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
- 19
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 6m 52s
- Round cost
- $0.3495 All 20 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":"EAQCORIU"}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 living organism (or a part of one)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a living organism (or a part of one)?"}}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)
The typical orb weaver spider ... will build a planar orb web, suspended by seven guy lines attached to leaves, twigs, rocks, telephone poles or other surfaces. ... 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 No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is it human-made (an artifact, machine, structure, or product)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it human-made (an artifact, machine, structure, or product)?"}}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, generally meant to catch its prey.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. The page describes how web-spinning spiders make their webs and the various types of web architecture.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Webs are instinctively constructed and effectively trap flying insects. While all spiders produce silk, only about half of known species build webs to catch prey.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a physical, tangible object or substance (as opposed to a phenomenon, event, or abstract concept)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a physical, tangible object or substance (as opposed to a phenomenon, event, or abstract concept)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
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)Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. ... British spider webs can be grouped into seven broad types based on their architecture: orb, sheet, tangle, funnel, lace, radial and purse.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a celestial body or something located primarily outside Earth?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a celestial body or something located primarily outside Earth?"}}Oracle evidence2 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, generally meant to catch its prey.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders can build their webs in space, as evidenced by a 1973 experiment aboard Skylab. ... But otherwise the spiders aboard Skylab seemed to do quite well spinning their webs in weightless conditions.
Open earthsky.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a geographical feature or natural structure (like a mountain, river, cave, or lake) rather than a material/substance?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a geographical feature or natural structure (like a mountain, river, cave, or lake) rather than a material/substance?"}}Oracle evidence3 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)
A structure like a net of sticky silk threads made by a spider for catching insects. Cambridge lists “spiderweb” among related animal dwellings described as natural.
Open dictionary.cambridge.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. The source distinguishes the web from the silk material used to make it.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a specific, named instance (a particular place) rather than a general kind of feature?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a specific, named instance (a particular place) rather than a general kind of feature?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
“a structure like a net of sticky silk threads made by a spider for catching insects”Open dictionary.cambridge.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica defines “spider web” as “a network of sticky threads made by a spider and used as a resting place and a trap for food.” The entry gives the plural “spider webs,” indicating the term names a general type of structure rather than one uniquely identified instance.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a body of water or water-related feature (like a river, lake, waterfall, or ocean)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a body of water or water-related feature (like a river, lake, waterfall, or ocean)?"}}Oracle evidence2 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, generally meant to catch its prey.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)A structure like a net of sticky silk threads made by a spider for catching insects.Open dictionary.cambridge.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a landform primarily made of rock or earth that rises above its surroundings (like a mountain, hill, cliff, or plateau)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a landform primarily made of rock or earth that rises above its surroundings (like a mountain, hill, cliff, or plateau)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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)
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
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a depression, hollow, or opening below the surrounding surface (like a cave, valley, canyon, or crater)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a depression, hollow, or opening below the surrounding surface (like a cave, valley, canyon, or crater)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Cambridge Dictionary defines spiderweb as “a structure like a net of sticky silk threads made by a spider for catching insects.”Open dictionary.cambridge.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The page describes a spider web as a structure created by a spider from proteinaceous spider silk, generally meant to catch prey. It lists web forms including orb, tangle, funnel, tubular, and sheet webs; it also notes that tubular webs can run along the bases of trees or along the ground.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes spider webs as silk snares or webs used to capture prey and identifies orb, sheet, tangle, and funnel webs as principal types.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is it made primarily of ice or snow (like a glacier or iceberg)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it made primarily of ice or snow (like a glacier or iceberg)?"}}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 No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Is it defined by its position relative to a body of water (like an island, peninsula, beach, or coastline)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it defined by its position relative to a body of water (like an island, peninsula, beach, or coastline)?"}}Oracle evidence2 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, generally meant to catch its prey. ... Webs may be in a vertical plane ... a horizontal plane ... or at any angle in between.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. ... The diving bell spider ... constructs a net of silk between submerged vegetation and uses it to gather a bubble of air ...
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a large expanse of land or landscape type (like a desert, plain, tundra, or steppe) rather than a discrete object?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a large expanse of land or landscape type (like a desert, plain, tundra, or steppe) rather than a discrete object?"}}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 make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. British spider webs can be grouped into seven broad types based on their architecture: orb, sheet, tangle, funnel, lace, radial and purse.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q13
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a rock or mineral formation (like a boulder, stalactite, natural arch, or hoodoo)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a rock or mineral formation (like a boulder, stalactite, natural arch, or hoodoo)?"}}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 No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks
Is it located primarily underground or beneath the Earth's surface (like a tectonic plate, fault, or magma chamber)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it located primarily underground or beneath the Earth's surface (like a tectonic plate, fault, or magma chamber)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The typical orb weaver spider ... will build a planar orb web, suspended by seven guy lines attached to leaves, twigs, rocks, telephone poles or other surfaces.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Webs may be in a vertical plane (most orb webs), a horizontal plane (sheet webs), or at any angle in between. Tubular webs run up the bases of trees or along the ground.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Purse webs ... [are] usually sealed, [with] a silk tube which is partly underground and partly above. Prey walking over the above-ground portion are seized from within.
Open britishspiders.org.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q15
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a structure built by animals (like a nest, beehive, web, or dam)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a structure built by animals (like a nest, beehive, web, or dam)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Cambridge Dictionary defines “spider's web” as “a structure like a net of sticky silk threads made by a spider for catching insects.”Open dictionary.cambridge.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes spiders building webs, including orb webs suspended by lines attached to surrounding surfaces, and explains that spiders obtain silk and use it in web-building.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q16
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by insects (like ants, bees, wasps, or termites)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by insects (like ants, bees, wasps, or termites)?"}}Oracle evidence2 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)
Spiders belong to the Class Arachnida, insects to the Class Insecta.
Open burkemuseum.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by birds?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by birds?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A spider's web is defined as “a structure like a net of sticky silk threads made by a spider for catching insects.”Open dictionary.cambridge.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes web building as a spider drawing out silk from its spinnerets and weaving the strands into structures such as geometric traps.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q18
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by mammals (like beavers, moles, or rabbits)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by mammals (like beavers, moles, or rabbits)?"}}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.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The typical orb weaver spider ... will build a planar orb web ... The spider starts by pulling silk from a gland with its fourth leg.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by marine animals (in the ocean)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by marine animals (in the ocean)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
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)Source summary (model-reported)
The water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only spider known to spend nearly its entire life underwater and lives in ponds, slow-moving streams, and other shallow bodies of fresh water.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Spider web
A structure of silk threads spun by a spider to catch prey
Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as a spider-built silk structure for catching prey, matching the target assembled web and its defining function.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A structure of silk threads spun by a spider to catch prey","name":"Spider web","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes