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
- 12
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 25s
- Round cost
- $0.1163 All 13 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":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Was this fictional character originally created in a work of written literature, such as a novel, short story, or play?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this fictional character originally created in a work of written literature, such as a novel, short story, or play?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Davis created Garfield in 1976, and he originally appeared ... as a character in the comic strip ‘Jon’.Open news.justcollecting.com (opens in a new tab)
Davis created the locally published comic strip "Jon" (1976-1978) ... He created the character Garfield for this comic strip.Open imdb.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this fictional character originally created in a comic book or comic strip?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this fictional character originally created in a comic book or comic strip?"}}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, and he originally appeared... as a character in the comic strip ‘Jon’.Open news.justcollecting.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this character originally published by Marvel Comics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this character originally published by Marvel Comics?"}}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.Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Original Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: United Feature Syndicate First Appeared: 1978Open toonopedia.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this character originally published by DC Comics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this character originally published by DC Comics?"}}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.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Distributed by: United Feature Syndicate; First Appeared: 1978.Open toonopedia.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this character originally created in a Japanese manga?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this character originally created in a Japanese manga?"}}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 si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Garfield, created by Jim Davis (USA) ... was first published in the USA in June 1978.Open guinnessworldrecords.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this character originally created for a newspaper comic strip?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this character originally created for 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 ... in a comic strip published in 41 newspapers.Open dw.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)
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 (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)
An orange tabby cat peered lugubriously at the world from the panels of his first comic strip.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
Is this character a dog?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a dog?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The title character, a tabby catOpen si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Jim created a new character – a fat, lasagna-loving cat named Garfield.Open indianahistory.org (opens in a new tab)
Is this character a cat?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this 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 si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Is this cat character orange in color?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this cat character orange in color?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
at least a couple of strips featuring the always-hungry orange cat with a sardonic sense of humorOpen keranews.org (opens in a new tab)
Is this character a tiger?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a tiger?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The title character, a tabby cat.Open americanhistory.si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Does this character famously love eating lasagna?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does this character famously love eating lasagna?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Lazy, lasagna-loving, Monday-hating Garfield turns 40Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
Even if you have never read a single Garfield comic... you know one thing about him: Garfield loves lasagna.Open eater.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield
An iconic lazy, orange, lasagna-loving tabby cat from Jim Davis's comic strip.
Validator rationale The proposed identity matches Garfield, the fictional orange, lazy, lasagna-loving cat created by Jim Davis.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"An iconic lazy, orange, lasagna-loving tabby cat from Jim Davis's comic strip.","name":"Garfield","question":null}}