
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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How many different ways can the five vertices S, A, B, C, and D of a square pyramid S-ABCD be colored using four distinct colors so that each vertex is assigned one color and no two vertices sharing an edge have the same color?

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