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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":"7dfe9648-bd76-5b49-8f63-bb7d5af7a658","task_key":"default--murder~5fmysteries--7dfe9648-bd76-5b49-8f63-bb7d5af7a658","task_revision_id":"1","upstream_id":"","short_description":"Who is the most likely murderer?","config":"default","split":"murder_mysteries","body":"{\"choices\":\"['Timothy', 'Ricky']\",\"narrative\":\"Inside the buzzing hubbub of the city's most popular recording studio, Ivan's death by snake venom sends shockwaves through the music realm, forcing the indomitable Detective Winston to pierce the veil of sound and silence, suspects, Timothy and Ricky, echoing in his ears.\\n\\nThe buzzing audio equipment of the recording studio filled the eerie silence as Winston took in the place where Ivan's life had tragically ended. The coroner's report indicated Ivan's time of death aligns perfectly with when Timothy, a self-professed herpetology enthusiast with extensive knowledge of acquiring and handling venom from his exotic snakes, had been at the studio. It had only been a few days, but the studio felt hauntingly empty. He turned his gaze to the padded wall, where someone had written, \\\"Timothy and Ivan, a deadly harmony.\\\"\\n\\nIt was here that Winston found a recorded conversation between Ivan and Timothy, where Ivan fiercely confronted Timothy about his secret affair with Ivan's girlfriend. \\\"You'll have hell to pay,\\\" Ivan had threatened in the recording. Clearly, Ivan was no longer a mere obstacle for Timothy, but a threat to his secret relationship that he wouldn't afford to get exposed.\\n\\nBack at headquarters, Winston found himself faced with Timothy in the interrogation room, a lanky lad with a laid-back demeanor of a surfing instructor. \\\"So, Timothy,\\\" began Winston trying to cut through the tension. \\\"You were at the recording studio on the day Ivan died, right?\\\"\\n\\n\\\"Yeah...\\\" Timothy played with the frayed edge of his board shorts, \\\"We were working on a music project, you know. I just... I had no idea he was gonna end up... like that.\\\"\\n\\n\\\"And no one else was at the studio then, I assume?\\\" Winston questioned calmly. Timothy merely nodded, his gaze fixed on the plain metal table between them.\\n\\nWinston pursued, \\\"I heard... something about Ivan confronting you about your secret affair with his girlfriend. That'd make anyone pretty jealous. And then you'd be afraid Ivan would reveal your secret, right?\\\" Silence followed as Timothy clenched his jaw tightly, hands nervously tightening into fists. His jealousy was evident, as was his fear of Ivan revealing their secret relationship.\\n\\nLater that day, Winston found himself wandering down to a strange, exotic animal shop in the city. The shopkeeper, a wiry man with spectacles, recognized Timothy from a photograph. Timothy frequented the place, purchasing his exotic snakes from here - not just for their beauty but also for the lethal venom some of them could produce.\\n\\n\\\"They're beautiful creatures,\\\" the shopkeeper remarked, \\\"Can be really dangerous though. Timothy knows that. He spends hours studying them and knows exactly how to handle them and their venom.\\\"\\n\\nWinston nodded, thoughts racing in his mind. The timeline was starting to line up... Ivan confronted Timothy about his affair with his girlfriend, resulting in Timothy becoming jealous. With his advanced knowledge of venom and snakes, Timothy could have easily silenced Ivan forever. As he walked out of the store, Winston looked back at the snakes. Their eyes gleamed ominously under the warm lights, a dangerous secret they shared with their owner.\\n\\nDetective Winston stared at the envelope in his hands. It contained a recording of a man's voice... Ricky's voice. Ricky had confessed to engaging in illegal activities at the pet shop he owned during a one-on-one meeting with Ivan, an incriminating evidence towards Ricky. Ivan, Ricky's employee, had managed to record this meeting and now was using it to blackmail his boss. Ivan was the sole possessor of such damning evidence against Ricky. The envelope addressed to Ivan had been found amongst the many other envelopes from anonymous senders that overloaded Ricky's mail box daily. Winston sighed, mentally checking off the initial facts.\\n\\nStepping inside the pet shop, Winston noted Ricky, the man who was visibly apprehensive. He was holding onto something, something that spelled danger. Ricky owned a venomous snake- his trusted companion. Winston's eyes narrowed visibly, remembering Ricky's well-versed knowledge of venom extraction. But right now, his attention was more focused on the legal documents that lay strewn about the table. The pet shop was in his name, and the blackmail was threatening ruin, both financially and legally.\\n\\nSuddenly, Ricky moved. He pulled open a drawer bursting with wigs, glasses, and an assortment of props. Instantly, Winston recalled the photograph he received from a witness, who had spotted Ricky at a passport photo shop. The picture showed Ricky surrounded by various props, similar to the ones he now held in his hands. Ricky seemed to be prepared for every eventuality, but why? Winston kept his thoughts to himself, focusing on the task at hand.\\n\\nRicky moved around the room, apparently agitated. Winston asked him mundane questions, like how his day had been, what his work involved. Ricky, nervous though he was, responded readily. Soon, minutes turned into hours as the detective–suspect duo sat locked in an interrogation that was as much unspoken as spoken. The room still held the echo of Ivan's lethal poisoning, and with each word uttered, Ricky painted a complex canvas; a canvas depicting a secretive life of illegal activities, desperate actions, and an existence losing coherence amidst the deceit.\\n\\nWinston knew, the mystery was far from solved. There were still layers to Ricky that needed to be peeled back. He knew he had a tough task ahead with numerous clues left to be discovered. As he exited the pet shop door, he bade farewell to a day filled with questioning and welcomed an impending journey of uncloaking the truth.\",\"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":[]}