
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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Xiao Kong's family consists of his grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, father, mother, and himself, making a total of 7 people. One day, his father picked 7 pears of different sizes from the orchard, giving one to each family member. Xiao Kong got the smallest one, and one of the four elders (grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother) got the largest one. Calculate the total number of different ways to distribute the pears.

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