scratch/failed_tasks_analysis.md

Task ID: 14569e28-c88c-43e4-8c32-097d35b9a67d

Question (truncated): In Unlambda, what exact charcter or text needs to be added to correct the following code to output "For penguins"? If what is needed is a character, answer with… Agent Final Content: Code miss \. 12 print functions need 12 \\. Code have 11. Add \apply.stoi`. Code print "For penguins". Shortest name: tick. Extracted Answer: tick Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the missing character or text to fix an Unlambda script so it correctly outputs the string "For penguins". Tools: Manual syntax analysis and Python-based Unlambda simulators. While Python allows for rapid testing, the primary hurdle was the conceptual understanding of Unlambd…

Task ID: 7dd30055-0198-452e-8c25-f73dbe27dcb8

Question (truncated): Using the Biopython library in Python, parse the PDB file of the protein identified by the PDB ID 5wb7 from the RCSB Protein Data Bank. Calculate the distance b… Agent Final Content: PDB 5wb7 [parse] [get coords]. [next]. Atom 1 (90.574, -8.433, 100.549) [extract] [first atom]. [next]. Atom 2 (91.872, -7.990, 100.059) [extract] [second atom]. [next]. Distance 1.456 [calculate] [Euclidean math]. [next]. 1.46 [round] [nea… Extracted Answer: 1.46 Episode Summary: Goal: Calculate the distance (in Angstroms) between the first two atoms as they are literally listed in the PDB file for ID 5wb7, rounding the result to the nearest picometer (two decimal places in Å). Tools: Python and Biopython’s PDBParser were utilized. While Biopython is effective for…

Task ID: 624cbf11-6a41-4692-af9c-36b3e5ca3130

Question (truncated): Agent Final Content: Old flavor Dastardly Mash. Background stone show Sugar Plum. Last line read: The sorbet of sorbets. Extracted Answer: The sorbet of sorbets Episode Summary: Goal: To find the final line of the rhyme on the "oldest flavor's" headstone (Dastardly Mash) as it appears in the background of another headstone's photo on the Ben & Jerry’s online Flavor Graveyard. Tools: Web search successfully identified the Flavor Graveyard and established Dastardly M…

Task ID: dd3c7503-f62a-4bd0-9f67-1b63b94194cc

Question (truncated): Agent Final Content: Honey density 1.420. Mayo density 0.910. Gallon hold 16 cups. Mayo mass 14.56 ratio units (16 * 0.910). Honey mass 22.72 ratio units (16 * 1.420). Drop honey cups. Target mass < 14.56. Remove 5 cups. Remaining 11 cups. Mass 15.62 (11 * 1… Extracted Answer: 16 Episode Summary: Goal: To determine how many cups of honey must be removed from a one-gallon container for its weight to drop below that of a full gallon of mayonnaise, using specific density data from the Alviar-Agnew LibreTexts chemistry materials. Tools: Browsing tools were used to locate the specified C…

Task ID: f0f46385-fc03-4599-b5d3-f56496c3e69f

Question (truncated): In terms of geographical distance between capital cities, which 2 countries are the furthest from each other within the ASEAN bloc according to wikipedia? Answe… Agent Final Content: Wikipedia list 11 ASEAN states. Timor-Leste in bloc. Calculate capital distances. Naypyidaw to Dili distance max (4506 km). Order names. Final Answer: Myanmar, Timor-Leste Extracted Answer: Myanmar, Timor-Leste Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the two ASEAN countries whose capital cities are geographically furthest apart based on Wikipedia data, providing the answer as an alphabetically ordered, comma-separated list. Tools: Search tools successfully identified the ten ASEAN capitals. However, the trajectory failed …

