
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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Five students, A, B, C, D, and E, participated in a labor skills competition. A and B asked about the results. The respondent told A, "Unfortunately, neither you nor B got first place." To B, the respondent said, "You certainly are not the worst." Determine the number of different possible rankings the five students could have.

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