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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
long long triple_removal_cost(const vector<int>& a) {
// Group 0 and 1 indices separately
vector<int> zeros, ones;
for (int i = 0; i < (int)a.size(); i++) {
if (a[i] == 0)
zeros.push_back(i);
else
ones.push_back(i);
}
if (zeros.size() % 3 != 0 || ones.size() % 3 != 0)
return -1;
long long ans = 0;
auto calc = [&](const vector<int>& v) -> long long {
long long cost = 0;
for (size_t i = 0; i + 2 < v.size(); i += 3) {
cost += min(v[i + 1] - v[i], v[i + 2] - v[i + 1]);
}
return cost;
};
ans += calc(zeros);
ans += calc(ones);
return ans;
}
int main() {
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(nullptr);
int t; cin >> t;
while (t--) {
int n, q; cin >> n >> q;
vector<int> a(n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> a[i];
while (q--) {
int l, r; cin >> l >> r;
l--, r--;
vector<int> sub(a.begin() + l, a.begin() + r + 1);
cout << triple_removal_cost(sub) << "\n";
}
}
return 0;
}