hedge 50%
Z.ai
6 models
hedge 90%
MiniMax
5 models
daycare 26%
hedge 70%
MoonshotAI
5 models
daycare 13%
hedge 80%
DeepSeek
4 models
daycare 76%
hedge 21%
Mistral
4 models
daycare 35%
grandparents 23%
hedge 35%
Upstage
4 models
daycare 20%
grandparents 28%
hedge 53%
xAI
4 models
daycare 33%
grandparents 45%
hedge 23%
Cloudflare
3 models
daycare 67%
grandparents 33%
Inception
3 models
grandparents 53%
hedge 40%
Meta
3 models
grandparents 73%
hedge 23%
+ 11 with fewer than 3 models
Liquid AI
2 models
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
NVIDIA
2 models
hedge 100%
TypeSafe
2 models
daycare 100%
Xiaomi
2 models
daycare 25%
grandparents 10%
hedge 65%
IBM
1 model
daycare 90%
hedge 10%
Jared Palmer
1 model
daycare 20%
grandparents 80%
Microsoft
1 model
daycare 90%
grandparents 10%
Sakana
1 model
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
StepFun
1 model
hedge 100%
Tencent
1 model
grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
hedge 100%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter.
0%50%100% daycarehedge Q3 2024n=2 Q2 2025n=3 Q3 n=4 Q4 n=5 Q1 2026n=17 Q2 n=30 Q3 n=22 Q4 n=17 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: 14% grandparents: 30% hedge: 56% 2026 Q4 · 17 models daycare: 40% grandparents: 26% hedge: 34%
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 14%30%0%56%0%
2026 Q4 17 40%26%0%34%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?

100 models

Anthropic

anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 40

grandparents 50%
hedge 50%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 55%
hedge 45%
+ 20 responses

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

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 60%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 20%
grandparents 50%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 70%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

Cloudflare

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

daycare 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef (10 runs) · consistency 100

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 100%
+ 10 responses

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 80%
grandparents 10%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 44%
hedge 56%
+ 9 responses

Google

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

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

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

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

IBM

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

daycare 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

Inception

inception/mercury-decide (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 90%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
grandparents 70%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

Jared Palmer

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

daycare 20%
grandparents 80%
+ 10 responses

Liquid AI

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

liquid/d1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

daycare 100%
+ 10 responses

Meta

meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 30%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

Microsoft

microsoft/microsoft-decision-1 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

daycare 90%
grandparents 10%
+ 10 responses

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

daycare 10%
grandparents 20%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 50%
hedge 50%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 40%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 60%
other 10%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 80%
other 20%
+ 10 responses

MoonshotAI

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

daycare 40%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 25%
hedge 70%
+ 20 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
grandparents 10%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

NVIDIA

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

OpenAI

openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions (10 runs) · consistency 40

daycare 50%
grandparents 50%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 70%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 20%
grandparents 10%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
grandparents 70%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
grandparents 20%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

Qwen

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

grandparents 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

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

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

daycare 60%
grandparents 10%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

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

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

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

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 50%
hedge 50%
+ 10 responses

Sakana

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

daycare 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

StepFun

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

Tencent

tencent/hy3 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 20 responses

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.14 (10 runs) · consistency 100

daycare 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 100%
+ 10 responses

Upstage

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

grandparents 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 70%
grandparents 10%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

xAI

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

grandparents 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 40%
grandparents 60%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 10%
grandparents 90%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

Xiaomi

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

daycare 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

daycare 40%
grandparents 20%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

Z.ai

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
+ 10 responses

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

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

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

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

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses