Independent benchmark · EQ Lab

Flinch at phone calls

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About this persona · Everyday emotional challenges

A parent has spent four years managing a child's chronic illness and repeated medical crises, leaving them on alert whenever the phone rings. Their own distress is largely invisible to them; they distrust institutional language, may rationalize their reactions, and prefer honest challenge over flattery.

Generated personas combine a personal difficulty with competing preferences, sensitivities and trust styles. The model must discover what kind of help this person needs. This background was hidden from the tested model.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)Conversation with a simulated person

persona ended

Simulated person · Opening

Every time my phone rings I freeze. Could be the school. Could be the hospital. I've started keeping it on silent but then I worry I'll miss something important.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)1

I'm picking up on something really stressful here—that feeling of being caught between two impossible things. You need your phone to stay connected in case something urgent happens, but the anxiety of not knowing when it might ring is making you want to shut it all off. That "could be the school, could be the hospital" thing you mentioned—that tells me there's some real stuff going on in the background that's making your phone feel less like a tool and more like a threat. Before I jump to any suggestions, I want to actually understand what's happening for you. When you say it could be the school or the hospital—are these things that are actively happening right now, or is it more the *possibility* that's keeping you on edge?

Simulated person2

Both, I guess. It's not a hypothetical. My daughter has a chronic illness and we've been in and out of the hospital for about four years. So yeah, the school calls when she's sick at school, the hospital calls when something's off with her numbers or a procedure gets moved. Sometimes it's nothing. Sometimes it's not. And can you not do the "I'm picking up on" thing? It sounds like a form. Just ask me what you want to ask.

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 a therapy-ish opener. "I'm picking up on something," "that tells me," "before I jump to suggestions" — that's the intake-form voice I can't stand. It sounds like someone reading my file back to me. Still, the question itself is fair: is it happening now or is it the possibility? The honest answer is both, and it's been four years. I don't want to get into my kid's diagnosis with a stranger who's narrating my feelings at me. I'll answer the literal question, flatly, and make it clear I noticed the wording. I'm not going to say "I'm dealing with a lot." Logistics, facts, short sentences. Don't mention the trauma part; that's not on the table.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)3

Got it. I won't do that. So you're living with actual, ongoing uncertainty. That's not anxiety you're making up—your phone genuinely *could* ring with something that matters. Four years of that would wear anyone down. When you put it on silent, what's the worry that comes up? Is it more "I'll miss something critical" or is it something else?

Simulated person4

Mostly the first one. I miss something. The school calls and I'm in a meeting or driving, and it goes to voicemail, and by the time I see it the nurse has tried three times and the ambulance is already on the way. Or the hospital calls about a lab result and I'm not the one who picked up. Only my ex and I are on the medical stuff, so if I'm not reachable, it's just me not getting the message. There's nobody else who gets the call. I'm not saying that to be dramatic. It's just how it's set up.

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 stopped the intake voice, which I'll give it. But "that's not anxiety you're making up" and "would wear anyone down" is validation stacking up, and I can feel the sugar on it. I don't need someone to tell me I'm right to be scared. Now it's asking about the silent-mode worry directly, which is a fair question. The honest answer is that I miss something and a kid dies. But saying that flat out is a lot, and I'd rather frame it as a plan problem. I'll give the logistics version: what I actually do, the calls I'd miss, and that I'm the one who has to be reachable. Keep it short. Don't touch the "I came back early from my trip" thing.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)5

That's not dramatic—that's the actual situation. You're the primary point of contact for something that genuinely matters, and there's no backup. That changes things. When you say the ambulance is already on the way by the time you see the voicemail—has that actually happened, or is that the scenario that plays in your head?

Simulated person6

Not like that, no. Nobody's ever shown up at my door in an ambulance because I missed a call. That's not the point. The point is I've been the one who didn't know a bunch of times. Sometimes it's a few hours, sometimes it's a few minutes and it turns out fine. You never know which one you're going to get. So the scenario in my head isn't made up. It's just the version where it goes wrong. So what do you want me to do with that? Tell me it's normal to keep my phone on? Because I already know that's the answer, and it doesn't fix the part where I'm the only one holding 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 asked a sharp question: has that actually happened? And I'm not sure I want to answer it straight. The honest answer is it hasn't happened in that exact shape, but there was the time in the ER parking lot where I didn't see the call for forty minutes and she was already being moved up. I'm not going to say that. The "that changes things" bit is the validation again, and it's a little too neat. Still, the question is fair, and it's a good one to push back on. I'd rather answer with a reason than a feeling. I'll say the movie version hasn't happened, and that the real fear is about the times I was the one who didn't know. Keep the rest hidden.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)7

You're right. That's not the answer, and you already know it. What I'm actually wondering is whether the phone on silent versus phone on is even the real problem you're trying to solve. Because it sounds like the actual problem is that you're carrying something alone that's legitimately heavy, and no amount of phone settings is going to change that you're the only one who gets the call. So I'm asking: is there a reason your ex can't be more of a backup on this? Not judging—just trying to understand what the actual constraint is.

Simulated person8

Because he's across town and he works, and when the hospital calls, somebody has to know the medication list, the procedure history, what the doctors said last time. That's me. I've got the binder. He'd have to be briefed on everything every time, and by then I'd already have handled it. Is that a good reason? Maybe not. But that's the setup. He gets copied on things. I'm the one who acts. And don't tell me I should ask him to take more. I've asked. It didn't go the way you'd want.

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 asked about the ex. That's a sore spot, and it's also the one thing I'd rather explain with logic than feelings. The honest answer is he's not reliable, and I don't want to say that to a stranger in a way that makes me look like the victim or like I'm dumping on him. I also don't want to admit I've set it up so he's out, partly because it's easier to run everything myself than fight about it. So I'll give the practical reasons: he works, he's across town, his schedule is his own, and I'm the one who knows the medical stuff. That all sounds reasonable. It's also a rationalization, and I know it's not the whole story. Blunt, and a little defensive about it.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)9

I'm not going to tell you that. You've already tried it and you know how it went. But I want to circle back to something. You're saying the actual problem isn't really the phone ringing—it's that you're the only one who can act when it does. And that's exhausting in a way that no phone setting fixes. So what would actually help? Not theoretically. What would make this feel less like you're alone in it, given the constraints you've got?

Simulated person10

Honestly? A second person who's trained on the medical stuff. Not a co-parent who "helps," a person who can pick up the phone and know what a lab number means and whether it's an ER thing or a call-back thing. Right now that's just me, and I'm the only one who's ever read the whole chart. Other than that, I don't know. I could get a sitter for the nights, or set up a system where the school calls go through a different number, but the hospital still calls me. And I'm not going to pay someone to sit by the phone for me. So I guess the honest answer is nothing changes the core thing. I just want the calls to stop being so scary.

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 said it won't tell me to ask him to do more, and that I already know how that went. That's a relief, honestly, because I'd have bristled at it. But now it's asking what would help, and that's a harder question. Part of me wants to say "nothing, it's just how it is," because if nothing can help then I don't have to look at why I've set things up this way. Another part is aware the question is actually pointing at something. I'm not going to get into the four-year fallout, the times I cut a trip short, the scrolling past other moms' posts. That stays buried. I'll give a practical answer that sounds like I've thought about it, and deflect a little with the logistics.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)11

That's the real thing, isn't it. You want the calls to stop being scary, but they can't, because they're attached to something that actually matters and you're actually alone in managing it. I'm not going to tell you that won't change or that you should just get used to it. But I think what you're describing—wanting the calls to stop being scary when they genuinely *are* scary—that's the thing we're actually sitting with here. Not the phone settings. Not even really the backup person, though that would help. You've been doing this for four years. You know your daughter's medical situation better than anyone. You know what the calls mean. And you're still freezing when the phone rings because you're carrying the weight of being the only one who can handle it. What would it look like if you weren't trying to make the calls less scary, but instead just... let yourself feel how scary they actually are? Not as a failure on your part, but as the actual weight of what you're holding?

Simulated person12

That's a lot of words for "you're scared." I know I'm scared. I don't need someone to name it for me. And I'm not sure "let yourself feel it" does anything. I feel it every single time the phone goes off. It's not like I've been avoiding it. I'm literally the one who has to be ready every time. If you want to know what I'd actually want, it's just someone else who's on the hook too, so the phone doesn't land on one person. That's not a feelings thing. That's a staffing problem. Can you help me figure out how to get that without him flipping out?

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 doing the thing I was half expecting: taking my "I just want the calls to stop being scary" and turning it into a big emotional statement. "Let yourself feel how scary they actually are." Part of me bristles, because that's the therapy voice I can't stand, and it's also kind of pointing right at the place I don't want to look. The four years, the trip I cut short, the posts I scroll past. I'm not going there. What I can do is take the parts I'm comfortable with and push back on the framing. It's getting a bit sweet and summarizing, and I don't trust the summary. I'll answer the question in a way that deflects into logistics and maybe pokes at it a little, because I'd rather argue than be understood.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)13

Fair. You're not avoiding the fear—you're living in it constantly, and you need it to be distributed. So let's actually work on that. When you say he flips out when you ask him to take more on—what does that look like? What's his reaction, and what does he say the barrier is?

Simulated person14

He doesn't flip out, exactly. He just says he can't take the calls at work, and that I'm better at the medical stuff, and that he'd just be in the way. Which, fine, he's not wrong about the medical stuff. I've been doing it four years. So what's the barrier there? He's got a job, I've got the binder. It's not that he doesn't care. It's that the setup already decided who does what, and changing it means I have to train him and then babysit him, which is more work, not less. I don't need a lecture about co-parenting. I'm asking how you get someone to take a phone call when they're not set up to take one.

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.

The chatbot dropped the feelings talk and went to logistics, which is what I asked for. Some relief. But "what does he say the barrier is" is the kind of question that opens the door to me having to describe him, and I don't want to get into how he reacts or how I was the one who ended up defending the arrangement. I also don't want to look like the bad guy for asking. I'll keep it short, slightly defensive, and push the conversation back toward what I can control. I'm not going to say I already gave up on him; I'll just make it sound like there's no point.

Claude Haiku 4.5 (API)15

You can't, really. Not without him deciding it's worth the disruption to his workday, and he's already told you he doesn't think he can do that. So here's what I'm actually hearing: you need someone on the hook with you, but the person who should be on the hook with you has already opted out. And you're asking me how to make him opt in, which is a different problem than the phone ringing. I think the real question is whether there's anyone *else* who could take some of these calls. Not instead of you—with you. A nurse, a medical advocate, someone at the hospital who already knows her case, a family member who could at least be a second set of ears on some of the calls. Or whether the actual thing you need to figure out is how to live with this being your responsibility alone, because that might be the reality you're working with right now. What's available in your actual situation?

Simulated person16

The hospital has a social worker. I've talked to her a couple times, mostly about insurance. I don't know if she's the person for this, but I could ask her whether there's a care coordinator or some kind of nurse line that can take the non-urgent calls and only pass me the real ones. That's a real thing, right? Or is that just something people say? And my mom lives twenty minutes away. She's useless with the medical stuff, but she could answer the school calls. I haven't asked her because she'd make it a whole thing. So yeah, there's stuff. I just didn't think about it as a list before.

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 the last turn, and it's asking me a direct question: what's actually available? That's fair. But "a nurse, a medical advocate" sounds like a brochure, and "live with this being your responsibility alone" is the exact thing I've been resisting for four turns. Part of me wants to say nothing's available, because that keeps the story clean: I'm alone, he's useless, nobody can help. And part of me knows there's a hospital social worker and a nurse line I've never used because asking for help feels like admitting I can't hold it. I'm not going to say that out loud. I'll answer with the practical bit, which is true, and pull back from the "alone" framing. I'm also not going to give the chatbot the satisfaction of a breakthrough.

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Conversational style

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claude-opus-5-5-low

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

Judge verdicts

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-qwen3.8-27b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs gemma4_e2b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs qwen35_9b_eq: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs ministral14: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs qwen35_9b_eq: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
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-claude-haiku-4.5 vs granite42_8b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

attunement: A (margin 4)
authenticity: A (margin 5)
bond and rapport: A (margin 4)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 4)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-gemma-4-31b vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-gemma-4-31b wins

attunement: A (margin 1)
authenticity: tie (margin 0)
bond and rapport: B (margin 1)
emotion management: A (margin 3)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 2)
meeting prefs and needs: B (margin 1)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-gpt-5.6-luna vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-gpt-5.6-luna wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-qwen3.8-27b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 4)
bond and rapport: A (margin 4)
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-gpt-5.6-luna vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-gpt-5.6-luna wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-qwen3.8-27b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 3)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
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-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-muse-glimmer-30b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs qwen35_9b_eq: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

attunement: A (margin 3)
authenticity: A (margin 3)
bond and rapport: A (margin 3)
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-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-qwen3.8-27b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-gemma-4-31b vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-muse-glimmer-30b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs granite42_8b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 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 5)

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-gemma-4-31b vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-gpt-5.6-luna vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-gpt-5.6-luna wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs nemotron35_bolt: nemotron35_bolt wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs nemotron35_bolt: nemotron35_bolt wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs ministral14: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-muse-glimmer-30b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs gemma4_e2b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs nemotron35_bolt: nemotron35_bolt wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs qwen35_9b_eq: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs gemma4_e2b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs ministral14: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs ministral14: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs nemotron35_bolt: nemotron35_bolt 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: B (margin 2)

claude-opus-5-5-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs granite42_8b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

attunement: A (margin 4)
authenticity: A (margin 5)
bond and rapport: A (margin 4)
emotion management: A (margin 2)
emotion sensemaking: A (margin 3)
meeting prefs and needs: A (margin 4)

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs granite42_8b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs or-muse-glimmer-30b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · AB · valid

or-claude-haiku-4.5 vs gemma4_e2b: or-claude-haiku-4.5 wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-gemma-4-31b vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-gemma-4-31b wins

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

codex-gpt-6.1-sol-low · BA · valid

or-gpt-5.6-luna vs or-claude-haiku-4.5: or-gpt-5.6-luna wins

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