
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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The Interstellar Geometry Conference (IGC) is held with a committee of four Jupiterians, four Saturnians, and four Neptunians. At the conference, members sit at a round table with chairs numbered from $1$ to $12$ in clockwise order. Conference rules state that a Jupiterian must occupy chair $1$ and a Neptunian must occupy chair $12$. Additionally, no Neptunian can sit immediately to the left of a Jupiterian, no Jupiterian can sit immediately to the left of a Saturnian, and no Saturnian can sit immediately to the left of a Neptunian. The number of possible seating arrangements for the committee is $M \cdot (4!)^3$. Find $M$.

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