So say Contessa is tasked with baking a cake, any cake, and in front of her is a full kitchen with tons of ingredients and equipment. She asks "How do I bake a cake?" and her path tells her how. Problem is, there are almost infinite possibilities with so vague a question. The Path might tell her to bake a chiffon cake. It might choose red velvet. It might choose one with frosting, or one without. Which set of steps are displayed to Contessa when there are multiple possible paths to victory?

My current guesses are that it either goes for one at random or for whatever is most efficient. If so, could you trick her power by guessing what questions she's used for her current paths and then rules lawyering your way so that the Path actually leads her to something that, while technically following her goals, still gives you what you want?

For example, I think Contessa has a path to "not dying" up at all times. If the path is something like "How do I not die?", one could make it so that the most efficient way of not dying is to run through this portal that makes you immortal but also incapacitates you forever in an alternate dimension. Or if Contessa is smarter about her wording and has a path saying "How do I not die and not be incapacitated and defeat this person and not be deceived", one could enact an elaborate plan that makes it so that the most efficient way of doing all of those things is to:

Drink an immortality potion that doesn't technically incapacitate you but does instantly convince you that it would be a great idea to fly to the edge of the observable universe and play a game of tic tac toe with the person you are currently fighting, after which the person you are fighting will immediately lose on purpose (defeat: having been beaten in a battle or other contest. You've technically still been defeated). All the while, you're subconsciously telepathically alerting her of your actual plan, but phrasing it in such a way that it's not technically deceitful, and managing to convince her that you aren't being deceitful (to fulfill the "not be deceived" condition).

Purpose of this question is for theorycrafting and battleboarding.