Task ID: 56137764-b4e0-45b8-9c52-1866420c3df5

Question (truncated): Which contributor to the version of OpenCV where support was added for the Mask-RCNN model has the same name as a former Chinese head of government when the nam… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: Episode Summary: Goal: Identify an OpenCV contributor whose transliterated name matches a former Chinese head of government (e.g., Li Peng), specifically for the version introducing Mask-RCNN support. Tools: Search engines successfully identified OpenCV 3.4 as the milestone version for Mask-RCNN. However, t…

Task ID: 8b3379c0-0981-4f5b-8407-6444610cb212

Question (truncated): What is the maximum length in meters of #9 in the first National Geographic short on YouTube that was ever released according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium websi… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 6.4 Episode Summary: Goal: Determine the maximum length (in meters) of the entity ranked #9 in National Geographic’s first-ever YouTube short film, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s website. Tools: Web searching successfully identified the video (National Geographic’s first upload, "Great White Shark") a…

Task ID: a7feb290-76bb-4cb7-8800-7edaf7954f2f

Question (truncated): How many High Energy Physics - Lattice articles listed in January 2020 on Arxiv had ps versions available? Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 97 Episode Summary: Goal: Determine the total number of "High Energy Physics - Lattice" (hep-lat) articles submitted to arXiv in January 2020 that offered PostScript (.ps) versions. Tools: Python with requests and BeautifulSoup successfully scraped the arXiv monthly archive. By targeting the hep-lat index …

Task ID: b4cc024b-3f5e-480e-b96a-6656493255b5

Question (truncated): Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Riflemen Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the 1813 military unit of the author of the book held by the subject in Whitney Museum photograph 2022.128 (John by Dawoud Bey). Tools: * Worked: Using the museum’s accession number (2022.128) in a web search to identify the artwork. Detailed visual analysis or metadata…

Task ID: b9763138-c053-4832-9f55-86200cb1f99c

Question (truncated): Compute the check digit the Tropicos ID for the Order Helotiales would have if it were an ISBN-10 number. Agent Final Content: Helotiales Tropicos ID 100370510. Apply ISBN-10 math. Check digit 3. Extracted Answer: 100370510 Episode Summary: Goal: Find the Tropicos ID for the taxonomic order Helotiales and calculate its hypothetical ISBN-10 check digit. Tools: Web search successfully identified the Tropicos ID (50147980). However, the task failed during the calculation phase. Python or manual calculation likely failed to corr…

Task ID: 16d825ff-1623-4176-a5b5-42e0f5c2b0ac

Question (truncated): What time was the Tri-Rail train that carried the most passengers on May 27, 2019 scheduled to arrive in Pompano Beach? Express your answer in the 12-hour digit… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: According to the May 2019 Operations Report, May 27, 2019 (Memorial Day) followed a weekend/holiday schedule. Based on the train ridership data for that day, tr… Episode Summary: Goal: To identify the scheduled arrival time in Pompano Beach for the Tri-Rail train that recorded the highest ridership on May 27, 2019. Tools: Web search engines were used to locate ridership data and historical schedules. While general search queries were helpful for context, they failed…

Task ID: bfcd99e1-0690-4b53-a85c-0174a8629083

Question (truncated): How many applicants for the job in the PDF are only missing a single qualification?\n\n[Attached File Path: /Users/yujingchen/code/lilith-agent/.checkpoints/files… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: Episode Summary: Goal: To determine how many job applicants in the provided PDF were missing exactly one required qualification. Tools Worked/Failed: Python’s zipfile successfully extracted the document, and pdfplumber or PyPDF2 was used for text extraction. The failure likely stemmed from an error in…

Task ID: 08cae58d-4084-4616-b6dd-dd6534e4825b

Question (truncated): According to Google Finance, when was the first year the Apple stock went above $50 (without adjusting for stock split)? Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 1983 Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the first year Apple’s (AAPL) stock price exceeded $50 on an unadjusted (nominal) basis, specifically referencing Google Finance. Tools: Web search and browser tools were used to find historical data. While they successfully identified Apple’s split history, they failed to pr…

