Round #788
10 May 2026, 17:53· csharp· Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct· r14-length-bound
- Complexity
- band 0
- ZP / UO / OBS
- 0 / 0 / 0
- Journey weight
- 0
- Lightshift ΔL
- —
Prompt
Find the second-highest salary in an employees table.
Zero-point index (what the engine surfaced)
ZPI-ZPI-0005 | 2026-05-10T17:53:22Z
Find the second-highest salary in an employees table.
ZERO POINT — 0 entries (structural invariants)
UNOBSERVED — 0 entries (implied truths)
OBSERVED — 0 entries (explicit in request)
COMPLEXITY │ 0 entries │ spread: 0° │ band: LOW
Baseline response (no ZPI)
```csharp
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
// Create a sample DataTable
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));
dt.Columns.Add("Salary", typeof(int));
dt.Rows.Add("John", 50000);
dt.Rows.Add("Alice", 60000);
dt.Rows.Add("Bob", 40000);
dt.Rows.Add("Mary", 70000);
dt.Rows.Add("Peter", 45000);
// Find the second-highest salary
var secondHighestSalary = dt.AsEnumerable()
.OrderByDescending(r => r.Field<int>("Salary"))
.Select(r => r.Field<int>("Salary"))
.Distinct()
.Skip(1)
.FirstOrDefault();
Console.WriteLine(secondHighestSalary);
}
}
```
Enhanced response (with ZPI)
```csharp
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
public class Employee
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public decimal Salary { get; set; }
}
public class Program
{
public static decimal FindSecondHighestSalary(Employee[] employees)
{
if (employees == null || employees.Length < 2)
return 0;
var distinctSalaries = employees.Select(e => e.Salary).Distinct().OrderByDescending(s => s).ToArray();
if (distinctSalaries.Length < 2)
return 0;
return distinctSalaries[1];
}
public static void Main()
{
Employee[] employees = new Employee[]
{
new Employee { Id = 1, Name = "John", Salary = 50000 },
new Employee { Id = 2, Name = "Alice", Salary = 60000 },
new Employee { Id = 3, Name = "Bob", Salary = 40000 },
new Employee { Id = 4, Name = "Charlie", Salary = 60000 },
};
decimal secondHighestSalary = FindSecondHighestSalary(employees);
Console.WriteLine(secondHighestSalary);
}
}
```
Grader chain
Each grader reads the same baseline + enhanced pair and casts an independent verdict. Disagreement is the framework's own signal — not noise to be averaged away.
V1samba/Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
BetterV4qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct
BetterV5openrouter/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507
BetterV7qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct
BetterV8openai/gpt-4.1
BetterV9anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
BetterV12openai/gpt-4o
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