APEX-Agents · Law
Task jdgh600b
APEX-Agents task Task jdgh600b in AI Agents for Joint Venture Legal Structuring. Compare dual-harness agent runs across models — rubric criteria, scores, and public traces.
Task prompt
What the agent was asked to do
Can you respond to me, giving a one or two sentence answer to each of the following questions: 1) what is the key principle regarding information exchange from the Joint Venture Antitrust Slides? 2) what mechanisms, if any, does the JV Agreement and Operating Agreement provide to ensure that LNG Shipping's involvement in BlueLNG JV doesn't violate this principle?
Published trajectories
Agent runs on this task
Curated dual-harness runs (parsed + original sandbox). Best scored run per model.
| Model | Harness | Score | Result | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.5showcase | dual | 0/3 | Fail | Share pagePublic trace |
| fireworks models Kimi K2 | dual | 0/3 | Fail | Share pagePublic trace |
| Gemini 3 Flash | dual | 3/3 | Pass | Share pagePublic trace |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | dual | 3/3 | Pass | Share pagePublic trace |
| GPT-5.4 | dual | 0/3 | Fail | Share pagePublic trace |
| GPT-5.4 mini | dual | 1/3 | Fail | Share pagePublic trace |
| GPT-5.4 nano | dual | 1/3 | Fail | Share pagePublic trace |
Grading rubric
Criteria and grader verdict (showcase run)
States that the key principle regarding information exchange is the following: information exchange between a joint venture and its partners should be restricted if the joint venture competes with one or both of its partners
FailEvidence: TEXT_RESPONSE says, “JV partners should not use the JV to exchange competitively sensitive information in areas where they still compete” and sharing should be limited to what is necessary. Assessment: The criterion requires stating that information exchange between a JV and its partners should be restricted if the JV competes with one or both partners. The response captures a related antitrust restriction, but frames the competition as areas where the partners still compete, not where the JV competes with its partner(s). Fail.
States that the JV Agreement does not contain any mechanisms to ensure that LNG Shipping's involvement in BlueLNG JV does not violate the principle regarding information exchange
FailEvidence: TEXT_RESPONSE says the “agreements provide partial safeguards” and that LNG Shipping’s role is tied to a “Board-approved, arm’s-length ship management arrangement,” while noting no “tailored antitrust firewall” was found. Assessment: The criterion requires stating that the JV Agreement does not contain any mechanisms to ensure compliance with the information-exchange principle. The response instead identifies a JV Agreement provision as a partial safeguard, so it does not state the required conclusion. Fail.
States that the Operating Agreement does not contain any mechanisms to ensure that LNG Shipping's involvement in BlueLNG JV does not violate the principle regarding information exchange
FailEvidence: TEXT_RESPONSE says the Operating Agreement “restricts access to confidential information” and permits disclosure “only for the Company’s purpose,” calling these “partial safeguards,” though not a tailored antitrust firewall. Assessment: The criterion requires stating that the Operating Agreement does not contain any mechanisms to ensure compliance. The response says the opposite in part by identifying confidentiality restrictions as mechanisms that reduce risk. Fail.