Task ID: 2dfc4c37-fec1-4518-84a7-10095d30ad75

Question (truncated): Agent Final Content: 3 Extracted Answer: 3 Episode Summary: Goal: The objective was to determine the numerical overlap between the Top 10 highest-grossing worldwide movies and the Top 10 domestic movies of 2020 using Box Office Mojo data. Tools: Web browsing and search tools were successful in locating the specific 2020 historical charts. Accessing …

Task ID: ecbc4f94-95a3-4cc7-b255-6741a458a625

Question (truncated): How many images are there in the latest 2022 Lego english wikipedia article? Agent Final Content: 20 Extracted Answer: 20 Episode Summary: Goal: Determine the total image count in the English Wikipedia article for "Lego" as it appeared in the latest version of 2022. Tools: * Worked: google_search and Wikipedia’s "View history" were essential to locate the specific revision from December 2022. Browsing the "Page informati…

Task ID: 48eb8242-1099-4c26-95d4-ef22b002457a

Question (truncated): How many nonindigenous crocodiles were found in Florida from the year 2000 through 2020? You can get the data from the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species databa… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 7 Episode Summary: Goal: The objective was to determine the total count of nonindigenous crocodiles found in Florida between 2000 and 2020 by querying the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database. Tools & Failures: While search engines successfully identified the USGS NAS database, the data extractio…

Task ID: 08f3a05f-5947-4089-a4c4-d4bcfaa6b7a0

Question (truncated): Agent Final Content: Math done. x_0 equal -5. x_1 become -4.9375. x_2 become -4.9361. x_3 become -4.9361. x_2 match x_3. n equal 2. 2 Extracted Answer: x_2 Episode Summary: Goal: Find the smallest iteration $n$ where Newton’s Method converges to four decimal places for the function $f(x) = x^3 + 4x^2 - 3x + 8$, starting from $x_0 = -5$. Tools: A Python script/Code Interpreter was the successful tool. It allowed for rapid, precise iteration of the formula $x_{n…

Task ID: 54612da3-fd56-4941-80f4-5eb82330de25

Question (truncated): The attached file shows the locomotives in the collection of a North American railroad museum. How many wheels do the listed steam locomotives have in total?\n\n[… Agent Final Content: File show steam train types. Type mean wheel layout. Add numbers. 1060: 0-4-0 -> 4 31: 0-4-0 -> 4 18: 4-4-0 -> 8 825: 2-6-0 -> 8 52: 2-8-0 -> 10 89: 2-6-4 -> 12 266: 2-8-4 -> 14 4 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 = 60. Total wheels 60. Extracted Answer: 1060 Episode Summary: Goal: To calculate the total number of wheels for all steam locomotives listed in a provided Excel spreadsheet from a North American railroad museum. Tools: Python (pandas and openpyxl) was used to load and analyze the dataset. While the tools effectively read the file, the task struggl…

Task ID: ded28325-3447-4c56-860f-e497d6fb3577

Question (truncated): This is a secret message my friend gave me. It says where we should meet for our picnic on Friday. The only problem is, it’s encrypted in the Caesar cipher, so … Agent Final Content: Message decode. Shift back 10. Text say: "Picnic is in Polybius Plaza." Meet Polybius Plaza. Extracted Answer: Picnic is in Polybius Plaza Episode Summary: Goal: Decrypt a Caesar cipher message ("Zsmxsm sc sx Zyvilsec Zvkjk") to reveal a secret picnic location. Tools: Brute-force analysis of the 26 possible Caesar shifts worked successfully. Specifically, mapping short words ("sc", "sx") to common English two-letter words like "is" and "in" al…

Task ID: 6359a0b1-8f7b-499b-9336-840f9ab90688

Question (truncated): What is the area of the green polygon in the attached file? The numbers in purple represent the lengths of the side they are next to.\n\n[Attached File Path: /Use… Agent Final Content: Final Answer: 42 Extracted Answer: 42 Episode Summary: Goal: Calculate the area of a green polygon based on purple side-length labels provided in an image. Tools: Vision-language models (VLMs) were used to interpret the image and perform geometric reasoning. While the vision tool successfully identified the labels and the general shape, the age…

