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
- 3m 8s
- Round cost
- $0.1628 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":"BYOMPCJW"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Was the character first introduced in a live-action film or television production?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the character first introduced in a live-action film or television production?"}}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 ... 19 June 1978.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
The 2004 film Garfield: The Movie used computer-generated imagery.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was the character first introduced in a video game?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the character first introduced in 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 (1978- ) is a comic strip.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Was the character first introduced in a written literary work, such as a novel, short story, or play?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the character first introduced in a written literary work, 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.
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)
An orange tabby cat peered lugubriously at the world from the panels of his first comic strip... Garfield made his debut... on 19 June 1978.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
Was the character first introduced in a comic book, comic strip, manga, or graphic novel?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the character first introduced in a comic book, comic strip, 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 on 19 June 1978 in his first comic strip.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield was created by Jim Davis and first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978.Open keycollectorcomics.com (opens in a new tab)
Was the character first introduced in a Japanese manga?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the character first introduced in a Japanese manga?"}}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 in 41 newspapers, all in the US.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
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)
Is the character a superhero or supervillain who uses a costumed identity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a superhero or supervillain who uses a costumed identity?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
All the comic strip characters become superheroes ... Well, everyone except Garfield.Open search.worldcat.org (opens in a new tab)
Garfield just likes to dress up as Supergarfield sometimes before taking a nap.Open screenrant.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character an animal or anthropomorphic animal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character an animal or anthropomorphic animal?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield ... is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Was the character first introduced in an American newspaper comic strip?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the character first introduced in an American newspaper comic strip?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
On 19 June 1978, though, Garfield made his debut in just 41 newspapers, all in the US.Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)
Jim Davis introduced Garfield and Jon ... on January 8, 1976 as a weekly strip in The Pendleton Times.Open dailycartoonist.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 ... is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat.Open 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 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 si.edu (opens in a new tab)
Is the character depicted as a tiger?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character depicted as a tiger?"}}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)
Garfield, a lazy, lasagna-loving orange tabby catOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the character commonly depicted as an orange cat who lives with a human owner?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character commonly depicted as an orange cat who lives with a human owner?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The comic strip features a lazy, lasagna-loving orange tabby cat named Garfield, his owner Jon Arbuckle, and the dog Odie.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The show featured Garfield, a lazy, lasagna-loving orange tabby cat, his owner Jon Arbuckle, and the dim-witted dog Odie.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield
The orange, lasagna-loving cat from Jim Davis's American newspaper comic strip.
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 orange, lasagna-loving cat from Jim Davis's American newspaper comic strip.","name":"Garfield","question":null}}