Gemini Advanced got it right on the second attempt. On the first attempt it mistakenly thought that the problem was a tic-tac-toe game, but after I told it that it was an IQ test I got the correct answer.

I also changed the wording of the prompt slightly:

Here are some patterns:

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Which of the follwing answers shows the correct substitution for the last pattern (the one with the ???)?

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