# Downstream NLP Evaluation on LM Evaluation Harness (test)

Source: [Downstream NLP Evaluation on LM Evaluation Harness (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:48:24.123Z

Evaluation of model performance across a suite of nine NLP tasks (Lambada, ARC, WinoGrande, PIQA, HellaSwag, SciQ, RACE) using the LM Evaluation Harness test configuration.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Downstream NLP Evaluation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | Downstream NLP Tasks (Lambada, ARC, WinoGrande, PIQA, HellaSwag, SciQ, RACE) LM Evaluation Harness (test) |
| Metric | Lambada OpenAI |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 36 of 36 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Lambada OpenAI](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=Lambada%20OpenAI>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [ARC-E](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=ARC-E>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Lambada Standard](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=Lambada%20Standard>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [ARC-C](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=ARC-C>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [WinoGrande](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=WinoGrande>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [PIQA](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=PIQA>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [HellaSwag](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=HellaSwag>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [SciQ](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=SciQ>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [RACE](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=RACE>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Average Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=Average%20Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Accuracy Delta](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/downstream-nlp-evaluation-on-lm-evaluation-harness-test.md?metric=Accuracy%20Delta>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Lambada OpenAI | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pythia-12B | 70.4 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-2.8B | 68.9 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-6.9B | 67.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-12B | 66.5 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-1.4B | 65.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-2.8B | 64.6 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-2.8B | 64.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| OPT-2.7B | 63.5 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-6.9B | 62.5 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-1B | 62.3 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-1.4B | 61.6 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| OPT-2.7B | 60.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-1.4B | 59.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-2.8B | 59 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Tinyllama-1.1B | 58.8 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| OPT-1.3B | 57.9 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-1B | 57.7 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-410M | 56.9 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-1B | 55.9 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-1.4B | 54.5 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| OPT-1.3B | 54 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Tinyllama-1.1B | 53.8 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-3B | 51.7 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-410M | 51.4 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| PonderPythia-410M | 48.9 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-1B | 48.3 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-3B | 46.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-1.7B | 46.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| OPT-350M | 45.2 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Pythia-410M | 43.9 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-1.1B | 42.6 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-1.7B | 42.5 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| OPT-350M | 38.3 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-1.1B | 36.3 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-560M | 34.3 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |
| Bloom-560M | 29.4 | Not recorded | 68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef |

### Pythia-12B

Lambada OpenAI: 70.4. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e60.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-2.8B

Lambada OpenAI: 68.9. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e61.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-6.9B

Lambada OpenAI: 67.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e5f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-12B

Lambada OpenAI: 66.5. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e4e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-1.4B

Lambada OpenAI: 65.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e5b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-2.8B

Lambada OpenAI: 64.6. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e5c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-2.8B

Lambada OpenAI: 64.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e4f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### OPT-2.7B

Lambada OpenAI: 63.5. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e5d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea36474.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/metaseq>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-6.9B

Lambada OpenAI: 62.5. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e4d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-1B

Lambada OpenAI: 62.3. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e58.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-1.4B

Lambada OpenAI: 61.6. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e59.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### OPT-2.7B

Lambada OpenAI: 60.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e4b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea36474.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/metaseq>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-1.4B

Lambada OpenAI: 59.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e49.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-2.8B

Lambada OpenAI: 59. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e4a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Tinyllama-1.1B

Lambada OpenAI: 58.8. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e57.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73771e209131cea5cb34.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"3T"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### OPT-1.3B

Lambada OpenAI: 57.9. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e55.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea36474.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/metaseq>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-1B

Lambada OpenAI: 57.7. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e46.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-410M

Lambada OpenAI: 56.9. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e53.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-1B

Lambada OpenAI: 55.9. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e54.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-1.4B

Lambada OpenAI: 54.5. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e47.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### OPT-1.3B

Lambada OpenAI: 54. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e43.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea36474.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/metaseq>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Tinyllama-1.1B

Lambada OpenAI: 53.8. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e45.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73771e209131cea5cb34.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"3T"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-3B

Lambada OpenAI: 51.7. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e5e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-410M

Lambada OpenAI: 51.4. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e50.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PonderPythia-410M

Lambada OpenAI: 48.9. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e41.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-1B

Lambada OpenAI: 48.3. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e42.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-3B

Lambada OpenAI: 46.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e4c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-1.7B

Lambada OpenAI: 46.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e5a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### OPT-350M

Lambada OpenAI: 45.2. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e51.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea36474.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/metaseq>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Pythia-410M

Lambada OpenAI: 43.9. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e3e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f971e209131cea467b6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/EleutherAI/pythia>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-1.1B

Lambada OpenAI: 42.6. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e56.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-1.7B

Lambada OpenAI: 42.5. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e48.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### OPT-350M

Lambada OpenAI: 38.3. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e3f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea36474.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/metaseq>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"300B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-1.1B

Lambada OpenAI: 36.3. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e44.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-560M

Lambada OpenAI: 34.3. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e52.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"0-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bloom-560M

Lambada OpenAI: 29.4. Result ID: 699cfef85698665ec49f1e40.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79a91e209131cea7ebef.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fdd1e209131cea47c06.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Shots":"5-shot","Number of training tokens":"366B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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