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 27s
- Round cost
- $0.0682 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":"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 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)
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)Source summary (model-reported)
Web building involves ... weaving strands into geometric traps like the orb ... Webs are instinctively constructed and effectively trap flying insects. Many web spiders construct silk sheets in vegetation, sometimes one above the other, and often add anchor threads.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is it primarily man-made?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it primarily man-made?"}}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)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. Only about half of known spider 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, or was it produced by, a living organism?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it, or was it produced by, a living organism?"}}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 Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is it an animal or part/product of an animal?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an animal or part/product of an animal?"}}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)
The Natural History Museum states that spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein, and describes how web-spinning spiders make and use webs.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a whole animal rather than a part, substance, or product of one?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a whole animal rather than a part, substance, or product of one?"}}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)
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)
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 an anatomical body part (such as a bone, organ, tooth, or feather) rather than a secretion, excretion, or product?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an anatomical body part (such as a bone, organ, tooth, or feather) rather than a secretion, excretion, or product?"}}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)
In zoology, a spinneret is an organ found in spiders and caterpillars used to produce silk threads. These threads are made from a protein called fibroin, secreted by silk glands within the abdomen.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is it commonly consumed by humans as food or drink?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it commonly consumed by humans as food or drink?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Arachnophagy ... describes a feeding behaviour that involves eating arachnids ... Arachnids include spiders ... that are consumed by humans worldwide. Fried spider ... is a regional snack in Cambodia.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Some spiders will either eat the web of a different spider or they’ll eat their own web ... they can actually ingest that webbing.
Open texasstandard.org (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. These edible spiders include several species of tarantula and the golden orb-weaving spider.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a structure built or constructed by an animal (such as a nest, web, 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, or dam)?"}}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 ... Most web-building happens under the cover of darkness.
Open smithsonianmag.com (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. ... Webs are instinctively constructed.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Researchers ... monitored and recorded six spiders every night as they constructed webs.
Open hub.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is it built by an invertebrate, such as an insect or arachnid?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it built by an invertebrate, such as 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)
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...Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Is it primarily made of silk?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it primarily made of silk?"}}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)
Specific silk threads are covered with a sticky aqueous layer containing organic molecules, salts, fatty acids and small glycoproteins... Spider silk is one outstanding fibrous biomaterial which consists almost entirely of large proteins.
Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Is it constructed by a spider?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it constructed by a spider?"}}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.Open en.wikipedia.org (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) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
spider web
a silken structure woven by a spider to catch prey or serve as a shelter
Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as the assembled silken structure built by a spider, matching the target kind and its function.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"a silken structure woven by a spider to catch prey or serve as a shelter","name":"spider web","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes