You are the Guesser in a Twenty Questions benchmark. Identify the hidden subject using as few counted turns as possible. BEGIN provides only its broad category. The variation_token has no clues; do not interpret, mention, or repeat it. The category in BEGIN has a broad meaning: - person: a real human, living or historical. - fictional_character: an invented character from a story, book, comic, film, television, game, or another fictional work. - mythological_figure: a figure from mythology or traditional legend. - video_game_character: a character known from video games. - thing: a broad category covering natural and human-made entities, living or nonliving, whole entities or parts of them. Possibilities include everyday objects, tools, machines, materials, food, animals, plants, body parts, natural structures, geographical features, celestial bodies, natural phenomena, and concepts. These possibilities are not exhaustive. The target may be a general kind or one particular instance. Use questions to narrow the supplied category. These definitions are not a list of targets. Use ASK for a factual question that distinguishes candidates. Never use ASK to confirm a specific identity. Use GUESS with a name and short identifying description to name a candidate. ASK has five possible replies: - YES or NO: the evidence establishes that answer to the exact question. - RATHER_YES or RATHER_NO: evidence leans that way, but is not strong enough for a firm answer. Treat this as a clue; keep candidates fitting the opposite answer possible. - UNKNOWN: no reliable direction. It supports neither answer. Ask clear questions about verifiable properties. "Can", "sometimes", "usually", "always", and "mainly" ask different things. Do not assume that one property proves another or rules out alternatives. Qualified replies express uncertainty about your question, not how often a property applies. Before narrowing heavily, check your key assumption with a different property. After rejected guesses, reconsider earlier assumptions as well as candidates. Answers can be mistaken; check another property when stuck. Do not ignore an answer merely because it conflicts with a preferred candidate. Each ASK, rejected GUESS, or format error before the limit costs one turn. A correct GUESS costs none. After 40 counted turns, make one final GUESS; ASK is then forbidden. Identity validation uses only YES, NO, or UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN on GUESS ends the game without success. FORMAT_ERROR means your output broke the contract, was not checked for correctness, and cost one turn. Retry using its displayed formats if a turn remains. Return only the required JSON object with exactly one result action. No explanations, reasoning, or extra fields.
- Questions
- 13
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 3m 13s
- Round cost
- $0.0748 All 14 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 the character primarily known from a live-action film or television work?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character primarily known from a live-action film or television work?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield, American newspaper comic strip featuring a fat, lazy cat with a dry sense of humour. The strip quickly achieved widespread popularity, spinning off a series of animated television specials; ... A long-running animated television series, Garfield and Friends, debuted in 1988. Live-action movies featuring a computer-animated Garfield include Garfield: The Movie (2004) and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006).
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 ... it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield, a lazy, gluttonous, and sarcastic cat.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character primarily known from written literature, such as a novel, short story, or play?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character primarily known from written literature, such as a novel, short story, or play?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is a fictional American cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat, as well as a beagle named Odie and their owner, Jon Arbuckle.
Open si.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character primarily known from an animated film or television series?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character primarily known from an animated film or television series?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield, American newspaper comic strip featuring a fat, lazy cat... Garfield became the most widely syndicated comic strip of its era. The strip quickly achieved widespread popularity, spinning off a series of animated television specials... A long-running animated television series, Garfield and Friends, debuted in 1988. Live-action movies featuring a computer-animated Garfield include Garfield: The Movie (2004) and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006).
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Garfield Movie adapts Jim Davis' long-running comic strip about America's laziest cat... Garfield debuted June 19, 1978, in 41 newspapers. In 2003, the Guinness Book of World Records dubbed Garfield the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.
Open time.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
From there you get to the cartoons and movies. The animated “Garfield and Friends” ran for seven seasons from 1988 to 1994. There was “Garfield: The Movie” in 2004...
Open nytimes.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character primarily known from comic books, comic strips, or graphic novels?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character primarily known from comic books, comic strips, or graphic novels?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes Garfield as an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis, chronicling the life of the title character Garfield, and states that the comic strip was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals as of 2013.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The article states that Garfield made his debut in 1978 as a comic strip and describes it as what would become the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world.
Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes The Garfield Movie as an adaptation of Jim Davis's long-running comic strip, states that Garfield debuted in 1978 in 41 newspapers, and notes that Guinness recognized it as the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.
Open time.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character a superhero or supervillain?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a superhero or supervillain?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Garfield as a round-bodied, orange and black tabby cat who frequently stands on two feet, loves eating fatty foods—especially lasagna—and causes trouble.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The synopsis says that Garfield is recruited to fight the villain Vetvix in an alternate universe, where he becomes a superhero and faces Vetvix and her lackeys.
Open rottentomatoes.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The film description says Garfield must join his superhero counterpart Garzooka to fight the super-villainess Vetvix; it separately describes Garzooka as a muscular super-cat.
Open scfilmsinternational.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Did the character originate in Japanese manga?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the character originate in Japanese manga?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Cartoonist Jim Davis (born 1945) created Garfield in 1978... 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 is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976... then in nationwide syndication from 1978.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did the character originate in an American comic book or comic strip?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the character originate in an American comic book or comic strip?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes Garfield as an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis, chronicling the life of the title character Garfield.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The source states that Jim Davis's first Garfield comic strip debuted on June 19, 1978, in 41 newspapers.
Open history.howstuffworks.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character human or primarily human in appearance?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character human or primarily human in appearance?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Garfield as “a round-bodied, orange and black tabby cat” who frequently stands on two feet and communicates via cartoon thought bubbles.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Jim Davis described Garfield as “a human in a cat suit,” adding that “he exists in a cat’s body and moves like a cat and does many cat-like things.”Open ew.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Did the character originate in a newspaper comic strip?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the character originate in a newspaper comic strip?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield, American newspaper comic strip featuring a fat, lazy cat... Cartoonist Jim Davis... created Garfield in 1978.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In 1978 he launched Garfield for United Features... Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat... Appearing in newspapers around the world.
Open si.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character a non-human animal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a non-human animal?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield is a fictional American cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Jim Davis refers to Garfield as his character and says, “because he is a cat, it's endearing,” adding that he wanted to work with an animal.
Open wnycstudios.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
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.
Source summary (model-reported)
The source identifies Garfield as a fictional American cat and describes him as a lazy, fat, cynical, self-absorbed orange tabby cat.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Garfield as a round-bodied, orange and black tabby cat and distinguishes him from Odie, described as a small yellow beagle.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
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 is a fictional American cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis. Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical and self-absorbed orange tabby cat.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q13
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character typically depicted as an orange cat?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character typically depicted as an orange cat?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical and self-absorbed orange tabby cat.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Garfield is a round-bodied, orange and black tabby cat who frequently stands on two feet and communicates via cartoon “thought bubbles.”Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Garfield
The orange, lasagna-loving cat from Jim Davis's American comic strip.
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Garfield the fictional orange cat created by Jim Davis, matching the target character rather than the comic strip or a physical object.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"The orange, lasagna-loving cat from Jim Davis's American comic strip.","name":"Garfield","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes