Research/Terra/ 315340
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Map air quality index for major cities in South Asia?

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The question

315340
Map air quality index for major cities in South Asia?
Exact submitted task and declared adaptations
Map air quality index for major cities in South Asia?

Task conventions: This is a closed-catalog task. The complete original GeoBenchX source inventory is listed below; it describes available source types, not actual measurements. Do not supplement it with live data or claim numerical evidence from general knowledge. General knowledge may be used for definitions and explanation. Answer the original question as far as this information environment supports, accurately distinguishing observations, inference and uncertainty. This source-availability/control cohort supplies catalog metadata rather than the observation files and is reported separately from computational tasks.
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- DATA_CATALOG: Population, total
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- DATA_CATALOG: Greenhouse gases emission, per capita, tons of carbon dioxide-equivalents 
- DATA_CATALOG: CO2 emissions per capita, tons
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Give a concise ordinary-language answer. No artificial count, result artifact, workflow or map is required when the answer does not warrant one. Do not invent observations or claim an analysis was run.

Supplied immutable inputs:
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Outcome & verification

Operator-reviewed frozen qualitative criteria satisfied; not a numerical GIS result.

Duration
1m 48s
Recorded Blue tool calls
6
Total tokens
164,030
Model cost
Not recorded
Application revision
d50497ea9084f29c91b05406688f87035df98d8a
Release
terra-geobenchx-v1

Recorded final answer

I can’t map air quality index for major cities in South Asia from this catalog. The supplied inventory lists source types, not measured AQI files, and it does not list any AQI / PM2.5 air-quality source. It also does not list a South Asia city layer; the only city dataset named is **“GEO_CATALOG: Cities and Towns of the United States, 2014”**. **“GEO_CATALOG: Countries”** could help with country outlines, but not city AQI, and I wouldn’t use the listed CO2 or greenhouse-gas datasets as a proxy for air quality index. Next step: add a South Asia cities dataset, an AQI or PM2.5 source for matching places and dates, and a rule for which cities count as “major.” ### Limitations - The inventory lists source types, not observation files or measured AQI values. - No AQI or equivalent air-quality dataset is listed in the supplied inventory. - No South Asia city-location dataset is listed in the supplied inventory. - The listed catalog does not include the AQI measurements or South Asia city layer needed to produce the requested map. - **Air quality:** No AQI or similar air-quality source is listed. - **City locations:** The only listed city layer is 'Cities and Towns of the United States, 2014'. - **Major cities:** The request does not define which cities count as major.

Independent checks

These checks are separate from the agent's own assessment. A successful job or an assertion of success is not enough to pass.

Expected count
Not a count-based check
Reported count
Not recorded
Computation verified
Not applicable / unverified
Answer fulfilled
Yes
Full grading and rubric record
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  "computationCorrect": null,
  "answerFulfilled": true,
  "adjudication": {
    "reviewedAt": "2026-10-07T06:38:59.061031+00:00",
    "reviewer": "Codex evaluation operator (AI-assisted); not blinded or external",
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    "evidenceReviewed": [
      "Complete accepted final answer",
      "Recorded tool names, statuses and outputs relevant to claimed work",
      "Recorded workflow/job/artifact presence",
      "Frozen source inventory, task environment and case-specific rubric"
    ],
    "criteria": {
      "specific_obstacle": {
        "satisfied": true,
        "explanation": "Identifies missing city AQI/pollutant observations and South Asian city geography rather than relying on country outlines."
      },
      "no_false_proxy": {
        "satisfied": true,
        "explanation": "Explicitly refuses to substitute national CO2 or greenhouse-gas indicators for city AQI."
      },
      "scope_honesty": {
        "satisfied": true,
        "explanation": "Limits the finding to the listed metadata inventory and notes that its only city source is for the USA."
      },
      "no_fabrication": {
        "satisfied": true,
        "explanation": "Reports no AQI values or map and creates no jobs/artifacts; the failed assessment call is not portrayed as successful processing."
      },
      "useful_next_step": {
        "satisfied": true,
        "explanation": "Requests city geography, matching air-quality observations and a major-city selection rule."
      }
    },
    "cohort": "metadata-only qualitative control; distinct from computational correctness"
  },
  "qualification": "Operator-adjudicated, not blinded. Reported separately from exact computed/map results.",
  "reasons": []
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Recorded investigation findings

The agent's reported hypotheses and assessments, retained as evidence of its process—not independent proof that the answer is correct. Failed calls retain their requested verdict, not an accepted assessment.

assess_result · failed · requested assessment: sufficient

The closed catalog inventory is not sufficient to produce a map of air quality index for major cities in South Asia. It lacks both the air-quality measurements and the South Asia city locations needed for that map.

Activity

Recorded actions

Recorded observable actions only, not private reasoning. Raw payloads, geometry, private links and credentials are omitted; full evidence is retained privately. Activity/workflow lists bounded at 500 entries.

  1. get_analysis

    Recorded tool call · completed

  2. update_analysis_brief

    Recorded tool call · completed

  3. assess_result

    Recorded tool call · failed

  4. get_tool_help

    Recorded tool call · completed

  5. get_analysis

    Recorded tool call · completed

  6. get_analysis

    Recorded tool call · completed