Round

Round 1

Round 1

Identified Spider web in 30 counted questions.

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Questions
30
Outcome
Solved
Format errors
No errors
Duration
7m 11s
Round cost
$0.1330 All 31 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.

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.

Q1
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a living thing?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject 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
Q2
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a human-made object?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a human-made object?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02
Spiders are among nature’s most efficient and prolific engineers: they design, build, use, and maintain high-performance and lightweight silk webs.
Open pnas.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a celestial body?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a celestial body?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The web is the architecture built from it, much as steel is a material and a bridge is a structure. Spiders produce silk from a specialized gland and use it to build incredible web structures.

Open theconversation.com (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

A celestial body is an aggregation of matter in the universe, such as a planet, star, or nebula, that can be considered as a single unit for astronomical study.

Open merriam-webster.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a geographical feature on Earth's surface?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a geographical feature on Earth's surface?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an abstract concept rather than a physical entity?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an abstract concept rather than a physical entity?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders use silk for a variety of practical purposes, including arresting a fall, swathing prey, building a web, lining burrows or making egg cases. The silk proteins are transformed into solid fibers.

Open sciencedirect.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a natural phenomenon, such as weather or a natural event?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a natural phenomenon, such as weather or a natural event?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a naturally occurring substance, such as a mineral, element, or compound?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a naturally occurring substance, such as a mineral, element, or compound?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Natural History Museum states that spiders make their webs from silk, and describes spider silk as a natural fibre made of protein. It also explains that spiders follow patterns of activity to construct their webs.

Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a part or remnant of a once-living organism, such as bone, shell, wood, or fossil?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a part or remnant of a once-living organism, such as bone, shell, wood, or fossil?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

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. Different types of glands produce various kinds of silk for purposes like wrapping prey or creating draglines, with specialized silks also used for constructing webs.

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Many web spiders construct silk sheets in vegetation, sometimes one above the other, and often add anchor threads. The irregular three-dimensional web of cobweb spiders has anchoring threads of sticky silk. Most orb webs are rebuilt every day.

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a human-made substance or material, such as plastic, alloy, or processed food?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a human-made substance or material, such as plastic, alloy, or processed food?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject edible food?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject edible food?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q11
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an animal-derived product, such as milk, eggs, or honey?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an animal-derived product, such as milk, eggs, or honey?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Animal by-products (ABPs) are materials obtained from animals ... Materials produced by animals such as manure, eggshells, feathers, wool, beeswax.

Open efsa.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q12
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a liquid at room temperature?

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

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

Source 01
Spiders build web structures several times their size with very few external supports, using only silk fibers. Orb webs are composed of stiff dragline silk radial threads and extensible and sticky viscid silk spiral threads.
Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
The complex spinning process allows spiders to transform water soluble silk proteins into solid fibers at ambient temperature and pressure. The liquid silk solution is converted into a solid thread during this process.
Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q13
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject animal flesh, such as muscle meat?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject animal flesh, such as muscle meat?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a dairy product?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a dairy product?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

7 CFR 1150.112 defines dairy products as products manufactured for human consumption that are derived from the processing of milk, including fluid milk products.

Open govinfo.gov (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q15
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an egg, such as a chicken egg?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an egg, such as a chicken egg?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q16
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject sourced from fish or other seafood?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject sourced from fish or other seafood?"}}
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 makes a web with silk it pushes from its body. Spiders have silk-making organs called spinnerets near the back of their body. They spin silk from a liquid made by special glands. It becomes solid thread after the spider pushes it out of its body.

Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an animal fat, such as lard or tallow?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an animal fat, such as lard or tallow?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The radial threads—made of strong and nonlinearly elastic dragline silk—are structural, while the spiral threads—made of viscid silk—are very extensible and tough. Silk's mechanical properties derive from its hierarchical structure, which ranges from its protein sequence to macroscale material architectures such as spider webs or cocoons.

Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Pure rendered lard is the fat rendered from fresh, clean, sound fatty tissues from swine (Sus scrofa) ... Edible tallow (dripping) is the product obtained by rendering the clean, sound, fatty tissues ... of bovine animals and/or sheep.

Open fao.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q18
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject made by insects?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject made by insects?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Although spiders and insects are both arthropods, they belong to different taxonomic groups. Spiders are arachnids... Unlike insects... spiders... possess specialized silk-producing organs called spinnerets.

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders are a diverse group of arachnids... those that do construct [webs] in a variety of forms. The process begins with the spider producing silk in its silk glands.

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject made mainly from collagen or gelatin?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject made mainly from collagen or gelatin?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q20
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an animal organ eaten as food, such as liver or kidney?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an animal organ eaten as food, such as liver or kidney?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Spider silk refers to the material that spiders produce to make webs. A web may look like one kind of thread, but in reality, it is a carefully engineered structure assembled from ... The web is the architecture built from it, much as steel is a material and a bridge is a structure.

Open theconversation.com (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

While all spiders produce silk, only about half of the over 51,500 known species build webs to catch prey. Spider silk is stronger than steel by weight and is flexible enough to withstand wind and struggling prey.

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q21
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a prepared dish or meal rather than a single ingredient?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a prepared dish or meal rather than a single ingredient?"}}
Oracle evidence2 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 the hidden subject made from an animal's saliva or other bodily secretion?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject made from an animal's saliva or other bodily secretion?"}}
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 the hidden subject made by birds?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject made by birds?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders build web structures several times their size with very few external supports, using only silk fibers. The scans and models show that the spider builds the foundation of the web geometry.

Open pnas.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q24
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject produced by a mammal?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject produced by a mammal?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 02
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)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The Australian Museum describes spider silk as produced by silk glands in spiders and identifies web frame silk and orb-web spiral silk among its uses.

Open australian.museum (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q25
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject produced by a reptile or amphibian?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject produced by a reptile or amphibian?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Arachnids ... [include] mites and ticks ... [and are discussed separately from] vertebrate animals (e.g., mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians).

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q26
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject produced by an invertebrate animal other than an insect?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject produced by an invertebrate animal other than an insect?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
Spiders are ancient invertebrates animals... Spiders are arachnids, not insects but both spiders and insects belong to the largest group of animals on Earth, the arthropods. Webs are used to catch insects and other prey... Many spiders rebuild or repair their webs.
Open australian.museum (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q27
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject produced by a mollusk, such as a snail or clam?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject produced by a mollusk, such as a snail or clam?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q28
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject produced by an arachnid, such as a spider?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject produced by an arachnid, such as a spider?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. ... How do spiders make their webs? ... A spider spinning silk to make its web.
Open nhm.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
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
Q29
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject silk or a silk product?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject silk or a silk product?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders use their silk for several applications such as for webs... More than 130 different shapes of spider webs are known... orb webs ... consist of several different types of silk.

Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q30
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a spider's web?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a spider's web?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The page states that a spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets.

Open wiki.chogus.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted

Spider's web

A web spun by spiders from silk, used to catch prey.

Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web, the assembled structure built from spider silk, and does not conflict with any unspecified details.

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A web spun by spiders from silk, used to catch prey.","name":"Spider's web","question":null}}
2 · Validator returns Yes