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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":"5de5cb79-dc0d-5ae1-bc0f-f3e64e331b01","task_key":"default--murder~5fmysteries--5de5cb79-dc0d-5ae1-bc0f-f3e64e331b01","task_revision_id":"1","upstream_id":"","short_description":"Who is the most likely murderer?","config":"default","split":"murder_mysteries","body":"{\"choices\":\"['Maurice', 'Rex']\",\"narrative\":\"In the midst of the arid desert, Jerry's life was brutally extinguished with a lead pipe, and now, it's up to the astute Detective Winston to sift through the sands of deception woven by suspects Maurice and Rex.\\n\\nDetective Winston felt the dry heat of the desert on his face as he looked out into the endless horizon. The circumstances were grim. A man named Jerry had been found dead in the stark and empty landscape, a case that threw detective Winston out of urban comfort.\\n\\nThe next lead was Maurice, a neighborhood resident for the longest time and a paramedic at a local hospital, according to the locals. His house was a familiar blue building in the community. A nearby neighbor, busily mowing her lawn, waved a hearty hello. She then pointed towards the hospital, calling out, \\\"Maurice's place is over there, but you'd most likely find him at the hospital!\\\"\\n\\nWinston inquired, \\\"The hospital? He works there?\\\" \\n\\n\\\"Oh, yes! Maurice's been working there for years,\\\" the neighbor responded. \\n\\nWinston thanked her for the helpful information and made his way to the blue building. From there, he found Maurice finishing his daytime shift, a regular occurrence according to hospital records, at the hospital.\\n\\nCapturing the attention of Maurice, he questioned, \\\"I received a report that you were with Jerry in the desert earlier today?\\\"\\n\\nMaurice paused, met Winston's intense probing gaze, then nodded. \\\"Yes sir, I got a call for a medical emergency. Got there, found Jerry needing help. I was the only other person out there, sir. I swear it.\\\"\\n\\nMoving across the hospital parking lot, Winston noticed a van parked in the corner. It looked eerily familiar as it matched the description given by witnesses who claimed to have seen a similar paramedic's van parked in the desert on the day of Jerry's murder.\\n\\nRecalling a document he had gone through recently, Winston gathered that Maurice was due for trial soon. Allegedly, his former nurse had exposed him for unethical medical practices. If he was proven guilty, the consequence would be prison time. Coincidentally, the key witness in the malpractice case was none other than the recently departed, Jerry.\\n\\nLater, while in conversation with another nurse, Winston discovered that complaints about Maurice's professional ethics were not new. His patients, all former ones now, had lodged several complaints about him.\\n\\nExiting the hospital, Winston considered the revelations of the day. Despite the desert heat, a chill ran through him. He tactfully tapped the case file under his arm, knowing fully well that there was much to uncover in this investigation.\\n\\nDetective Winston squinted against the sunlight as he glanced towards the distant hills - the desert where Jerry was killed the night before. A desert that Winston knew served a dual purpose. While Rex, the florist, went there to pick native flowers, he also had a setup hidden amidst the sparse desert vegetation where he would prepare his out-of-town floral arrangements.  Jerry had been meeting him in this secluded spot to discuss these unique arrangements.\\n\\nWalking back to his vehicle through the bare, hot desert landscape, Winston started flipping through his notebook. The puzzle pieces were starting to form an alarming picture. Winston had discovered a hefty amount of money requested by Jerry from Rex, in return for his silence. With Jerry's meetings in the desert with Rex at his setup becoming more frequent, it was clear that Jerry was onto something big here.\\n\\nRex, the florist who owned that quirky flower shop and the adjacent tool supply store in town, had an apparent penchant for illicit activities. In his tool store, one could find all manner of gardening tools, even lead pipes, kept casually among the spades and hoes. Jerry's interest in Rex's store wasn't casual - Rex had been illegally importing exotic flowers, and Jerry had caught on. He even threatened to expose Rex's illegal activities, putting Rex's successful reputation as the owner of the renowned shop 'Blossoms & Thorns' in jeopardy.\\n\\nWhen Winston reached the town, he navigated through its narrow lanes and pulled into 'Blossoms & Thorns’. Looking around the shop, Winston noticed the impressive array of exotic flowers. Each one unique, each one illegally imported. These were the flowers that pulled a crowd, and they were also used in Rex's out-of-town flower arrangements that were prepared in the desert setup. The costs to bring these exotic flowers put Rex hugely in debt.\\n\\nWinston glanced at the large farming tools casually placed near Rex. There were spades, hoes, and lead pipes, each used frequently enough to blend in perfectly. Rex, with his impressive physical strength apparent from his ability to move large pots with ease, was used to handling these tools with no difficulty. But could he have used a lead pipe just as efficiently?\\n\\nAs Rex moved another pot, Winston brought up the topic nonchalantly - \\\"Flower-picking this morning, Rex?\\\" \\n\\nRex nodded, his attention clearly elsewhere, \\\"Yes, there are some fine native flowers out in the desert, particularly this time of year. I picked some for my out-of-town arrangements.\\\"\\n\\nStudying Rex, Winston knew all the signs were there - the lead pipe, the strength, the threats of exposure from Jerry, and the desperation of a man drowning in debt. Rex's weak reply hung heavy in the air - as did Winston's unsaid accusation. \\n\\n“Shame about Jerry though,” Winston said after a moment of silence.\\n\\nRex tensed, “Yes... real shame.” As if to forget the very thought, he turned around and continued working, his entire life revolving around a business that could cost him everything, including his respected reputation. The question still remained - had it already cost him a life?\",\"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":[]}