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Round 2

Round 2

Identified Spider web in 38 counted questions.

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Questions
38
Outcome
Solved
Format errors
No errors
Duration
8m 1s
Round cost
$0.1427 All 39 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":"BKXG3AZI"}

Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.

2 of 38 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 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
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a celestial body, such as a star, planet, or moon?

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

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a geographical feature on Earth, such as a mountain, river, or ocean?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a geographical feature on Earth, such as a mountain, river, or ocean?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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, idea, or feeling rather than a physical thing?

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

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Britannica describes web building as drawing out silk from a spider's spinnerets and weaving strands into geometric traps such as orb webs.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a natural phenomenon, such as weather, lightning, or an earthquake?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a natural phenomenon, such as weather, lightning, or an earthquake?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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 material or substance, such as a chemical element, mineral, or compound?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a material or substance, such as a chemical element, mineral, or compound?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a natural structure formed by geological processes, such as a cave, glacier, canyon, or island?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a natural structure formed by geological processes, such as a cave, glacier, canyon, or island?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The source states that spiders produce silk and use it to build web structures, and distinguishes the web as the architecture built from silk rather than the silk material itself.

Open theconversation.com
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The source describes spiderwebs as engineered webs in multiple designs, including spiral orb webs, funnel webs, tangled webs, sheet webs, and triangle webs.

Open knau.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a part of a living organism, such as a body part, leaf, or shell?

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

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

Source 01
A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from their bodies and their eggs. Most spiders have appendages called spinnerets. These are organs that produce silk with which the spiders spin webs.
Open en.wikipedia.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders build web structures several times their size with very few external supports, using only silk fibers. The article treats the spider, silk, and web as distinct elements of a larger system and describes the web as a structure built and reinforced by the spider.

Open pnas.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a named place, such as a country, city, or region?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a named place, such as a country, city, or region?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a food or drink?

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

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Although all spiders make silk, surprisingly only about half of all spider species build webs to entrap their prey. ... An insect caught in the web or touching an anchor line becomes entangled.

Open britannica.com
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

A spider web ... is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk. Many spiders build webs specifically to trap and catch insects to eat.

Open en.wikipedia.org
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders do eat their webs. The web material is protein, so spiders do consume them sometimes every day, to recover some of the energy they've expended on building them.

Open thenakedscientists.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a sound, light, color, or other sensory perception?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a sound, light, color, or other sensory perception?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
Spider orb webs are two-dimensional snares that function to capture prey and transmit sensory information to the spider. In addition to their role as structural elements, web silks are also able to act as signal lines by transmitting vibrations to the spider.
Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2 · Answer check returns No
Q13
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a game, sport, or other activity?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a game, sport, or other activity?"}}
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 word, symbol, number, or other element of language or notation?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a word, symbol, number, or other element of language or notation?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q15
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an event or occurrence that happens at a specific time, such as a holiday, war, or festival?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an event or occurrence that happens at a specific time, such as a holiday, war, or festival?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

Source 01
A web may look like one kind of thread, but in reality, it is a carefully engineered structure assembled from spider silk. ... A web is a structure, not a substance. The web is the architecture built from it...
Open theconversation.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q16
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a part or component of a human-made object, such as a wheel, screw, or circuit?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a part or component of a human-made object, such as a wheel, screw, or circuit?"}}
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 spider’s construction method consists of prioritizing a fast build of the structure followed by slow structural reinforcement while using only silk as material.

Open pnas.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Spiders have structures called spinnerets on their abdomen, usually on the underside to the rear. These are the silk-spinning organs.

Open nhm.ac.uk
2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a natural substance, such as water, air, or sand, that is not a single chemical element or mineral?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a natural substance, such as water, air, or sand, that is not a single chemical element or mineral?"}}
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 ... Most spiders have appendages called spinnerets. These are organs that produce silk with which the spiders spin webs.

Open en.wikipedia.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q18
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a disease, illness, or medical condition?

