
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]


system
There are four brother-sister pairs from different families that need to take a trip in a van. The eight children will occupy the second and third rows, each of which has four seats. To ensure comfort, siblings must either sit directly behind each other or not adjacent but on the same row. Calculate the total number of seating arrangements possible for this trip.

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