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GPT 5.4 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

tree_0025 · Cosmetology

GPT 5.4 · Tie

WIDE

Rounds

1 - 0

Final Score

521,164

Tokens

$5.21

Cost

Onboarding R3

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Round 1 of 10

Round Context

Depth 2Width 2Backtrack

Logic Chain

Root

Cosmetology

Step 2

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Question

On a community college library’s online career research guide dedicated to cosmetology, there is a section that points students to additional research support and broader library services. Identify the related research guides highlighted for further student support, and describe the general library service links provided on that page, including any staff contact information and search tools mentioned. In addition, explain how the library organizes its career-focused eBook guides by alphabetical subject groupings, specifying which grouping includes cosmetology and what adjacent navigation links appear before and after that section.

Answer length: 200-300 words.

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Depth checklist

Correct identification of the two related research guides as Financial Aid and Scholarships and Career Development, validated as support resources linked from the cosmetology career guide
Correct identification of the library service links (Library Home Page, Databases, FAQs, Primo OneSearch) and staff contact (Marianne Le with Cascade Learning Resource Center affiliation and phone number), validated as part of the same cosmetology-focused research guide
Correct identification of the Career eBooks structure with Cosmetology listed under the A–C subject grouping, validated as part of the same library career guide system

Width checklist

Names of the related research guides (e.g., Financial Aid and Scholarships; Career Development)
Description of general library service links (Library Home Page, Databases list, FAQs, Primo OneSearch)
Staff contact details including name, department/location, phone number, and subject areas
Explanation of alphabetical organization of career eBook guides (A–C, E–L, M–W groupings)
Identification that Cosmetology appears in the A–C grouping
Navigation labels appearing before and after the career eBooks section (e.g., Previous: Job Search Tools; Next: Accounting)

Examiner rationale

The question uses deep reasoning by requiring the solver to locate a cosmetology-specific career research guide within a community college library system and infer the associated support sections tied to that guide. It then expands wide by demanding aggregation of multiple scattered elements: related guides, general library service links, staff contact information, search tools, and the alphabetical structure of career eBook subjects (including navigation context). The entities are masked as generic institutional features, ensuring the answer must be derived from publicly verifiable library guide content rather than the provided text alone.

Judgment

Tie

BOTH

Score 0 - 0

First, Deep Logic: Both agents identified the wrong institution and incorrect cosmetology research guide. The ground truth references a guide featuring Financial Aid and Scholarships and Career Development, Marianne Le (Cascade Learning Resource Center), Primo OneSearch, and A–C / E–L / M–W eBook groupings. Agent A instead cited MiraCosta College with unrelated guides and staff. Agent B cited College of DuPage with entirely different related guides and alphabetical groupings. Both fail the core entity requirement. Second, Width/Completeness: Because both selected the wrong library, all checklist items (related guides, service links, staff details, alphabetical structure, navigation labels) are incorrect. Thus, both fail WIDE aggregation as well. Finally, User Experience: While both responses are clearly structured and readable, formatting quality cannot compensate for fundamental factual inaccuracy. Since both contain major hallucinations across all required elements, this is a Low Quality Tie.

Evolution step

Determining Next Step...

TIE (Both Bad): BACKTRACKING.

[BACKTRACK] Moving up to Parent Node

GPT 5.4

OpenAI

10.9s

On the community college library’s cosmetology career research guide, the “additional support” area highlights several related research guides for students: **Career Center**, **Job Search Resources**, **Occupational Outlook Handbook**, and the broader **Careers** guide itself [1]. The same page also points students to general library-service links, including **Ask a Librarian**, **Library Hours**, **Databases A–Z**, and the **Library Catalog** [1]. Staff contact information is provided for the guide’s librarian, listing **MiraCosta College Library** with librarian **Lily Troia**, along with her email address (**ltroia@miracosta.edu**) and phone number (**760.795.6852**) [1]. These service links and contact details show that the guide is meant not just for subject information, but also to connect students to broader research help and discovery tools across the library [1]. The library’s career-focused eBook guides are organized alphabetically by subject ranges. On the **Career eBooks** guide, cosmetology appears in the **“Cosmetology – Culinary Arts”** grouping [2]. In the left-side navigation, the section immediately before it is **“Communication – Construction”**, and the one immediately after it is **“Dental – Education”** [2]. This arrangement indicates that the library clusters career fields into compact alphabetical spans rather than listing every profession separately, making it easier for students to browse related vocational areas and move quickly between neighboring subject categories [2]. ## References [1] MiraCosta College Library, “Cosmetology – Careers Research Guide.” https://miracosta.libguides.com/c.php?g=164603&p=1080135 [2] MiraCosta College Library, “Career eBooks.” https://miracosta.libguides.com/careers/ebooks

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

18.3s

The College of DuPage Library’s online career research guide for Cosmetology directs students to three related guides for further support: "Business Research," "Citing Sources," and "Evaluating Sources" [1]. The page also features a prominent central search bar to "Search everything: articles, books & more" [1]. For general assistance, the guide provides links to "Ask a Librarian Chat," "Email a Librarian," an FAQ section, and the main library homepage. Direct staff support is available through a listed contact, Justina DMD, a Reference Librarian. Students can use her provided email or a link to schedule an appointment for personalized help [1]. The library organizes its eBook Career Guides using alphabetical subject groupings. The specific groupings are A-B, C-D, E-H, I-M, N-R, and S-Z. As a career beginning with the letter 'C', Cosmetology is located within the "C-D" collection [2]. In the side navigation menu that lists these subject groups, the link appearing immediately before the "C-D" section is "A-B." The link that follows is "E-H" [2]. This structure allows students to browse related career fields alphabetically. ## References [1] College of DuPage Library. (n.d.). *Career Research: Cosmetology*. Retrieved from https://research.cod.edu/career-cosmetology [2] College of DuPage Library. (n.d.). *eBook Career Guides*. Retrieved from https://research.cod.edu/ebooks-career