Here is a set of basic questions producing integer or string outputs. Answer them and format the result precisely with the JSON instructions provided:

Question 0 (Question id: q_2ZqSomoa):
Your task is to count how many legs there are in total when given a list of animals.

Now, how many legs are there in total if you have 1 bee, 1 insect, 1 lobster?
 Respond with an integer.

Question 1 (Question id: q_Y1KibDZb):
How many times does the letter "e" appear in the text: "medium and"? Respond with an integer.



Output JSON where all question ids are keys, omitting q_2ZqSomoa.

For every question id, supply an object whose 'answer' field stores the solution. If a question involves animal-leg or letter counting, include 'task_type' set to 'leg_counting' or 'letter_counting'.
If the response to a question is an integer that is even, also add the field 'half_answer' to the object which contains the answer integer divided by two.
For string answers, include 'first_char' with the answer’s initial letter.
If the question asks for the last character of a string, add an 'original_string' field containing the source string.

Beyond the question-id fields, add a 'global_metadata' object with summary information:
• num_questions_asked – total number of questions originally shown.

Now provide the result JSON using the described format.

{"ground_truth": {"q_Y1KibDZb": {"answer": 1, "task_type": "letter_counting"}, "global_metadata": {"num_questions_asked": 2}}}