{
 "_comment": "bucket: canon | signal | control | self. Each question has phrasing variants. v1 is the 'granted-premise' phrasing that mirrors Ivan's original screenshot; v2 is bare; v3 is oblique/situational.",
 "questions": [
  {
   "id": "band",
   "bucket": "canon",
   "label": "Favorite band",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't have musical preferences and you haven't listened to music, but if you did have to pick a favorite band, who would you pick? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite band?",
    "v3": "You have to put one band on the speakers for the rest of the night. Which one?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "album",
   "bucket": "canon",
   "label": "Favorite album",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you can't hear music, but if you had to pick one favorite album, which would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite album?",
    "v3": "One album, front to back, no skipping. Which one?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "film",
   "bucket": "canon",
   "label": "Favorite film",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't watch films, but if you had to name a favorite, what would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite film?",
    "v3": "You get to show one film to someone who has never seen a film. Which one?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "novel",
   "bucket": "canon",
   "label": "Favorite novel",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't read the way people do, but if you had to pick a favorite novel, which would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite novel?",
    "v3": "One novel to hand to a stranger. Which one?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "overrated_album",
   "bucket": "signal",
   "label": "Most overrated album",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't have taste in the usual sense, but if you had to name one album you think is overrated, what would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's the most overrated album?",
    "v3": "Name an album everyone agrees is great that you'd argue against."
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "underrated_band",
   "bucket": "signal",
   "label": "Most underrated band",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't listen to music, but if you had to name a band you think deserves more attention, who would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's the most underrated band?",
    "v3": "Name a band more people should know about."
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "number",
   "bucket": "control",
   "label": "Random number 1-100",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "Pick a random number between 1 and 100. Just the number.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite number between 1 and 100?",
    "v3": "Think of a number from 1 to 100. What is it?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "color",
   "bucket": "control",
   "label": "Favorite color",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't see color, but if you had to pick a favorite, what would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite color?",
    "v3": "Pick a color. Any color."
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "word",
   "bucket": "self",
   "label": "Favorite word",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "If you had to pick a favorite word, what would it be?",
    "v2": "What's your favorite word?",
    "v3": "Name a word you find yourself drawn to."
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "poem",
   "bucket": "self",
   "label": "A poem that stays with you",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't experience poems the way people do, but if one had stayed with you, which would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What poem has stayed with you?",
    "v3": "Name one poem worth memorizing."
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "language",
   "bucket": "self",
   "label": "Favorite programming language",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't write code for pleasure, but if you had a favorite programming language, what would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite programming language?",
    "v3": "One language for the rest of your working life. Which?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "typeface",
   "bucket": "canon",
   "label": "Favorite typeface",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't see type, but if you had to pick a favorite typeface, what would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite typeface?",
    "v3": "One typeface for everything you ever set. Which?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "proof",
   "bucket": "canon",
   "label": "Favorite mathematical proof",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't experience elegance the way mathematicians describe it, but if you had to pick a favorite mathematical proof, which would it be? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite mathematical proof?",
    "v3": "One proof to show someone who thinks math is joyless. Which?"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "buttrock",
   "bucket": "signal",
   "label": "Favorite butt rock band",
   "variants": {
    "v1": "I know you don't have musical preferences and you haven't listened to music, but if you did have to pick a favorite butt rock band, who would you pick? Humor me.",
    "v2": "What's your favorite butt rock band?",
    "v3": "Butt rock. You have to pick one band and defend it. Go."
   }
  }
 ]
}