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It has three domains — murder mysteries, object placements and team allocation — and this catalogue imports all three domains, 756 problems in total.","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":"index","profile":{"resources":[],"task_format":"","scoring":"","metric":"","size":"","answer_access":"","license":"","citation":"","maintainer":"","released":"","why_hard":"","related":[],"history":"","construction":"","limitations":"","saturation":"","scores":[]}},"task_id":"a9b0a674-180e-5266-8fde-0ef6e6b54e28","task_key":"default--murder~5fmysteries--a9b0a674-180e-5266-8fde-0ef6e6b54e28","task_revision_id":"1","upstream_id":"","short_description":"Who is the most likely murderer?","config":"default","split":"murder_mysteries","body":"{\"choices\":\"['Patrick', 'Alvin']\",\"narrative\":\"In the aftermath of a devastating home explosion that claims the life of Angela, seasoned Detective Winston hones in on two prime suspects: Patrick and Alvin.\\n\\nDetective Winston winced a little as he pulled up to Angela's home. What was once a well kept, welcoming residence was now charred remains. All due to an explosion powerful enough to shake the neighborhood. As he began his investigation into the events leading up to the incident, one name kept surfacing: Patrick, local surfing instructor and part-time demolition worker who frequently had to handle, use, and was often training on disposing explosives at his job as a requirement of safety measures.\\n \\nTo understand this suspect more, Winston set off to meet the man at his next surfing lesson. Under the blistering sun, Patrick was there, quick to anger, bellowing at his students who seemed more frightened than focused on the waves. Several students have had grievances about his harsh teaching methods, which translated to Winston as a lack of patience.\\n\\nWhen the session started, Winston noticed the scar that ran down the side of his face which looked ill-treated. Patrick noticed him too. His tall and sturdy figure smirked and sauntered towards Winston. \\\"Detective, right?\\\" his voice was rough, like sandpaper against a rough surface. \\\"Heard about Angela, disturbing really.\\\" \\n\\nPatrick's nonchalance bothered Winston, but he gave an understanding nod. \\\"Yeah, it is. You were doing demolition work part-time, handling and using explosives, and even have been frequently training on disposing of them, right? That could surely be a dangerous work, isn't it?\\\" Winston queried.\\n\\n\\\"Sure is,\\\" Patrick answered, side-glancing towards his students who were still trying to catch a wave, \\\"Just like surfing, you know, it's all about control.\\\" \\n\\nLater, Winston found out from the old records that Patrick once worked in a prison. An inmate had assaulted him, and despite being injured, he'd managed to subdue the prisoner. The incident had left him off fieldwork due to minor injuries, but his bravery had been noted. \\n\\nWinston also learned that Patrick borrowed a large sum of money from Angela. A neighbor heard Angela frequently threatening to call the cops on Patrick, but he was always around. Patrick had been seen near Angela's home that evening, the very scene of the explosion. There were no others found in the vicinity at the time.\\n\\nNow, it seemed Winston was dealing with a surfing instructor who vented his frustrations on his students, an injured prison-personnel-turned-demolition-worker with frequent training on handling and disposing explosives who borrowed heavily from a woman who is now dead and was glimpsed around her house before the explosion. Interesting, certainly, but Winston knew there was more to uncover before any real pieces could begin to fall into place here. This was just the start.\\n\\nWinston sat in his car, surveying through the battered fence that surrounded Angela's suburban home. The yellow tape marking off the scene of the crime fluttered eerily in the wind. Within that marked perimeter was devastation... an explosion had taken place there recently.\\n\\nAs Winston stepped out of his vehicle, a mail truck adorned with cheerful, vibrant colors pulled up to a house down the street. It was Alvin, a well-liked figure in the community, known best for his calm demeanor and reliability. Ex-military, he was now a delivery man and today, just like every day, he was doing his rounds. Along with the rumors of Alvin's unusual fascination with Angela and his tendency to lurk outside her home during unexpected hours, several witnesses had observed Alvin frequently retreating to his garage, where he kept a collection of various artifacts, including explosives and old photos of Angela.\\n\\nAlvin had scheduled stops all over the neighborhood, but Angela - the victim in Winston's case - was one that he had on his list daily. It was on Alvin's delivery sheet that day too - a package was scheduled for Angela's house. Always punctual, Alvin would hand-deliver packages to Angela; she was always home to receive them, waiting for him at her front door with a box of his old photos of her flashed to Alvin’s mind. \\n\\nAngela's old housekeeper clued Winston in on something else. She sat, frail and teary-eyed, as she told him that Angela had recently filed a restraining order against Alvin. Despite this, he continued to visit her home with deliveries daily, revealing a persistence that bordered on stalking. \\n\\n\\\"I learned about a lot of things in the army, Winston. How to survive on tinned beans, how to make a fire, how to assemble a rifle... Yes, I might have learnt a bit about explosives too, and have some at my place, but they're never intended for any harm,\\\" Alvin responds, visibly tense.\\n\\nWinston catches sight of the mail truck and the single, small box addressed to Angela seated in the front. It was clear the last delivery of the day was made to her and it was also known that Angela was there to receive it. Angela's neighbor, Mrs. Higgins, a nosy old lady who saw everything on the block had testified to Angela personally receiving the parcel at around the same time the explosion incident occurred.\\n\\nLong after Winston had left, Alvin continued to stare at the spot where Winston had been sitting, his calm exterior shattered. With dread, he remembered the package marked \\\"explosive\\\" in his garage, along with a stack of Angela's old photos, and the parcel he had delivered just days before Angela's house had gone up in flames.\",\"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":"index","subproblems":[],"grids":[]}