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
- 11
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 42s
- Round cost
- $0.0661 All 12 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":"thing","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Q1
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a physical, tangible object or substance?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a physical, tangible object or substance?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The page defines a spider web as “a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk” and describes webs as structures generally meant to catch prey.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Natural History Museum states that spiders make their webs from silk, describing spider silk as a natural fibre made of protein, and discusses the webs' varied physical architectures.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is it naturally occurring rather than man-made?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it naturally occurring rather than man-made?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein.Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a living organism or derived from living matter?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a living organism or derived from living matter?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders spin silks that are extra-corporally used for protection of offspring and construction of complex prey traps. ... Web-weaving spiders produce ... silks ... [that] allow construction of highly sophisticated spider webs.
Open pubs.rsc.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spider silk belongs to the scleroprotein group (fibrous proteins) ... It is made up of elongated filamentous chains of the fibroin protein. ... Other uses of silk may include ... building shelters ... [and] constructing a web.
Open ebi.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Does it belong to the animal kingdom or come from an animal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it belong to the animal kingdom or come from an animal?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein.Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves drawing out silk from spinnerets ... While all spiders produce silk, only about half of the over 51,500 known species build webs to catch prey.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is it an entire living animal (as opposed to an animal product, body part, or fossil)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an entire living animal (as opposed to an animal product, body part, or fossil)?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, cobweb or even just web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is it an anatomical body part or tissue of an animal (such as a bone, feather, or organ)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an anatomical body part or tissue of an animal (such as a bone, feather, or organ)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders spin silks that are extra-corporally used for protection of offspring and construction of complex prey traps. The review also describes spider webs as architectures made from protein fibers.
Open pubs.rsc.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a substance or material produced/secreted by an animal (such as milk, honey, or silk)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a substance or material produced/secreted by an animal (such as milk, honey, or silk)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spider silk is made of connected protein chains ... It is produced in internal glands, moving from a soluble form to a hardened form and then spun into fiber by the spinnerets on the spider’s abdomen.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab)Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein.Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a structure built or formed by animals (such as a nest, web, dam, or mound)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a structure built or formed by animals (such as a nest, web, dam, or mound)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The typical orb weaver spider ... will build a planar orb web ... Webs are also used to catch prey.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built or created primarily by insects or other arthropods?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built or created primarily by insects or other arthropods?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Arachnids belong to the phylum Arthropoda ... The Arachnida are a class within the subphylum Chelicerata.
Open ebsco.com (opens in a new tab)Arachnids are some of the first critters that might come to mind. This arthropod group includes spiders, daddy longlegs, and scorpions, among other creatures.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by social insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera (such as ants, bees, or wasps)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by social insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera (such as ants, bees, or wasps)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. ... Find out how web-spinning spiders do what they do.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
While all spiders produce silk, only about half of the over 51,500 known species build webs to catch prey. ... While not all spiders spin webs, those that do construct them in a variety of forms.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Order Hymenoptera: Wasps, bees, ants and sawflies. ... some are eusocial e.g. ants, bees, some paper wasps.
Open uq.pressbooks.pub (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Is it created by an arachnid (such as a spider)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it created by an arachnid (such as a spider)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein.Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves drawing out silk from spinnerets ... and weaving strands into geometric traps. While not all spiders spin webs, those that do construct them in a variety of forms.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The spider starts to spin its web ... Spider silk ... is produced in internal glands ... and then spun into fiber by the spinnerets on the spider’s abdomen.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Spider web
A structure woven by a spider out of silk to catch prey or serve as shelter
Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as a structure built by a spider from silk, matching the target kind and function.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A structure woven by a spider out of silk to catch prey or serve as shelter","name":"Spider web","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes