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Round 1

Round 1

Identified Spider web in 23 counted questions.

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Questions
23
Outcome
Solved
Format errors
Errors found View one example
Duration
5m 21s
Round cost
$0.1286 All 24 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
95.8%
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.

System message
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.
BEGIN event
{"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.

1 of 22 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
What the model returnedExact text from the provider
Attempt 1 · finish stop
{"action":"ASK","question":"Is it a living thing (or derived from a living organism)?"}
What a valid reply looks likeThe same formats shown to the Guesser
ASK
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"<non-empty yes-or-no property question>"}}
GUESS
{"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 it a living thing (or part of a living thing)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a living thing (or part of a living thing)?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks

Is it man-made?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it man-made?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

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
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks

Is it found on Earth (rather than in space)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it found on Earth (rather than in space)?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The article describes spider webs as capturing environmental DNA from terrestrial vertebrates and as substrates for detecting DNA from organisms present in the local environment.

Open sciencedirect.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

A spider web is described as a structure created by a spider from spider silk; the page also discusses webs in relation to vegetation, trees, and the ground.

Open en.wikipedia.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks

Is it larger than a typical house?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it larger than a typical house?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks

Is it solid at room temperature?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it solid at room temperature?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders construct webs from silk strands; the strands can have varying strengths and stickiness, and webs include orb, sheet, tangle, and funnel forms.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks

Is it a mineral or composed mostly of mineral material (like a rock)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a mineral or composed mostly of mineral material (like a rock)?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders spin silks that are extra-corporally used for protection of offspring and construction of complex prey traps. ... Web-weaving spiders produce ... silks with distinct properties ... allowing construction of highly sophisticated spider webs.

Open pubs.rsc.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks

Is it primarily composed of organic material (such as wood, shell, or bone)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it primarily composed of organic material (such as wood, shell, or bone)?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The review describes spiders spinning silks that are used extra-corporally for construction of complex prey traps, and discusses spider silk as proteinaceous fibers.

Open pubs.rsc.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks

Is it something you could typically hold in one hand?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it something you could typically hold in one hand?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Other spiders make cobwebs, sheet webs or funnel webs, which you can see on the lawn covered with dew in the morning. They’re a few inches or a foot wide, and have a funnel in the center where the grass spider, for example, waits for insects to get tangled up.

Open bangordailynews.com
2 · Answer check returns Rather yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks

Is it commonly found on a beach or in the ocean?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it commonly found on a beach or in the ocean?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01
Spiders live in almost every habitat on earth. The only places where there are no spiders are the polar regions, the highest mountains and the oceans. A few spider species have invaded the ocean's edge, living in the rock and coral crevices of the intertidal zone.
Open australian.museum
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

A Western Greek beach was covered by more than 900 feet of spider webs. The report described this as a seasonal phenomenon associated with favorable conditions, an unusually large spider population, and abundant mosquitoes; a similar phenomenon had previously been recorded in 2003.

Open time.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

A spider web is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk, generally meant to catch prey. Webs may be vertical, horizontal, or at other angles, and several different types of silk may be used.

Open en.wikipedia.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks

Does it come from a plant or tree?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it come from a plant or tree?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 02

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
2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks

Is it derived from an animal?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it derived from an animal?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

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
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q13
1 · Guesser asks

Is it a part that grows on the animal's body (such as bone, horn, tooth, feather, or hair)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a part that grows on the animal's body (such as bone, horn, tooth, feather, or hair)?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

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. ... The spider, after spinning its web, then waits on or near the web.

Open en.wikipedia.org
Source 02

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
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Web building involves ... drawing out silk from spinnerets ... [and] weaving strands into geometric traps. ... Many web spiders construct silk sheets in vegetation, sometimes one above the other, and often add anchor threads.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks

Is it edible?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it edible?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The source reports that some spiders eat another spider’s web or their own web. It explains that spiders may ingest webbing when dust makes parts of a web less useful for prey capture, allowing them to recover some of the energetic cost of producing it.

Open texasstandard.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The source states that spiders may sometimes eat their silken webs and use the material to make new silk. It also describes spider silk as a solid protein fiber used in webs.

Open orkin.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The article preview reports that some orb-weaving spiders’ capture webs contain proteins associated with prey subjugation and pre-digestion, and that web silk can play a role in capturing prey.

Open sciencedirect.com
2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q15
1 · Guesser asks

Is it commonly used to make clothing or accessories (like leather or wool)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it commonly used to make clothing or accessories (like leather or wool)?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The article describes historical attempts to weave spider silk, including gloves and stockings presented in the 1700s, but states that “No one has yet succeeded in recruiting the archetypal weaver as an agent of the textile industry.”

Open daily.jstor.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

CNN reports that Adidas used AMSilk’s Biosteel fiber in a sneaker, Bolt Threads made a spider-silk-inspired thread for a dress, and Spiber’s Brewed Protein was used in limited clothing collections. The source explains that these materials were produced by genetically modified microbes and processed into fibers or fabrics.

Open cnn.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The Art Institute of Chicago describes a textile made from strands of silk collected from more than one million Madagascar golden orb spiders, calling it “the only one of its kind in the world.”

Open artic.edu
2 · Answer check returns No
Q16
1 · Guesser asks

Is it produced by an insect?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it produced by an insect?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks

Is it an internal body part or organ of the animal?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an internal body part or organ of the animal?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 02

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 ... spun into fiber by the spinnerets on the spider’s abdomen.

Open smithsonianmag.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q18
1 · Guesser asks

Is it an egg (or eggshell)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an egg (or eggshell)?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

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
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The protective egg sac surrounding the eggs of most spiders is made of silk. Although a few spiders tie their eggs together with several strands of silk, most construct elaborate sacs of numerous layers of thick silk.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks

Is it something the animal constructs, like a nest or web?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it something the animal constructs, like a nest or web?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 02
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
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q20
1 · Guesser asks

Is it made by a mammal?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it made by a mammal?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

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. Many spiders build webs specifically to trap and catch insects.

Open en.wikipedia.org
Source 02

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 of the over 51,500 known species build webs to catch prey.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q21
1 · Guesser asks

Is it made by a bird?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it made by a bird?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns No
Q22
1 · Guesser asks

Is it made by a spider (arachnid)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it made by a spider (arachnid)?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q23
1 · Guesser asks

Is it a spider web (or cobweb)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a spider web (or cobweb)?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted

spider web

A silken structure spun by a spider to catch prey

Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as the assembled silken structure built by a spider, matching the target kind and its function without conflicting with any restrictions.

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A silken structure spun by a spider to catch prey","name":"spider web","question":null}}
2 · Validator returns Yes