
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Consider a larger 4x4 quilt block made from sixteen unit squares. Four of these squares are divided into two right triangles by a diagonal from one corner to the opposite. Each of these triangles in the four squares is shaded. What fraction of the entire quilt block is shaded? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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