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 37s
- Round cost
- $0.3829 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":"BKXG3AZI"}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 thing (or a part of a living thing)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a living thing (or a part of a living thing)?"}}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)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
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is it human-made?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it human-made?"}}Oracle evidence2 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 ... The spider starts by pulling silk from a gland with it fourth leg.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves ... drawing out silk from spinnerets ... [and] weaving strands into geometric traps ... Webs are instinctively constructed.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a physical 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 object or substance (as opposed to a phenomenon, event, or abstract concept)?"}}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)
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 Natural History Museum states that spiders make their webs from silk, describing spider silk as a natural fibre made of protein, and discusses web types based on their architecture.
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 outside Earth's atmosphere?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a celestial body or something located outside Earth's atmosphere?"}}Oracle evidence3 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)
While all spiders produce silk, only about half of the over 51,500 known species build webs to catch prey. The four main types of spiderwebs are orb webs, sheet webs, tangle webs, and funnel webs.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. ... Golden silk orb-weavers ... spin webs with a lovely golden sheen.Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a specific geographical feature or natural structure (like a particular mountain, river, or cave) rather than a general kind of material or substance?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a specific geographical feature or natural structure (like a particular mountain, river, or cave) rather than a general kind of material or substance?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves ... weaving strands into geometric traps ... The four main types of spiderwebs are orb webs, sheet webs, tangle webs, and funnel webs.
Open britannica.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
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a mineral, rock, or metal (a solid geological material)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a mineral, rock, or metal (a solid geological material)?"}}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)
Spiders spin silks that are extra-corporally used for protection of offspring and construction of complex prey traps. ... spider webs ... [have] architectures ... for catching prey.
Open pubs.rsc.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a general kind of geographical feature or landform (such as a mountain, river, glacier, or island in general)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a general kind of geographical feature or landform (such as a mountain, river, glacier, or island in general)?"}}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)
Cambridge Dictionary defines a 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) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is it normally a liquid at room temperature?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it normally a liquid at room temperature?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The silk starts out in a liquid form called dope... But in fractions of a second, this goopy, liquid slurry of proteins is transformed... into a solid.Open nytimes.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The web's structural component is silk protein. Some orb webs use viscid capture silk fibers coated by adhesive glue droplets, while other webs use dry cribellate threads.
Open dspace.mit.edu (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spider silk can act as both a solid and a liquid in a specialized mechanical sense; the report discusses capture-spiral web silk and its behavior when stretched or compressed.
Open washingtonpost.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a gas (or mostly composed of gas) under normal conditions?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a gas (or mostly composed of gas) under normal conditions?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The silk is a protein material. The article also describes spider silk as strong, durable, and flexible, and discusses the internal structure of microscopic silk fibers.
Open nsf.gov (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spider silk is stored as a liquid in internal silk glands but is extruded through the spinnerets as a ductile fiber. Different silk compositions are used for different parts of webs, and the resulting material is described as strong and able to withstand wind and rain.
Open mcgill.ca (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The study reports experiments on a physical web and analyzes the web's mechanical response under wind load using material behaviors characteristic of silk.
Open web.mit.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is it made primarily of frozen water (ice)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it made primarily of frozen water (ice)?"}}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)
Spider silk is made primarily with a combination of two amino acids, alanine and glycine.Open mcgill.ca (opens in a new tab)
Spiders produce nature's toughest fiber using renewable components at ambient temperatures and with water as solvent.Open pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Did it originate from or was it produced by a once-living organism (e.g., a fossil, coal, amber, shell, or pearl)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did it originate from or was it produced by a once-living organism (e.g., a fossil, coal, amber, shell, or pearl)?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
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... Webs are instinctively constructed... Spiders can create up to seven types of silk.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a fossil or fossilized remains (preserved from ancient geological time)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a fossil or fossilized remains (preserved from ancient geological time)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
A rare 110-million-year-old fossil preserved in amber included 26 silk strands, many connected to one another, along with glue droplets and prey captured in the web. The source describes it as the oldest spider web and says the web's geometry was preserved.
Open amnh.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
An ancient chunk of amber contained remnants of spider silk spun roughly 140 million years ago. The preserved threads had features of modern spider webs, including sticky glue droplets used to hold the web together and capture prey; the amber was described as a fossil.
Open wired.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
A fossil in Burmese amber, about 100 million years old, preserved a spider attacking a wasp caught in its web. The report calls this the oldest evidence of a spider web involving such an interaction and describes the event as preserved in amber.
Open sci.news (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q13
1 · Guesser asks
Is it produced by an animal (rather than a plant or other organism)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it produced by an animal (rather than a plant or other organism)?"}}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)
Webs are instinctively constructed and effectively trap flying insects. 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)
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 Yes
Q14
1 · Guesser asks
Is it commonly valued as a gem or used in jewelry?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it commonly valued as a gem or used in jewelry?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The product page describes a “Real Spider Web Necklace” containing “a real section of preserved spider web,” pressed under glass and sealed with resin. It is listed as sold out and priced at $38.
Open thebohodepot.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page discusses “Spiderweb Turquoise” as a rare and valuable turquoise variety and gives examples of turquoise or variscite set in sterling-silver rings and bracelets. The spiderweb term describes the matrix pattern in the gemstone material, not an assembled spider web.
Open durangosilver.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
JCK presents spider-themed jewelry and spiderweb designs made with materials including gold, diamonds, sapphires, moonstone, and brass. The article describes jewelry inspired by spiders or cobweb imagery, rather than jewelry made from an assembled spider web.
Open jckonline.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q15
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a structure built or constructed by an animal (such as a nest, web, hive, or dam)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a structure built or constructed by an animal (such as a nest, web, hive, or dam)?"}}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.
Open en.wikipedia.org (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, including tube- and funnel-shaped webs, sheet webs, and elaborate orb-shaped webs.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q16
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by insects?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by insects?"}}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)
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
Q17
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by a bird?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by a bird?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves drawing out silk from spinnerets ... and weaving strands into geometric traps ... While all spiders produce silk, only about half ... build webs to catch prey.
Open britannica.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
Q18
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by a mammal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by a mammal?"}}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)
The architecture of a web is very species-specific ... Most web-building happens under the cover of darkness. The typical orb weaver spider ... will build a planar orb 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 No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by an arachnid (such as a spider)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by an arachnid (such as a spider)?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Although all spiders make silk, surprisingly only about half of all spider species build webs to entrap their prey. Many web spiders construct silk sheets in vegetation... To begin orb-web construction, the spider releases a silk thread that is carried by wind.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Spider web
A structure of silk spun by spiders to catch prey
Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as an assembled silk structure made by spiders, matching the target kind and its function.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A structure of silk spun by spiders to catch prey","name":"Spider web","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes