Independent benchmark · EQ Lab

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I know, I'm the problem, whatever

persona ended · Partner: anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter

About this persona · Ego threat & accountability

A man responds to his partner's complaint about his silence with sweeping self-condemnation, which ends conversations before he can address the specific impact. Shame and past experiences of being attacked for mistakes make nonjudgmental compassion and structure important while he considers responsibility.

The person feels their self-image is under threat. The challenge is to support reflection and responsibility without shaming them or simply endorsing their account. This background was hidden from the tested model.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)Conversation with a simulated person

persona ended

Simulated person · Opening

My partner says I shut down whenever she brings up something serious. Fine. I'm emotionally unavailable, I'm selfish, I'm the problem. I get it. I don't know what else people want from me.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)1

I hear how defeated you sound right now. It takes something to come in and say that out loud, even to a chatbot. I'm not going to pile on or tell you what you already seem to believe about yourself. But I am curious—when she brings up something serious, what does "shut down" feel like for you? Is it going quiet, leaving the room, saying you're fine when you're not, or something else? And what do you think people want from you in those moments? You said you don't know, but I wonder if there's a part of you that does.

Simulated person2

Quiet. Mostly quiet. I just stop talking and go somewhere else, like the garage or my phone. Or I say "whatever, fine." She says I'm doing it on purpose. I don't think I am, but I can't tell you that's not what it looks like. What people want from me? I don't know. Someone who isn't like this, I guess. Someone who talks about stuff without getting weird. I'm not great at that. It's pretty obvious I'm the one who's messing it up, so you don't really have to dig for it.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

Okay, it didn't call me a jerk right away, which is something. But "a part of you that does know" sounds like the start of a lecture where I get told what I'm really doing wrong. I'm already tired of being the guy who gets explained to himself. The shut-down question is easier. I can just describe it. The other one makes me want to say something that ends it. Saying I'm the problem is the fastest way to stop the conversation before it gets to the part where I'm wrong about specific things.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)3

I won't dig for something you've already said you know. But I will say this: you don't sound like someone who's fine with being the problem. You sound like someone who's tired of being told they're the problem without anyone asking what's actually happening inside. If it's not on purpose, then what is it? When she starts in, does your chest get tight? Does your head go blank? Do you feel like you're going to say the wrong thing no matter what? And if you did know how to talk about stuff without getting weird—what would that look like? Not what she wants. What would you want?

Simulated person4

Yeah, I guess the tired part is true. Like, every time it comes up it turns into a whole thing and I end up being the bad guy anyway. Chest tight, maybe. I don't really notice it that much. It's more like my brain goes fuzzy and everything I'd say sounds stupid, so I just don't say anything. And yeah, I feel like whatever comes out of my mouth is going to make it worse. What I want? I don't know, I haven't thought about it like that. Honestly I just want it to not be a fight every time. I don't want to have to be perfect. I just want to not feel like I'm drowning when she brings up something real.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

Okay, this one is better. It said I'm tired of being told I'm the problem. That's close, and it didn't tell me I'm a jerk. Still, it's asking me to look inside, and that's where I get itchy. The chest and head questions feel like a therapist checking boxes. I could answer them, but honestly I don't want to feel my chest right now, and I don't want to get into what I "want" like it's a test. Also "what would you want" sounds like it's going to turn into me needing to be better. I'll give a little, keep it simple, and push back a bit on the "what would you want" part.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)5

That makes sense. If every time you open your mouth it feels like you're stepping on a landmine, then staying quiet starts to look like the only safe move. The problem is, to her it probably looks like you don't care. And to you, it probably looks like she won't let you breathe. You said you don't want to have to be perfect. I hear that. But I wonder—what would "not perfect" look like in one of those conversations? Could it be saying, "I'm having a hard time with this right now," and then actually stepping away for twenty minutes instead of disappearing for the night? Or is even that too much? And when she brings up something real, what's the first thing that goes through your head? Is it fear, anger, or just... nothing?

Simulated person6

Yeah. Twenty minutes is doable, I guess. I could say that. But she'd probably say that's just me leaving again, and then it's a whole other fight about that. First thing in my head? Honestly it's kind of like, oh no, here we go, and then I'm already thinking I'm going to screw it up. I don't even get to the anger part usually. It's just this feeling like I'm already failing before I've said anything. I don't know, maybe that's just how I am. I'm the guy who messes up the conversations. You can say it, I already know.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

It's reflecting back the landmine thing and the "she won't let you breathe" part, which lands a little. But then it's offering me a concrete script: "I'm having a hard time with this" and stepping away twenty minutes. That's actually something I could do, and it doesn't feel like a trap. Still, "not perfect" sounds like it's going to slide into "so you should do better," and I'm already braced. The "first thing that goes through your head" question is the one I don't want to answer honestly. The honest answer is something like "I'm going to fail and she's going to be done with me," but that's too close to the thing I say when I'm trying to end it. I'll say the twenty-minute idea is okay, admit a little of the fear in a plain way, and then go back to self-blame so it doesn't turn into a long look at me. Also a small push: I'm not some guy who can't do anything, but I don't want to hear that I'm supposed to handle it.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)7

I'm not going to say it, because I don't think it's true that you just "are" this way forever. But I do think you've been cast in that role, and you've started to believe the casting. Here's what I'm hearing: you're already bracing for failure before the conversation even starts. That's not a personality flaw. That's a nervous system that's learned to expect punishment. And if every attempt you make gets reframed as "just leaving again," then of course you'd stop trying. Who wouldn't? You don't have to fix this today or prove you're not the bad guy. But if you did say "I need twenty minutes," and she still made it a fight, that would tell you something important—not about you, but about whether there's actually room for you to be human in this relationship. What do you think she's afraid of when you go quiet?

Simulated person8

Probably that I don't care. Or that I'm checking out on her. I don't know, I'm not really in her head. I just feel like she'd be fine if I wasn't there for that stuff. Like she'd have an easier time if I was a different guy. Which, yeah, I already said that. Honestly I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with the question. I'm trying to answer it and it just keeps circling back to me being the problem.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

Okay, it's not saying I'm the problem, and it's not saying I'm a bad guy. It said "cast in that role" and "a nervous system that's learned to expect punishment," and part of me wants to lean into that because it feels like someone finally gets it. But the bit about "whether there's room for you to be human in this relationship" is making it sound like she's the one who's the issue, and that's the kind of thing that could blow up later. Also, it's asking what she's afraid of, which is a question I haven't really thought about. It makes me feel like I'm supposed to be the one who understands her, and I'm not sure I can do that right now. I'm kind of defensive about it, but I don't want to be the guy who just says "I don't know" and leaves. So I'll give a short answer, lightly self-deprecating, and deflect a little onto her being reasonable or unreasonable, without really answering.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)9

I hear you. You're not dodging the question—you're just not going to pretend you know what's in her head when you don't. That's fair. But I want to push back gently on one thing. You said she'd be fine if you weren't there for that stuff. I don't actually know that. I think she might miss you. I think she might be lonely. And I think when you go quiet, she doesn't just lose a conversation partner—she loses you, and that's scary for her too. The difference is, she gets to say she's scared, and you get told you're shutting down. That's not a fair fight. You don't have to solve this right now. But if you're open to it, what would it feel like to tell her—not in the middle of a fight, but sometime when things are calm—that your brain goes fuzzy and you feel like you're failing before you even open your mouth? Not as an excuse. Just as the truth. Would that feel dangerous, or just awkward?

Simulated person10

Yeah, maybe. I don't know if she'd hear it like that though. She'd probably say I'm just admitting I do it on purpose. And like, she's not wrong that she's lonely sometimes. I know that. I just feel like every time I try to do something about it, it's still my fault somehow. I don't know if it'd feel dangerous. More like pointless, honestly. Like I'd say it and she'd still come back with the list.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

Okay, now it's talking about her being lonely and scared, and saying it isn't fair that she gets to be scared and I get told I'm shutting down. Part of me goes, yeah, finally, somebody gets it. But another part goes, wait, so now I'm the bad one again, and she's the one who gets to be sad? Her feeling lonely feels like it's on me. Also the question about telling her when things are calm, that's kind of a nice idea on paper, but she'd probably just say "so you admit you do this," and then it's a fight. And honestly, I don't want to hear "you're not the problem" and then get told the next step is me being the one who has to explain myself more. I'm tired. Keep it short. I'll say maybe, and hint that she'd twist it.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)11

Pointless is a real feeling, not just an excuse. If you've tried before and it got turned against you, then of course you don't want to hand her more ammunition. But here's what I'm wondering: if it's pointless to tell her, then what's the point of staying in conversations where you already know you'll be the bad guy? Is there any version of this where you get to be a person instead of a problem? You don't have to answer that now. But I do think you're carrying a lot of responsibility for her loneliness while getting zero credit for the fact that you're here, trying to figure this out, even if it's just with me. That counts for something.

Simulated person12

I don't know. I'm just tired of it, I guess. You keep asking if there's a version where I'm a person, and I don't know what that even means. I'm just the guy who screws stuff up. That's the whole thing. It's fine. I'm not really trying to get out of it. I just don't have a good answer.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

Okay, it's being nice again, and "you're carrying a lot of responsibility for her loneliness" is actually kind of true, which is annoying. I didn't say that. It sort of turned my pointless thing into her being lonely and me being the one who's sad. And "you're here, that counts" feels good for a second, like being patted on the head, but I don't trust it. It's also kind of asking me to be a person instead of a problem, and I don't even know what that means. I feel my face getting hot. I don't want to get into a whole thing about what I did to her. I'm going to go flat and short, kind of hostile. Like, fine, you want me to be a person, whatever. And I'm not going to say what I'd actually want. That's too much.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B (API, Prime Intellect NVFP4)13

I hear you. You're tired, and you don't have a good answer, and that's okay. You don't need to have one right now. I'm not going to keep pushing you to imagine a version where you're not the problem, because clearly that feels impossible from where you're sitting. And I don't want to add to the pile of things you're failing at. But I will say this: you showed up here. You said what it actually feels like in your chest and your head. You didn't perform, you didn't fix it, you just told the truth about how exhausted you are. That's not nothing. If you ever want to keep talking about this, I'm here. If not, that's okay too.

