How we made a 4.5B model think only when it changes the answer

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Direct answering alone scores 63.83 on Decision Index 0.3; with the gate, 65.06. A decision model is not a chat model with a different prompt. Decision Index 0.3: 65.06 with thinking, 63.83 direct.

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