
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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In a Chinese language test, there was a question that required students to match the Four Great Classical Novels of China, "Water Margin," "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," "Journey to the West," and "Dream of the Red Chamber," with their authors. Each correct match was awarded 3 points, and incorrect matches received no points. Calculate the number of possible ways for a student to score 3 points on this question.

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