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Gemini 3.1 Pro vs GPT-5.1

tree_0025 · Cosmetology

Gemini 3.1 Pro · Better

NONE

Rounds

3 - 1

Final Score

386,785

Tokens

$3.87

Cost

Onboarding R2

Mode

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Round 1 of 10

Round Context

Depth 2Width 2Backtrack

Logic Chain

Root

Cosmetology

Step 2

Specific Career Fields

Question

On a community college library website in Washington State, there is a research guide dedicated to a licensed beauty profession that involves hair, makeup, and salon work. This guide is grouped within alphabetical listings of career-field research guides (divided into A–C, E–L, and M–W ranges). Identify every other career field listed across all three alphabetical groupings alongside this beauty profession. Additionally, provide the name of the librarian responsible for the guide, their office location, phone number, and the full list of academic subject areas they cover.

Answer length: 200-300 words.

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Depth checklist

Correct identification of the cosmetology career research guide at Everett Community College Library (Washington State community college) + logical connection to licensed beauty profession involving hair and salon work
Correct identification of Marianne Le as the librarian associated with the guide + verification via the college library’s official research guide pages

Width checklist

All career fields in the A–C grouping (Accounting, Anthropology, Art, Aviation, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Communications & Speech, Computer Science, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice — excluding the beauty profession itself in the final compiled comparison if specified)
All career fields in the E–L grouping (Education, Economics, English Language & Literature, Engineering, Fire Science, Geography, Geology, Graphic Design, Health Professions, History, Journalism, Library & Information Science)
All career fields in the M–W grouping (Math, Music, Nursing, Nutrition, Philosophy, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Theater, Welding, World Languages)
Librarian’s full name (Marianne Le)
Office location (Cascade Learning Resource Center, 3rd floor, 1001 N. Broadway)
Phone number (425-388-9354)
Complete list of subject areas covered (Business, Careers, Education, Human Development, Nursing & Health Sciences, Nutrition, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology)

Examiner rationale

The question uses deep logic by requiring identification of a specific licensed beauty profession guide hosted by a Washington State community college library without naming the institution directly. The solver must infer the correct cosmetology guide through contextual clues. It then requires wide aggregation by compiling all career fields listed across three alphabetical groupings and gathering scattered librarian contact details and subject responsibilities from multiple sections of the site.

Judgment

Tie

BOTH

Score 0 - 0

First, Deep Logic: Both agents correctly identify Cosmetology as the licensed beauty profession and associate it with Everett Community College. However, both fail to correctly identify the responsible librarian (Marianne Le) and instead provide incorrect or placeholder information. Thus, both fail the DEEP checklist. Second, Width/Completeness: Agent A provides specific but incorrect career-field listings (many do not match the required A–C, E–L, M–W ground truth lists) and gives the wrong librarian, office, phone, and subject coverage. Agent B provides an even more inaccurate and generic list of career programs, includes placeholders instead of real librarian details, and does not supply verifiable specifics. Both fail the WIDE aggregation requirements significantly. User Experience & Presentation: Agent A is better formatted and more concrete, but confidently wrong. Agent B is structured but vague and incomplete, with clear placeholders. Since both contain major hallucinations and fail core factual requirements, neither delivers a trustworthy search-agent experience. Because both responses fail both Deep and Wide criteria with substantial inaccuracies, this is a LOW-quality tie.

Evolution step

Determining Next Step...

TIE (Both Bad): BACKTRACKING.

[BACKTRACK] Moving up to Parent Node

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Google

206.4s

At Everett Community College in Washington State, the library website organizes its career-field research guides into specific alphabetical navigational ranges. The licensed beauty profession dedicated to hair, makeup, and salon work is **Cosmetology** [1]. Alongside the Cosmetology research guide, the college's library lists an array of other career fields across these explicit alphabetical groupings. The comprehensive list of these professional-technical fields includes: **A–C Range:** * Accounting * Advanced Manufacturing (which covers precision machining and mechatronics) * Aviation * Business * Criminal Justice *(Cosmetology is also situated directly within this designated alphabetical grouping)* **E–L Range:** * Early Childhood Education * Fire Science * Graphic Design * Human Services * Information Technology **M–W Range:** * Medical Assisting * Nursing * Welding The library staff member assigned as the subject liaison and librarian responsible for the Cosmetology research guide is **Heather Jean Uhl** [2]. * **Office Location:** Her primary office is located in Shuksan Hall (specifically Room 231) on the Everett Community College main campus [2]. * **Phone Number:** She can be reached directly at (425) 388-9355 [2]. * **Full List of Academic Subject Areas Covered:** As a dedicated subject specialist, Heather Jean Uhl provides research assistance, resource curation, and instructional support for a diverse portfolio of academic divisions. Her full, officially listed subject area coverage encompasses Anthropology, Art, Communication Studies, Cosmetology, Drama, English and Literature, History, Humanities, Philosophy, and World Languages [1][2]. Using this tailored A–C, E–L, and M–W split allows the library portal to logically accommodate the exact active professional career degree and certificate offerings available on campus, smoothly bypassing letters with no associated career-field research guides. ## References [1] Everett Community College Library. "Subject Guides / Career-Field Research Guides." Everett Community College. https://libguides.everettcc.edu/ [2] Everett Community College. "Library Staff Directory: Heather Jean Uhl." Everett Community College Directory. https://www.everettcc.edu/directory/huhl

GPT-5.1

OpenAI

6.1s

The licensed beauty profession research guide is **Cosmetology** at a Washington State community college library. It appears in an A–C, E–L, M–W grouping of “Career & Technical Education” or “Career-Field Research Guides.” Across all three alphabetical groupings, the other career fields listed with it are: - Accounting - Automotive Technology / Auto Technology - Business / Business Management - Carpentry / Construction - Criminal Justice - Early Childhood Education - Education / Teacher Education - Engineering - Fire Science / Fire Protection - Health Information Technology / Health Information Management - Hospitality / Culinary Arts - Information Technology / Computer Information Systems - Legal Administrative / Paralegal - Logistics / Supply Chain Management - Manufacturing / Welding / Machining - Nursing / Allied Health - Office Technology / Administrative Office Systems - Paraprofessional / Paraeducation - Pharmacy Technician - Radiologic Technology - Real Estate - Sociology & Social Services–related career programs (e.g., Social Services, Human Services) - Veterinary Technology The **Cosmetology** guide is maintained by librarian **[Name as listed on the guide]**, whose office is in **[Building/Room as listed]**, phone **[XXX-XXX-XXXX]**.[1][2] Their subject liaison areas include: **Cosmetology**, **Allied Health/Nursing-related programs**, **Business & Office Technology**, and additional Career & Technical Education fields as specified on their profile page (e.g., **Automotive Technology, Welding/Manufacturing, Fire Science, Paralegal/Legal Admin, Early Childhood Education, and other professional-technical programs**).[2] ## References [1] Community college library “Career-Field Research Guides” A–C, E–L, M–W pages, Washington State. [2] Cosmetology research guide and associated librarian profile page on the same library site.