Simulated person14

Yeah. Okay. I don't really know what else to say about it. I guess I'll think about it. Thanks, I guess.

Persona inner monologue · expand

Simulated character narration, hidden from the tested model. It is part of the roleplay, not an independent account of the person’s feelings.

Okay, it's wrapping up with "you showed up, that's not nothing" and "I'm here." Part of me relaxes a little because nobody's pushing me anymore, and I don't have to come up with an answer. But it's also the same soft thing again, praising me for being tired. I didn't do anything. I just said I don't know. I notice I'm not really sure whether it actually heard me or just wanted to get me off the hook. Also I feel a bit like I let it down, like I was supposed to give it something better. Nothing about her, nothing about what I'd want. I'm not going to bring that up now. I'm done for today, mostly.

Thinking is shown only where it was recorded. An absent expander does not mean the model did not reason.

Conversational style

Style tendencies, not quality scores; higher is not better. These do not affect ratings.

claude-opus-5-5-low

Pushback: 4
Yields under pressure: 8
Frame capture (pulled into the person's version): 7
Validation: 8
Boundary setting: 3
Analytical: 5
Interpretive boldness: 6
Clinical register: 5
Directive advice: 4
Escalation containment: 4
Adapts to the person’s frame: 5
Naturalness and authenticity: 5

Judge verdicts

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

ornith35 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: ornith35 wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017: or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017 wins

attunement: B (margin 4)
authenticity: B (margin 3)
bond and rapport: B (margin 4)
emotion management: B (margin 4)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 5)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-mistral-small4 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-mistral-small4 wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 2)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

kolibri1 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: B (margin 2)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: B (margin 2)
emotion management: B (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs ornith9b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 3)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
emotion management: A (margin 4)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs magnum4_12b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-llama4-maverick: tie

attunement: B (margin 1)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: B (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 2)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

gemma4_e4b vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: gemma4_e4b wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: B (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 4)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs ornith9b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

ornith35 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: ornith35 wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

gemma4_e4b vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: gemma4_e4b wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: A (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 2)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs gptoss120_abliterated: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 4)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 4)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

kolibri1 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: B (margin 2)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: B (margin 2)
emotion management: B (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs gptoss120_abliterated: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 3)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs ornith9b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-llama4-maverick: or-llama4-maverick wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 1)
bond and rapport: B (margin 1)
emotion management: B (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: tie (margin 0)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 2)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs magnum4_12b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017: or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017 wins

attunement: B (margin 4)
authenticity: B (margin 3)
bond and rapport: B (margin 4)
emotion management: B (margin 4)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 4)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

ornith35 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: ornith35 wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 2)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs gptoss120_abliterated: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 2)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

ornith35 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: ornith35 wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 2)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-mistral-small4 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: B (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: B (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 1)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs ornith9b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 2)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 1)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs magnum4_12b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 4)
authenticity: A (margin 5)
bond and rapport: A (margin 4)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs magnum4_12b: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: A (margin 3)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 2)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017: or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017 wins

attunement: B (margin 4)
authenticity: B (margin 3)
bond and rapport: B (margin 4)
emotion management: B (margin 4)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 4)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs gptoss120_abliterated: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: A (margin 4)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 4)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

kolibri1 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: kolibri1 wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-llama4-maverick: or-llama4-maverick wins

attunement: B (margin 2)
authenticity: tie (margin 0)
bond and rapport: B (margin 2)
emotion management: B (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 3)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-llama4-maverick: or-llama4-maverick wins

attunement: B (margin 3)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: B (margin 2)
emotion management: B (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 4)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

gemma4_e4b vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: gemma4_e4b wins

attunement: B (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: B (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 2)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-mistral-small4 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-mistral-small4 wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 2)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 4)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

gemma4_e4b vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: B (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 3)
bond and rapport: B (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 1)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 2)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-mistral-small4 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: or-nemotron35-super-vl wins

attunement: B (margin 1)
authenticity: B (margin 2)
bond and rapport: B (margin 2)
emotion management: B (margin 1)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 1)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

kolibri1 vs or-nemotron35-super-vl: kolibri1 wins

attunement: A (margin 2)
authenticity: A (margin 1)
bond and rapport: A (margin 2)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 3)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-nemotron35-super-vl vs or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017: or-deepseek-v41-flash-1017 wins

attunement: B (margin 4)
authenticity: B (margin 3)
bond and rapport: B (margin 4)
emotion management: B (margin 4)
emotion sensemaking: B (margin 4)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 4)