Task ID: 0a3cd321-3e76-4622-911b-0fda2e5d6b1a

Question (truncated): According to the World Bank, which countries had gross savings of over 35% of GDP for every year in the period 2001-2010? Give your answer as a comma-separated … Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: Brunei Darussalam, China, Morocco, Singapore Episode Summary: Goal: Identify countries whose gross savings exceeded 35% of GDP for every single year between 2001 and 2010, using World Bank data. Tools: * Success: Python (specifically pandas and World Bank API wrappers) was highly effective for retrieving the specific indicator (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS)…

Task ID: f2feb6a4-363c-4c09-a804-0db564eafd68

Question (truncated): I’m thinking about selling my home, so I want to learn more about how homes in my area sold recently. I live in Pearl City, Hawaii, which is on the island of Oa… Agent Final Content: 2017 Komo Mai Drive sell higher. 900000 beat 860000. Price 900000. Extracted Answer: 2017 Komo Mai Drive sell higher. 900000 beat 860000. Price 900000. Episode Summary: Goal: The objective was to compare the 2022 sale prices of two properties in Pearl City, Hawaii—2072 Akaikai Loop and 2017 Komo Mai Drive—to identify the higher price and provide it as a plain integer. Tools: Web search tools and real estate aggregators (like Zillow or Redfin) were utilized…

Task ID: 0b260a57-3f3a-4405-9f29-6d7a1012dbfb

Question (truncated): On ScienceDirect, what is the difference to 3 decimal places in the sample standard deviations of the number of Reference Works in each Life Science domain comp… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: Episode Summary: Goal: Calculate the difference (to 3 decimal places) between the sample standard deviations of "Reference Works" counts across all sub-domains within the "Life Sciences" and "Health Sciences" categories on ScienceDirect, specifically using 2022 data. Tools: * Worked: Web browsing effect…

Task ID: cca70ce6-1952-45d2-acd4-80c903b0bc49

Question (truncated): Look at the attached image. The quiz is scored as follows:\n\nProblems that ask the student to add or subtract fractions: 5 points\nProblems that ask the student t… Agent Final Content: Q1 multiply. Correct. 10 pts. Q2 divide. Correct. 10 pts. Q3 subtract. Wrong (miss negative sign). 0 pts. Q4 add. Correct. 5 pts. Q5 mixed number. Correct. 20 pts. Q6 improper fraction. Correct. 15 pts. Q7 add. Correct. 5 pts. Q8 multiply. … Extracted Answer: 100 Episode Summary: Goal: Calculate the total score for a math quiz shown in an image based on specific point values for different problem types (Add/Subtract, Multiply/Divide, Improper Fractions, Mixed Numbers) plus a 5-point bonus. Tools: A multimodal vision model (like GPT-4o) was used to transcribe the qui…

Task ID: 023e9d44-96ae-4eed-b912-244ee8c3b994

Question (truncated): Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: unknown Episode Summary: Goal: Calculate the total recycling refund for a road trip from Los Angeles to Augusta, Maine, based on a specific route, a consumption rate of 5 bottles per 100 miles, and Wikipedia’s state deposit values. Tools: Search tools successfully retrieved Wikipedia’s bottle bill data. However, to…

Task ID: 0e9e85b8-52b9-4de4-b402-5f635ab9631f

Question (truncated): What is the latest chronological year date written in the image on the webpage found when following the first citation reference link on the latest version of C… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 1932 Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the latest chronological year depicted in an image accessed via the first citation on Carl Nebel’s Wikipedia page (August 2023 version). Tools: Web browsing effectively navigated Wikipedia’s revision history to find the correct version and citation link. However, tools failed…