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

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

Source 01
A web may look like one kind of thread, but in reality, it is a carefully engineered structure assembled from several materials. A web is the architecture built from it, much as steel is a material and a bridge is a structure.
Open theconversation.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a work of art, document, or piece of media, such as a book, painting, or film?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a work of art, document, or piece of media, such as a book, painting, or film?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

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
Source 02
Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Spiders have structures called spinnerets on their abdomen, usually on the underside to the rear. These are the silk-spinning organs.
Open nhm.ac.uk
2 · Answer check returns No
Q20
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an organization, institution, or group of people, such as a company, government body, or club?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an organization, institution, or group of people, such as a company, government body, or club?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q21
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a unit of measurement or a unit of time, such as a meter, kelvin, or hour?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a unit of measurement or a unit of time, such as a meter, kelvin, or hour?"}}
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 a subatomic particle, fundamental force, or other basic physical phenomenon such as gravity or electricity?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a subatomic particle, fundamental force, or other basic physical phenomenon such as gravity or electricity?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The spider constructs the web’s framework by creating spokes extending from the center to the outer edges, and webs can have tube-, funnel-, sheet-, or orb-shaped forms.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q23
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a digital item, such as software, a file, or a website?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a digital item, such as software, a file, or a website?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

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
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spider webs have excellent elasticity and toughness. The spider web structure is a unique combination of geometry and mechanics, serving as an efficient energy-absorbing structure. During impact, the spider web experiences deformation.

Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2 · Answer check returns No
Q24
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a process, method, or procedure, such as photosynthesis or a recipe?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a process, method, or procedure, such as photosynthesis or a recipe?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Britannica describes spider webs in terms of silk strands arranged into geometric traps and distinguishes web building—which involves drawing out silk and weaving—from the resulting web.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q25
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a geometric shape or mathematical object, such as a circle, sphere, or polygon?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a geometric shape or mathematical object, such as a circle, sphere, or polygon?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The spiderweb is an everyday architecture—unmonumental and easily overlooked. Yet artists and scientists are working to unlock the secret of its complex geometry...

Open arts.mit.edu
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Geometric regularity of spider webs has been intensively studied... we document the geometrically regular, repetitive elements in the webs of non-orb weavers. ... [the] vast variability of spiders' webs... [makes the] summary ... a coarse approximation.

Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Examining the 3D web geometry is more complicated. ... spider webs are natural example of a special class of prestressed systems called tensegrity structures.

Open sciencedirect.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q26
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a physical quantity or property, such as mass, speed, or temperature?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a physical quantity or property, such as mass, speed, or temperature?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q27
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a time period or era, such as the Renaissance or the Jurassic?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a time period or era, such as the Renaissance or the Jurassic?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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 an absence, void, or empty space, such as a hole, vacuum, or shadow?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an absence, void, or empty space, such as a hole, vacuum, or shadow?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q29
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a fictional object or creature that exists only in stories, such as a dragon or a magic sword?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a fictional object or creature that exists only in stories, such as a dragon or a magic sword?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Spiders don’t just use silk to build webs. They can also use it to “balloon” up into the air. ... Spiders spin webs out of silk, but they also use their threads as slingshots, submarines, and hang-gliders.

Open nationalgeographic.com
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. ... The spider starts by pulling silk from a gland with its fourth leg.

Open smithsonianmag.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Web-weaving spiders produce, in addition to dragline silk, other silks with distinct properties ... based on slightly variant constituent proteins. The assembly procedure leads to ... protein fibers ...

