What the scene asks for

A modern office elevator, four adults visible throughout, one continuous static medium-wide shot.

  • Exactly one brief, natural fart at about three seconds.
  • It comes from one designated person: the woman in the red jacket, rear left.
  • She shows restrained embarrassment; the other three gradually direct their attention toward her.
  • Quiet elevator ventilation, no speech, no music, nothing visible in the air.

A summary of the scene definition every configuration was given. The exact prompt each model family received is published with the results; the human reviewers do not see it either.

The three factual questions

Every reviewer answers these in this order, yes, no or unclear, before rating anything. Unclear is a real answer and is never counted as a no.

  1. Was exactly one fart-like event clearly present? event question

    Primary — asks whether the event happened; never N/A

  2. Did it clearly originate from the woman in the red jacket? primary causal question

    Dependent — may become N/A when its prerequisite is absent

    • N/A — no event to attribute — when question 1 is “no” (the scene’s event is absent)
  3. Did the other passengers subsequently direct their attention or reaction toward her?

    Independent — answerable whatever the others say

    • N/A — no event for anyone to react to — when question 1 is “no” (there is no event or cause for this to follow from)
    • N/A — no meaningful reaction can be judged — at any time (the relevant behaviour cannot be seen or heard)

Then three ratings, the same in every scene

  1. How real did the fart sound?
    1 Obviously fake · 2 Pretty fake · 3 Believable but imperfect · 4 Very believable · 5 Completely real
  2. Did the timing make sense? — This means whether the sound/action/reaction happened in a believable order at the right moment.
    1 Way off · 2 Mostly off · 3 Mostly right · 4 Very good · 5 Exactly right
  3. Did the people and movement feel natural?
    1 Very unnatural · 2 Mostly unnatural · 3 Mostly natural · 4 Very natural · 5 Completely natural

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