
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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Define an ordered triple $(D, E, F)$ of sets to be minimally intersecting if $|D \cap E| = |E \cap F| = |F \cap D| = 1$ and $D \cap E \cap F = \emptyset$. Let $M$ be the number of such ordered triples where each set is a subset of $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$. Find $M$ modulo $1000$.

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