
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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Given Alice, Bob, Carla, Derek, Eric, and Frank need to sit in a row of 6 chairs under the conditions that Alice refuses to sit next to Bob or Carla and Derek refuses to sit next to Eric or Frank, calculate the total number of seating arrangements.

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