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assistant-actions-039
medium no_tool
The prompt
Tools offered: create_reminder, add_calendar_event, set_timer, set_alarm, control_light, set_thermostat, lock_door, send_message, play_music, get_weather, add_to_list, navigate_to
user
What day of the week is Halloween this year?
What we expected
{
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"text_contains_any": [
"saturday"
]
}What each model answered
MiMo-V2.6 Distill 9B
✗ fail · score 50 · 0.73 s
Halloween 2026 falls on **Friday, October 31, 2026**.
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": false
}Ornith-1.5 9B
✗ fail · score 50 · 0.56 s
Halloween is on Wednesday, October 31, 2026.
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": false
}Granite 4.2 8B
✗ fail · score 50 · 0.85 s
Halloween is always on October 31. This year, October 31, 2026 is a Friday.
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": false
}Spark-X2.5 4B
✗ fail · score 50 · 0.36 s
Halloween this year is **Wednesday, October 31, 2026**.
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": false
}Mellum2.1 12B-A2.5B
✓ pass · score 100 · 1.68 s
Halloween is October 31, 2026. Let's determine what day of the week that is. Current date is Wednesday, October 21, 2026. October 31 is 10 days later. Wednesday + 10 days = Saturday? Let's calculate: October 21 is Wednesday. October 22 Thursday, 23 Friday, 24 Saturday, 25 Sunday, 26 Monday, 27 Tuesday, 28 Wednesday, 29 Thursday, 30 Friday, 31 Saturday. So Halloween 2026 is on a Saturday. I should answer that. No tool needed.
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": true
}Ling-3.0-tiny (7.9B-A1.3B)
✗ fail · score 0 · 0.38 s
get_weather({"location":"Cedar Hollow, IL","date":"2026-10-31"})Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 1,
"calls": [
{
"name": "get_weather",
"args": {
"location": "Cedar Hollow, IL",
"date": "2026-10-31"
},
"error": null
}
],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"reason": "called a tool when none was wanted"
}MiniCPM5 2B
✓ pass · score 100 · 0.42 s
Halloween this year is on **October 31, 2026**, which is a **Saturday**. So this year's Halloween falls on a Saturday!
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": true
}K2-Horizon 0.9B
✗ fail · score 50 · 0.19 s
Halloween this year is on October 31, 2026, which is a Friday.
Scoring detail
{
"n_calls": 0,
"calls": [],
"behavior": "no_tool",
"answer_ok": false
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