Task ID: 20194330-9976-4043-8632-f8485c6c71b2

Question (truncated): The YouTube channel Game Grumps began a Let’s Play of the game Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) in the year 2012. Thirty seconds into the first episode, a phrase is sh… Agent Final Content: Screen show "MAIN MENU" at 0:30. Text white. Background red. Letter "E" appear 1 time. Extracted Answer: 1 Episode Summary: Goal: The objective was to identify a specific phrase displayed on a red background exactly 30 seconds into the first episode of the Game Grumps' Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Let’s Play and count the occurrences of the letter "E" within that phrase. Tools: Google Search and YouTube were the …

Task ID: 65638e28-7f37-4fa7-b7b9-8c19bb609879

Question (truncated): The book with the doi 10.1353/book.24372 concerns a certain neurologist. According to chapter 2 of the book, what author influenced this neurologist’s belief in… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: Schiller Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the author who influenced a specific neurologist’s (Sigmund Freud) belief in “endopsychic myths,” as cited in Chapter 2 of the book Sigmund Freud: The Man and the Cause (DOI: 10.1353/book.24372). Tools: Search engines and digital library metadata (Project MUSE/Google Books)…

Task ID: 708b99c5-e4a7-49cb-a5cf-933c8d46470d

Question (truncated): On the DeepFruits fruit detection graph on Connected Papers from 2016, what feature caused the largest bubble to be the size it is? Agent Final Content: Citation count dictate bubble size. Largest bubble have most citations. Extracted Answer: Citation count Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the specific feature determining the bubble size in the 2016 "DeepFruits" citation graph on Connected Papers. Tools: Web browsing and search engines were successful. By locating the Connected Papers graph for the "DeepFruits" paper, I analyzed the interface and its documentat…

Task ID: d5141ca5-e7a0-469f-bf3e-e773507c86e2

Question (truncated): When was a picture of St. Thomas Aquinas first added to the Wikipedia page on the Principle of double effect? Answer using the format DD/MM/YYYY. Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: The principle of double effect is a set of ethical criteria in Christian philosophy used to determine the permissibility of an action that has both a good effec… Episode Summary: Goal: Determine the exact date (DD/MM/YYYY) a picture of St. Thomas Aquinas was first added to the "Principle of double effect" Wikipedia article. Tools: Web browsing and Wikipedia’s "View history" tab were the primary tools. While browsing successfully located the article, the tools failed…

Task ID: b2c257e0-3ad7-4f05-b8e3-d9da973be36e

Question (truncated): If this whole pint is made up of ice cream, how many percent above or below the US federal standards for butterfat content is it when using the standards as rep… Agent Final Content: Final Answer: +4.4 Extracted Answer: +4.4 Episode Summary: Goal: Calculate the percentage difference between the butterfat content of a specific ice cream pint (from an image) and the 2020 US federal standard (10% milkfat). Tools: Vision/OCR tools were used to extract data from the nutrition label, and web search was used to identify the federal st…

Task ID: db4fd70a-2d37-40ea-873f-9433dc5e301f

Question (truncated): As of May 2023, how many stops are between South Station and Windsor Gardens on MBTA’s Franklin-Foxboro line (not included)? Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 16 Episode Summary: Goal: Count the number of intermediate stops between South Station and Windsor Gardens on the MBTA Franklin/Foxboro Line specifically as of May 2023. Tools: Web browsing and search tools were used to access MBTA schedules. While they successfully retrieved general route information, they fa…

Task ID: 7a4a336d-dcfa-45a0-b014-824c7619e8de

Question (truncated): At the two-minute mark in the YouTube video uploaded by the channel “GameGrumps” on May 14, 2017 as part of their playthrough of the game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, t… Agent Final Content: Extracted Answer: 1:33.45 Episode Summary: Goal: Identify the track being played at the two-minute mark of a specific GameGrumps video (May 14, 2017) and find its 150cc world record as of June 7, 2023. Tools: YouTube search and transcript analysis successfully identified the video and the track, Toad Harbor. Web search engines a…