{"kind":"task","effective_mode":"full","benchmark":{"kind":"benchmark","effective_mode":"full","slug":"musr","formal_name":"MuSR","introduction":"MuSR poses multistep soft reasoning problems over algorithmically generated narratives. It has three domains — murder mysteries, object placements and team allocation — and this catalogue imports the murder-mystery set.","introduction_ja":"","introduction_en":"","category":"Category not supplied","task_count":null,"acquisition_status":"Acquisition status not supplied","official_url":"https://zayne-sprague.github.io/MuSR/","indexing_mode":"noindex","profile":{"resources":[],"task_format":"","scoring":"","metric":"","size":"","answer_access":"","license":"","citation":"","maintainer":"","released":"","why_hard":"","related":[]}},"task_id":"431524ac-d9ef-5ab5-b0e9-43dd5221f448","task_key":"default--murder~5fmysteries--431524ac-d9ef-5ab5-b0e9-43dd5221f448","task_revision_id":"1","upstream_id":"","short_description":"Who is the most likely murderer?","config":"default","split":"murder_mysteries","body":"{\"choices\":\"['Abigail', 'Veronica']\",\"narrative\":\"In the neon glow of a laser tag arena, Jacqueline's life is abruptly ended by snake venom, leaving Detective Winston with two suspects - Abigail and Veronica - and a most unusual murder mystery to solve.\\n\\nThe eerie glow of the black light cast long, distorted shadows across the laser tag arena as Winston stepped forward, surveying the peculiar scene of Jacqueline's demise. Normally, such places teemed with just the right amount of carefree chaos, but today, it was grimly silent.\\n\\nIn his hands were the materials concerning a woman named Abigail, who played host to a series of intriguing coincidences. She had been present in the very same laser tag room as Jacqueline when the fatal incident occurred, and rightly so - she was a volunteer for the charity event hosted by this venue. The fact that no other individuals - other than the unfortunate victim and Abigail - had gained entry to the room at the moment in question did arouse some intrigue.\\n\\nThe detective proceeded to visit the local zoo, intending to interrogate Abigail. It was here that she worked delicately within the reptile exhibit. During the conversation, Abigail let slip that she had recently been to a seminar on venom extraction, a fact that aligned ominously well with the fact that the lethal dose of venom involved in the case was sourced from a snake. Winston made sure to note in the ledgers that the zoo housed a few snakes famed for packing some notably potent venom.\\n\\nAs he delved deeper into Abigail's profile, he discovered previously unknown challenges. The lady seemed keen to keep her financial struggle under wraps. Her house payments had been consistently late - he quickly connected it to a recent incident wherein she had gone to pawn a valuable family heirloom. \\n\\nDuring a casual digging into Abigail's cyber history, Winston discovered that she had been looking up life insurance policies - how they unfolded, and how they reciprocated after the policy holder's unfortunate demise. Once more, a circumstance which had the potential to open up some conjecture: Jacqueline had, indeed, changed her life insurance policy beneficiary a few months back, and the new beneficiary was none other than - you guessed it.\\n\\n“Life’s expensive, isn't it?” Winston mentioned, trying to coax her into admitting to her fiscal struggles. Abigail just nodded, her gaze distant.\\n\\nFinishing his conversation, Winston decided it was time to leave. Just as he was walking away, Abigail called out to him, pointing to a serpent slithering in a terrarium. She began to relay some information about snake venom, the extraction process, and how surprisingly easy it would be to perform such an extraction.\\n\\nStories were quickly unraveled, intertwining closer than he initially assumed. As Winston walked away from the zoo, he couldn't help but notice the unshakeable belief that the logic of the world had its way of turning in full circles. After all, Jacqueline's team had signed up for the charity event at the laser tag arena... the very event that led her to her untimely end.\\n\\nWinston expelled a cloud of smoke from his lips as he gazed at the neon-lit steel doors of the laser tag arena. The once lively hub of fun and games now secured by crime scene tape, a grim murder mystery looming ominously around every corner.\\n\\nBy the entrance, a young singer by the name of Veronica was nervously waiting, her fingers fiddling with the fringes of her coat as Winston approached. There was a peculiar untouchability about her, evident in how she retreated to the corners and refused to attend social events, preferring instead to stay home practicing singing and performing, focusing her waking hours on her career.\\n\\n\\\"Singer, eh?\\\" Winston began, keen on learning more about this aloof character, \\\"Must be a very exhausting lifestyle.\\\"\\n\\n\\\"Uh-huh,\\\" she answered, her focus still on the ground. \\\"No time to really get to know anyone, not even a close friend.\\\"\\n\\nHer response reminded Winston of what her friends had reported: Veronica's constant rejection when they tried to deepen their friendship with her. It was clear she had no time for love or friendship in her hectic life.\\n\\nBefore this occupation though, Winston had learned, Veronica used to work at a snake farm in her younger years. Intriguingly, she even performed at a show near the snake farm just a week before this murder had occurred. \\n\\nThe snake farm, he had discovered, reported a missing venomous snake days after Veronica's show. This became even more intriguing considering Veronica's unusual interest in snake venom - she had written a research paper on it once.\\n\\nVeronica's social encounters were fraught with tension, particularly with Jacqueline. Winston recalled hearing about their argument at a party centered around their differing nationalities. Veronica had publicly insulted Jacqueline's nationality during a performance too, a clear result of her prejudice which she had made public on more than one occasion. \\n\\n\\\"What happened with Jacqueline at the party, Veronica? Seems like you two had a fallout?\\\" Winston asked.\\n\\nVeronica shifted uncomfortably. \\\"It was just a disagreement,\\\" she stammered. \\\"She didn’t understand my point of view and…\\\" her voice trailed off.\\n\\n\\\"You made it public too, during your performance?\\\" Winston probed. He could see Veronica was taken aback, but didn't flinch.\\n\\n\\\"Look, my insults were directed at her nationality,” Veronica snapped, her filters slipping. “But that doesn’t mean I'm a… you know.\\\"\\n\\nWinston nodded. This was a detective's job after all, to uncover the stories behind the stories, regardless of how inexcusable they might sound.\",\"question\":\"Who is the most likely murderer?\"}","display_format":"text","language":"","answer_status":"published","assets":[],"source_url":"https://zayne-sprague.github.io/MuSR/","history":"initial import","indexing_mode":"noindex","subproblems":[],"grids":[]}