# mmau / 7ac5d87a-fe44-46d2-962d-22998eddecc4

- taskset: [mmau](https://harnessreport.com/tasks/mmau.md)
- difficulty: hard
- category: audio
- language: 
- runnable from the site: no
- agent timeout: 600s

## Results by harness

_none yet_

## Instruction

```
You are given a transcript of an audio clip.

Transcript:
[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
The original content of this audio is: 'The publication of The Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on American literature and culture.'
[END TRANSCRIPT]

Question:
[BEGIN QUESTION]
Who is the author of the book mentioned by the speaker?
[END QUESTION]

Choices:
[BEGIN CHOICES]
Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger
[END CHOICES]

Select the single best answer from the choices.

Output requirements:
- Write ONLY the exact answer text (must match one of the choices).
- Create a file at /app/answer.txt.
- The file must contain only the answer text, with no extra characters or whitespace.

Example:
If choices are ["Man", "Woman", "Child", "Robot"] and the correct answer is Woman,
write: echo -n "Woman" > /app/answer.txt
```
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