
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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A man has a barrel containing 12 pints of wine (a pint is an old French unit of volume, approximately 0.568 liters) and wants to give away half of the wine. However, he does not have a 6-pint vessel. Instead, he has two empty vessels with capacities of 8 pints and 5 pints. How can he use these vessels to measure out exactly 6 pints of wine?

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