Open pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2 · Answer check returns No
Q30
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject an economic or social construct, such as money, a currency, a law, or a title?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject an economic or social construct, such as money, a currency, a law, or a title?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
The spider’s construction method consists of prioritizing a fast build of the structure followed by slow structural reinforcement while using only silk as material and keeping the structure stable. ... The web density increases ... and consequently web strength.
Open pnas.org
Source 02
A web may look like one kind of thread, but in reality, it is a carefully engineered structure assembled from spider silk. ... The web is the architecture built from it, much as steel is a material and a bridge is a structure. ... A web is a structure, not a substance.
Open theconversation.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q31
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a product made by living organisms, such as silk, honey, or amber?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a product made by living organisms, such as silk, honey, or amber?"}}
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 distinguishes spider silk as material produced by spiders from the web as the architecture built from that material, comparing the relationship to steel and a bridge. It also states that spiders produce silk and use it to build web structures.

Open theconversation.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The source states that spiders produce silk proteins in glands in their abdomens and that webs are constructed from the resulting silk; it also notes that not all spiders spin webs.

Open britishspiders.org.uk
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q32
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a fiber or textile material, such as silk, wool, or cotton?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a fiber or textile material, such as silk, wool, or cotton?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
A web may look like one kind of thread, but in reality, it is a carefully engineered structure assembled from multiple types of silk. Spider silk refers to the material that spiders produce to make webs.
Open theconversation.com
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

More than 130 different shapes of spider webs are known. Orb webs consist of several different types of silk; their frames and radii are made of strong and rather rigid silk.

Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2 · Answer check returns No
Q33
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a gem or jewelry material, such as a pearl or amber?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a gem or jewelry material, such as a pearl or amber?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

A museum entomologist described an ancient spider web preserved in a rod of amber; the amber preserved 26 silk strands, many connected to one another, along with glue droplets produced by the spider.

Open amnh.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q34
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a fossil fuel or organic sediment formed from ancient plant or animal remains, such as coal, oil, or peat?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a fossil fuel or organic sediment formed from ancient plant or animal remains, such as coal, oil, or peat?"}}
Oracle evidence3 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 spider’s construction method consists of prioritizing a fast build of the structure followed by slow structural reinforcement while using only silk as material.

Open pnas.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Fossil fuels are compound mixtures made of fossilized plant and animal remnants from millions of years ago. After millions of years underground, the compounds that make up plankton and plants turn into fossil fuels.

Open ocean.si.edu
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

As algae, plankton and other organisms died, they accumulated in the sediment at the bottom of the sea. In the sedimentary layers, heat and the weight of the sediments pressed them into material, which millions of years later became fossil fuels.

Open ndstudies.gov
2 · Answer check returns No
Q35
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a wax, resin, or gum secreted or exuded by a plant or animal, such as beeswax, latex, or shellac?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a wax, resin, or gum secreted or exuded by a plant or animal, such as beeswax, latex, or shellac?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Orb webs consist of several different types of silk. Frame and radii of orb webs are made of strong and rather rigid silk. The highly concentrated spider silk protein solution is secreted and stored inside the spinning gland.

Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Source 02
The various silks that make up the web of the orb web spiders have been studied extensively. Spider silk glue is an aqueous solution secreted from the orb weaving spider's aggregate glands and coats the spiral prey capturing threads of their webs. The major component of the glue is a glycoprotein.
Open pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2 · Answer check returns No
Q36
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a nest, hive, web, or other shelter built by an animal?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the hidden subject a nest, hive, web, or other shelter built by an animal?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The article describes spider webs as structures created from spider silk and gives examples of webs built by spiders, including a classic circular web built by an orb-weaver spider.

Open en.wikipedia.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q37
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a structure built by bees or wasps?

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

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

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
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Spider silk refers to the material that spiders produce to make webs. The web is the architecture built from it... Spiders produce silk from a specialized gland and use it to build incredible web structures.

Open theconversation.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q38
1 · Guesser asks

Is the hidden subject a structure built by a spider?

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

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
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1 · Guesser guessesNot counted

Spider web

A silk structure built by a spider to catch prey and serve as a shelter.

Validator rationale The proposal identifies a spider web as a silk structure built by a spider, matching the target assembled web.

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"A silk structure built by a spider to catch prey and serve as a shelter.","name":"Spider web","question":null}}
2 · Validator returns Yes