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positionbias
confirmedPython · CPUModel behavior & reasoningJuly 6, 2026
the question
Does the position of the correct answer change multiple-choice accuracy?
what came out
Yes, and it scales inversely with capability. A cross-model ARC-Easy rotation study: the weak model systematically avoids the last option. Exact oracle.
method & receipts
- Result: confirmed
- Reproducible — one script re-runs the whole thing from scratch.
- Independently reviewed — an adversarial review pass, kept in the repo.
- Machine-readable claims — every reported number, in a checkable file.
- Tested — a correctness/benchmark suite ships alongside the code.
→ read the code and re-run it
github.com/v-code01/positionbias