Skill: scienceworld-animal-identifier

Purpose

Locate and focus on a specified animal or biological entity within the ScienceWorld environment for tasks involving animal comparison, examination, or interaction (e.g., determining lifespan extremes, identifying species).

When to Use

• When a task requires finding and focusing on a specific animal or biological entity
• When comparing attributes (lifespan, size, type) across multiple animals
• When the task instructs examining or interacting with an animal in a specific location

Workflow

1. Navigate to the target location -- If the animal is in a specific room (e.g., "outside", "greenhouse"), execute teleport to <LOCATION>.
2. Survey the area -- Use look around to list all visible objects and entities.
3. Identify the target -- Parse the observation to find the exact animal name as displayed (e.g., baby dragonfly, parrot egg, adult blue jay).
4. Execute focus -- Run focus on <ANIMAL> using the exact name from the observation.
5. Confirm success -- Wait for the system response: "You focus on the <ANIMAL>.".

Examples

Example 1: Find the animal with the longest lifespan

Task: "Find the animal with the longest life span and focus on it."

> teleport to outside
You teleport to outside.

> look around
You see: baby dragonfly, adult blue jay, parrot egg, oak tree, grass.

> focus on adult blue jay
You focus on the adult blue jay.

(Blue jays have a longer lifespan than dragonflies among the visible animals.)

Example 2: Sequential identification of two animals

Task: "First focus on the longest-lived animal, then the shortest-lived."

> teleport to outside
You teleport to outside.

> look around
You see: baby dragonfly, adult blue jay, parrot egg.

> focus on adult blue jay
You focus on the adult blue jay.

> focus on baby dragonfly
You focus on the baby dragonfly.

Key Principles

• Exact names -- The focus on action requires the precise object name as it appears in look around (e.g., "baby dragonfly", not just "dragonfly").
• Navigate first -- Always verify your location and teleport to the correct room before surveying.
• Sequential execution -- When focusing on multiple animals in sequence, complete each focus on action before proceeding to the next.