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
- 22
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 6m 54s
- Round cost
- $0.3819 All 23 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.
Q1
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character human?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character human?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield is a cartoon character.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield is a cat—specifically, a fictional orange tabby cat.Open catlovers.alibaba.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Did this character originate in a video game?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this character originate in a video game?"}}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)
Davis created Garfield in 1976... By 1978 the strip had been renamed Garfield.Open news.justcollecting.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Did this character originate in literature or comic books?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this character originate in literature or comic books?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The character created by US cartoonist Jim Davis debuted 40 years ago, on June 19, 1978, in a comic strip published in 41 newspapers.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Did this character originate in a comic book, manga, or graphic novel?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this character originate in a comic book, manga, or graphic novel?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield made his debut in the first comic strip on 19 June 1978.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
In 1978 he launched Garfield for United Features... Garfield (1978–) is a comic strip.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character an animal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character an animal?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield is a cartoon character; his costars include ... the dopey dog Odie.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield is a lazy, overweight, cynical orange cat.Open nickelodeon.fandom.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Can this character speak a human language in their original work?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Can this character speak a human language in their original work?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Without the cutesy thought-bubbles of his lasagna-loving cat, Jon’s observations seem to teeter between existential crisis and deep despair.Open nytimes.com (opens in a new tab)
Jon does all the talking within the Garfield stories, but we know what Garfield is thinking as he’s not saying a word.Open thesilentprotagblog.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character the title character or protagonist of the work in which they appear?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character the title character or protagonist of the work in which they appear?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the Garfield comic strip shows the title character... Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Garfield... the eponymous hero of what would go on to become the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a dog?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a dog?"}}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)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a mammal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a mammal?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield, a lazy, lasagna-loving orange tabby catOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Human beings, dogs, and cats are all mammals.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a horse?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a horse?"}}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)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a primate?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a primate?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The strip’s titular character, a sardonic, lazy, lasagna-loving, Monday-hating, orange tabby cat.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a feline?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a feline?"}}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)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q13
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a domestic cat?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a domestic cat?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
An orange tabby cat ... his owner, Jon Arbuckle.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
Davis ... decided to create a comic strip about a pet cat.Open imdb.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q14
1 · Guesser asks
Was the original work in which this character appeared written primarily for children?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the original work in which this character appeared written primarily for children?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Los Angeles Times described Davis as having spent 24 years regaling “children and adults” with Garfield’s antics.Open latimes.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield’s newspaper strips offered “adult-level humor” alongside “kid-friendly jokes.”Open antiquetrader.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q15
1 · Guesser asks
Was the work in which this character appeared originally written in English?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the work in which this character appeared originally written in English?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield (1978‒07‒27) — English — Comic stripOpen bookbrainz.org (opens in a new tab)
Garfield ... was first published in the USA in June 1978Open guinnessworldrecords.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q16
1 · Guesser asks
Was the work featuring this character first published before the 20th century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the work featuring this character first published before the 20th century?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
It was first published in the USA in June 1978.Open guinnessworldrecords.com (opens in a new tab)
The first panel of the first Garfield strip, from 19 June 1978.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks
Was the work featuring this character first published in or after 1950?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the work featuring this character first published in or after 1950?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield made his debut on 19 June 1978.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
The character created by US cartoonist Jim Davis debuted 40 years ago, on June 19, 1978.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q18
1 · Guesser asks
Is the work in which this character appears a fantasy novel?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the work in which this character appears a fantasy novel?"}}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.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks
Is the work in which this character appears a novel?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the work in which this character appears a novel?"}}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.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Garfield, created by Jim Davis ... is the world's most syndicated comic strip.Open guinnessworldrecords.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q20
1 · Guesser asks
Is the work in which this character appears a short story?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the work in which this character appears a short story?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield, created by Jim Davis ... is the world's most syndicated comic strip.Open guinnessworldrecords.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q21
1 · Guesser asks
Did this character originate in a newspaper comic strip?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this character originate in a newspaper comic strip?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The character created by US cartoonist Jim Davis debuted 40 years ago, on June 19, 1978, in a comic strip published in 41 newspapers.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
On June 19, 1978, the comic strip first appeared in 41 newspapers in U.S. cities like Boston, Chicago and Dallas.Open indianahistory.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q22
1 · Guesser asks
Was this character created by Jim Davis?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this character created by Jim Davis?"}}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 and created one of the most popular animals in the comic world.Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
The character created by US cartoonist Jim Davis debuted 40 years ago, on June 19, 1978.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Garfield
The lazy, orange, lasagna-loving cat from the comic strip created by Jim Davis
Validator rationale The proposed identity matches Garfield, the fictional orange, lasagna-loving cat created by Jim Davis.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"The lazy, orange, lasagna-loving cat from the comic strip created by Jim Davis","name":"Garfield","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes