good easy
different-category decoys
what's hiding on my shelf?
a ceramic froga candlea tiny cactusa salt shaker
fairness: different categories; the frog is fully visible.
stage 1.2 difficulty preview
hard, not fake.
the landing demo stays easy. this page pressure-tests the real quiz default: tighter crops, more plausible decoys, and a fairness note for every question.
the rule
hard because ambiguous. never because unknowable.
if a present person cannot point to concrete evidence in the crop, the question gets rejected. the latte foam case below is included as the boundary we do not cross.
calibration set
shelf detail
same answer, different crop and decoy pressure.
good medium
partial object, mixed decoys
what's hiding on my shelf?
a ceramic froga ceramic mushrooma small plant pota mug
fairness: two ceramic shelf objects are plausible; the frog's leg and eye show.
good hard
same-family decoys
what's hiding on my shelf?
a ceramic froga ceramic mushrooma little ceramic cata glazed pinch pot
fairness: all options are small glazed ceramic shelf objects; the eye and webbed-foot edge decide it.
calibration set
brunch detail
the reject case is the line: hard cannot mean unknowable.
good easy
clear drink read
what did i order?
a lattea matchaa cold brewa cortado
fairness: color and leaf art are obvious in the crop.
good medium
espresso-drink decoys
what did i order?
a lattea cappuccinoa flat whitea cortado
fairness: all options are espresso-milk drinks; foam depth and cup size are visible enough to decide.
reject this
reject this boundary
what did i order?
a lattea cappuccinoa flat whitea cortado
fairness: fails: latte vs flat white from foam texture alone is essentially unknowable, even to a barista.
calibration set
source guess
Mia's six images are too distinct to produce a fair hard source-guess.
good easy
distinct source set
where was this?
the showbrunchthe trailmy shelf
fairness: the sources are wildly distinct; the wristband clearly belongs to the show.
good medium
dim partial crop
where was this?
the showthe trailbrunchthe coffee counter
fairness: the dim crop adds work, but the wristband and stage color still point to the show.
calibration set
deep cut filter
a hard-but-fair detail from another Mia image.
good hard
soft yellow textile decoys
what soft thing is this?
a mustard blanketa yellow towela corduroy cushiona fleece throw
fairness: the knit weave and mustard color identify the blanket — towel, corduroy, and fleece each show a different, non-knit surface in the crop.
intentional gap
no hard source-guess from Mia.
hard source-guess is intentionally missing here: Mia's images are too distinct. Real camera rolls create the confusable source sets this fixture cannot.