
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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Seven students, Abby, Bridget, Charlie, and four others are to be seated in two rows of four. If the seating positions are assigned randomly, what is the probability that Abby and Bridget are adjacent to each other in the same row or the same column, and Charlie is seated in a different row from Abby?
A) $\frac{1}{4}$
B) $\frac{5}{21}$
C) $\frac{1}{3}$
D) $\frac{2}{7}$
E) $\frac{1}{5}$

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