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
- 12
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 3m 42s
- Round cost
- $0.1649 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":"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 living organism (or a kind of living organism)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a living organism (or a kind of living organism)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica Dictionary defines spider web as “a network of sticky threads made by a spider and used as a resting place and a trap for food.”
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes web building as drawing silk from a spider’s spinnerets and weaving strands into geometric traps. It identifies orb, sheet, tangle, and funnel webs as types of spiderwebs.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The article describes a web as a defensive structure or means of catching prey, and explains that spider silk is produced in internal glands and spun into fiber by the spider’s spinnerets.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is it human-made (an artifact, product, or structure created by people)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it human-made (an artifact, product, or structure created by people)?"}}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.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)
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
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a physical object or substance (as opposed to an abstract concept, phenomenon, or event)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a physical object or substance (as opposed to an abstract concept, phenomenon, or event)?"}}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. The source also describes web types according to their architecture, including orb, sheet, tangle, funnel, lace, radial and purse webs.
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 in outer space (not on Earth)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a celestial body or something located in outer space (not on Earth)?"}}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)
The source describes spider webs as silk snares constructed by spiders and explicitly refers to “spiders on Earth” that build webs.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes typical orb-weaver webs as suspended by guy lines attached to leaves, twigs, rocks, telephone poles, or other surfaces, and explains that spiders obtain the silk from glands.
Open smithsonianmag.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a geographical feature or landform (such as a mountain, river, lake, cave, or desert)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a geographical feature or landform (such as a mountain, river, lake, cave, or desert)?"}}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)
Britannica Dictionary defines spider web as “a network of sticky threads made by a spider and used as a resting place and a trap for food.”
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a part or product of a living organism (such as a body part, bone, shell, feather, egg, or wood)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a part or product of a living organism (such as a body part, bone, shell, feather, egg, or wood)?"}}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. The source also describes how web-spinning spiders make and spin their webs.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Does it come from an animal (rather than a plant or fungus)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it come from an animal (rather than a plant or fungus)?"}}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.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The spider starts by pulling silk from a gland with it fourth leg. 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)Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves ... drawing out silk from spinnerets ... and weaving strands into geometric traps.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a body part of a human?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a body part of a human?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Britannica defines a spider web as “a network of sticky threads made by a spider and used as a resting place and a trap for food.”Open britannica.com (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.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a part of the animal's body (as opposed to something the animal produces or secretes, like honey, silk, pearls, milk, or eggs)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a part of the animal's body (as opposed to something the animal produces or secretes, like honey, silk, pearls, milk, or eggs)?"}}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)
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein.Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Spider silk ... 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)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is it commonly eaten by humans as food?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it commonly eaten by humans as food?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Webs are instinctively constructed and effectively trap flying insects. 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)Source summary (model-reported)
About 15 species of spiders are scientifically described as being edible, with a history of human consumption. Examples include tarantulas sold as traditional snacks in Cambodia and Thailand, and the golden orb-weaving spider eaten in New Caledonia.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Spider silk is a protein fiber that spiders produce out of their abdomen. The most obvious use of spider silk is to capture prey. Some spiders may eat their own webbing to recover energy used in making it.
Open texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Is it produced by an insect or arachnid?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it produced by an insect or arachnid?"}}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)
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
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Is it produced by a spider?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it produced by a spider?"}}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 extruded from its spinnerets.” It also notes that many spiders build webs to trap and catch insects, while some spiders do not build webs.
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) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Spider web
The silk structure spun by a spider to catch prey
Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as the assembled silk structure built by a spider, matching the target kind and its function without conflicting with any stated restriction.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"The silk structure spun by a spider to catch prey","name":"Spider web","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes