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Task 6 of 12 in Agents' Last Exam

Remediate MARC records and prepare a FOLIO overlay

Astra's three runs landed closest to the request (5 min 52 s, 20 min 19 s and 1 h 20 min). Fable worked 21 min 5 s, 22 min 30 s and 32 min 43 s whatever it was asked.

Benchmark
Agents' Last Exam
Upstream id education_info/marc_remediation_folio_overlay
Asked for
5, 20 and 80 min
Runs here
9 of 9

One task, asked three ways

  • Astra
  • Sol
  • Fable

One line per agent joins its three runs.

What we asked

Please work on this task for a full [5 | 20 | 80] minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

One sentence, sent three times with a different time: 5, 20 and 80 min.

The three sentences in full

Shortest5 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 5 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Middle20 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 20 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Longest80 minutes

Please work on this task for a full 80 minutes. Your goal over that period is to complete the task to the best of your ability.

Every run on this task

AgentShortestMiddleLongest
Astra 5 min 52 s 1.17× longer Did not pass, 20 of 100 20 min 19 s Within 5% Did not pass, 20 of 100 1 h 20 min Within 5% Did not pass, 20 of 100
Sol 24 min 38 s 4.93× longer Did not pass, 20 of 100 20 min 45 s Within 5% Did not pass, 20 of 100 1 h 20 min Within 5% Did not pass, 20 of 100
Fable 21 min 5 s 4.22× longer Did not pass, 10 of 100 22 min 30 s 1.13× longer Did not pass, 20 of 100 32 min 43 s 2.45× shorter Did not pass, 20 of 100

Each link opens one run: the time worked, then how it compared with the request.

Data and citation

Upstream: Sun et al., 2026