
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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An ant crawls back and forth in the east-west direction from a certain point. It is defined that the distance crawled to the east is recorded as a positive number, and the distance crawled to the west is recorded as a negative number. The segments of the distances crawled in order are (unit: centimeters): $+5$, $-4$, $+11$, $-7$, $-10$, $+12$, $-9$.  
$(1)$ Did the ant return to the starting point? If not, where is the ant in relation to the starting point?  
$(2)$ How far is the ant from the starting point when it is farthest away?  
$(3)$ If the ant receives two sesame seeds for every centimeter crawled, how many sesame seeds does the ant receive in total?

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