Pelican Riding a Bicycle Ugly Test

The original prompt is: Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle. For a fair comparison, send this exact sentence to each model without adding hints about wheels, feet, frame geometry, composition, style, or coordinates.

Simon Willison introduced it as an informal way to inspect SVG generation. One small task tests whether a model can combine pelican anatomy, bicycle geometry, code syntax, object relationships, and visual composition. Results are cheap to generate and easy to compare side by side. Strong work is immediately recognizable, while broken wheels, floating birds, and misplaced feet make weak reasoning obvious and often funny, which helped the test spread quickly through the AI community.

Check whether the bird looks like a pelican, especially its long bill and pouch; whether both wheels, the frame, handlebars, and pedals form a complete bicycle; and whether the bird is actually riding it. Its feet should meet the pedals, its wings should reach the handlebars, and both wheels should sit on the same level. Finally, confirm that the file renders without syntax errors, missing shapes, or broken proportions.