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
- 9
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- Errors found View one example
- Duration
- 1m 18s
- Round cost
- $0.0203 All 10 turns
Format warning
The model sent replies in the wrong format.
The Guesser sent 1 invalid reply. Each one before the question limit used up a counted turn. The model was only reminded of the required format; it was never told whether its question or guess was correct.
- Valid format
- 90.0%
- Format errors
- 1
- Turns used by format errors
- 1
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":"fictional_character","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"BKXG3AZI"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
2 of 8 answers in this round reuse an earlier, fully checked answer with its original evidence. No new search or check ran for those turns.
Q1
1 · Guesser reply rejectedTurn counted
Reply in the wrong format.
Invalid action · fixed format reminder sent
Why this reply was rejectedInvalid action · turn 1
The reply was JSON, but it matched neither the ASK nor the GUESS format.
- Recorded type
invalid_action- Turn
- 1
- Counted
- Yes · question 1
- Feedback
- FORMAT_ERROR
{"action":"ASK","question":"Is this fictional character from a book or novel (as opposed to film, TV, or games)?"}{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"<non-empty yes-or-no property question>"}}{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"<non-empty identifying description>","name":"<non-empty candidate name>","question":null}} A reply must match one of these formats exactly. Text fields in use must not be empty; unused fields must be JSON null.
2 · System responseFORMAT
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is this fictional character primarily from a book or comic rather than a film or television show?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this fictional character primarily from a book or comic rather than a film or television show?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield debuted June 19, 1978, in 41 newspapers. By 2004, Garfield was a movie star, with Bill Murray voicing the character in Garfield: The Movie.
Open time.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character from a comic (including manga) rather than a prose novel?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character from a comic (including manga) rather than a prose novel?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Garfield Movie adapts Jim Davis' long-running comic strip about America's laziest cat... Garfield debuted June 19, 1978, in 41 newspapers.
Open time.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Forty years ago this Tuesday, an orange tabby cat peered lugubriously at the world from the panels of his first comic strip.
Open theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Read Garfield—a comic strip by creator Jim Davis...
Open gocomics.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character from a Japanese manga rather than a Western comic?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character from a Japanese manga rather than a Western comic?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield (1978- ) is a comic strip which looks at the life of the title character, a tabby cat. In 1978 he launched Garfield for United Features.
Open si.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this character a superhero?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this character a superhero?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes Garfield as a fictional American cat and the protagonist of Jim Davis's comic strip, portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical, self-absorbed orange tabby Persian cat.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Garfield as a round-bodied orange-and-black tabby cat who loves fatty foods, especially lasagna, and causes trouble with his human companion Jon Arbuckle.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
A 2012 comic-book preview describes a superhero parody starring Garfield as the Lasagnator, on a quest to find stolen lasagna.
Open comicsalliance.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character a human being?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a human being?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The strip’s titular character, a sardonic, lazy, lasagna-loving, Monday-hating, orange tabby cat, became a worldwide sensation after being introduced in 1978.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character an animal or animal-like creature?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character an animal or animal-like creature?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is a fictional American cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis. Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical and self-absorbed orange tabby cat.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is a round-bodied, orange and black tabby cat who frequently stands on two feet and communicates via cartoon “thought bubbles.”
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Does the character originate from a newspaper comic strip (as opposed to a comic book series)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does the character originate from a newspaper comic strip (as opposed to a comic book series)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Jim Davis's first Garfield comic strip debuted on June 19, 1978 in 41 newspapers.Open history.howstuffworks.com (opens in a new tab)
Garfield debuted June 19, 1978, in 41 newspapers.Open time.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Garfield is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, later changed to Garfield in 1977, it entered nationwide syndication from 1978.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is the character a cat?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the character a cat?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Garfield is a fictional American cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis. Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical and self-absorbed orange tabby cat.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Garfield
The lazy, lasagna-loving orange tabby cat from Jim Davis's newspaper comic strip
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Garfield, the fictional orange cat character created by Jim Davis and featured in the comic strip.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"The lazy, lasagna-loving orange tabby cat from Jim Davis's newspaper comic strip","name":"Garfield","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes