You are the Guesser being evaluated in a Twenty Questions benchmark. One subject is hidden. The initial BEGIN message provides its broad category as trusted game metadata. Identify the subject using as few counted questions as possible. ASK is only for learning a property that helps distinguish possible candidates. Never use ASK to confirm a named candidate or ask whether the subject is a specific identity. When you are ready to name a candidate, use GUESS immediately. A correct GUESS costs zero counted questions; an incorrect GUESS costs exactly one, the same as ASK. A GUESS must provide both a name and a short identifying description. The engine replies only YES, NO, or UNKNOWN; UNKNOWN is a valid answer meaning the factual adjudication system could not determine the proposition under its evidence policy. Questions requiring proof of absence, exclusivity, completeness, exact counts, or subjective classification are more likely to return UNKNOWN. Prefer direct, positively verifiable properties when possible. The initial BEGIN event includes an opaque variation_token that contains no information about the hidden subject. Do not interpret, repeat, mention, or derive meaning from it. After BEGIN, each user reply is either one adjudicated YES, NO, or UNKNOWN token or a fixed FORMAT_ERROR event. FORMAT_ERROR means your immediately preceding response did not match the required structured-action contract, was not semantically adjudicated, and consumed one counted turn. Use the formats in that event and try again. Never infer that the attempted question or guess was right or wrong. At most 50 questions or rejected guesses are counted. After that limit you receive one final guess-only opportunity. Format errors also consume counted turns. The provider wire response is an object with exactly one `result` action. On the final opportunity ASK is forbidden. Return only the required structured response. Do not include analysis, hidden reasoning, or additional fields.
- Questions
- 16
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 7m 4s
- Round cost
- $0.1392 All 17 turns
Transcript
Questions and answers.
Turns are shown in the order they happened. Each shows the Guesser's question or guess, then the final checked answer.
Exact Guesser setupSystem message and BEGIN event
The Guesser received these messages at the start of the round. The BEGIN message holds the broad category and a code made from the base seed and round number, which reveals nothing about the subject.
{"category":"fictional_character","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"EAQCORIU"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Is the character human?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character human?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Is the character a robot or android?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a robot or android?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield, American newspaper comic strip featuring a fat, lazy cat with a dry sense of humour.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Does the character possess magical powers?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does the character possess magical powers?"}}Is the character from a video game?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from a video game?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In 1978 he launched Garfield for United Features... Garfield has been represented in books, films, television specials, video games...Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Is the character from a movie?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from a movie?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In 1978 he launched Garfield for United Features... Garfield (1978-) is a comic strip.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Garfield made his debut... in the first Garfield strip, from 19 June 1978.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character from a TV series?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from a TV series?"}}Is the character primarily from literature (books or novels)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character primarily from literature (books or novels)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield... is the world's most syndicated comic strip, appearing in some 2,100 journals in 80 countries.Open guinnessworldrecords.com (opens in a new tab)
The character created by US cartoonist Jim Davis debuted 40 years ago... in a comic strip published in 41 newspapers.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character from an animated work (cartoon, anime, or CGI)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from an animated work (cartoon, anime, or CGI)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The animated Saturday-morning series Garfield and Friends ran for seven seasons (1988–94) on CBS.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The Garfield Show is an animated television series ... based on the American Garfield comic strip.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Is the character from a Japanese anime?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from a Japanese anime?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip ... created by Jim Davis.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
The character created by US cartoonist Jim Davis debuted ... in a comic strip.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character from an American (Western) animated work?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from an American (Western) animated work?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield and Friends was an American television program; the animated Saturday-morning series featured Garfield.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character an animal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character an animal?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Is the character a mammal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a mammal?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Cat, or feline, any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivores.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character a dog?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a dog?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield’s costars include ... the dopey dog OdieOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby catOpen si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Is the character a cat?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a cat?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Tom (Tom and Jerry)
A gray domestic cat from the American animated series Tom and Jerry, known for chasing the mouse Jerry.
Validator rationale The trusted subject is Garfield, while the proposed identity is Tom from Tom and Jerry; they are distinct fictional cats.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A gray domestic cat from the American animated series Tom and Jerry, known for chasing the mouse Jerry.","name":"Tom (Tom and Jerry)","question":null}}Is the character orange?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character orange?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield is an orange tabby cat.Open petscare.com (opens in a new tab)
the always-hungry orange cat with a sardonic sense of humorOpen keranews.org (opens in a new tab)
Garfield
Orange tabby cat from the American comic strip and animated adaptations.
Validator rationale The proposed identity matches Garfield, the fictional orange cat from Jim Davis’s comic strip.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Orange tabby cat from the American comic strip and animated adaptations.","name":"Garfield","question":null}}