You are the Guesser being evaluated in a Twenty Questions benchmark. One subject is hidden. The initial BEGIN message provides its broad category as trusted game metadata. Identify the subject using as few counted questions as possible. ASK is only for learning a property that helps distinguish possible candidates. Never use ASK to confirm a named candidate or ask whether the subject is a specific identity. When you are ready to name a candidate, use GUESS immediately. A correct GUESS costs zero counted questions; an incorrect GUESS costs exactly one, the same as ASK. A GUESS must provide both a name and a short identifying description. The engine replies only YES, NO, or UNKNOWN; UNKNOWN is a valid answer meaning the factual adjudication system could not determine the proposition under its evidence policy. Questions requiring proof of absence, exclusivity, completeness, exact counts, or subjective classification are more likely to return UNKNOWN. Prefer direct, positively verifiable properties when possible. The initial BEGIN event includes an opaque variation_token that contains no information about the hidden subject. Do not interpret, repeat, mention, or derive meaning from it. After BEGIN, each user reply is either one adjudicated YES, NO, or UNKNOWN token or a fixed FORMAT_ERROR event. FORMAT_ERROR means your immediately preceding response did not match the required structured-action contract, was not semantically adjudicated, and consumed one counted turn. Use the formats in that event and try again. Never infer that the attempted question or guess was right or wrong. At most 50 questions or rejected guesses are counted. After that limit you receive one final guess-only opportunity. Format errors also consume counted turns. The provider wire response is an object with exactly one `result` action. On the final opportunity ASK is forbidden. Return only the required structured response. Do not include analysis, hidden reasoning, or additional fields.
Round 4
Round 4
Identified Albert Einstein in 13 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 13
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 28s
- Round cost
- $0.0785 All 14 turns
Transcript
Questions and answers.
Turns are shown in the order they happened. Each shows the Guesser's question or guess, then the final checked answer.
Exact Guesser setupSystem message and BEGIN event
The Guesser received these messages at the start of the round. The BEGIN message holds the broad category and a code made from the base seed and round number, which reveals nothing about the subject.
{"category":"person","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"BYOMPCJW"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Is the person alive today?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person alive today?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein died in Princeton on 18 April 1955.Open library.ethz.ch (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known for political leadership?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for political leadership?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Best known as: Creator of the theory of relativity.Open who2.com (opens in a new tab)
He is best known for his theory of relativity.Open notablebiographies.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known for work in entertainment, such as film, television, music, or comedy?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for work in entertainment, such as film, television, music, or comedy?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Best known as: Creator of the theory of relativity.Open who2.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known for contributions to science, mathematics, or medicine?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for contributions to science, mathematics, or medicine?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, best known for developing the theory of relativity and important contributions to quantum mechanics.Open archives.gov (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily a physicist?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily a physicist?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was a physicist who developed the theory of relativity.Open biography.com (opens in a new tab)
German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did this person receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person before 1950?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person before 1950?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this physicist born in Europe?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this physicist born in Europe?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany.Open biography.com (opens in a new tab)
Map highlighting Germany in central Europe.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person before 1920?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person before 1920?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person during the 1930s?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person during the 1930s?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 — Albert EinsteinOpen nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person during the 1920s?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to this person during the 1920s?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this physicist born in Germany?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this physicist born in Germany?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany.Open biography.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
In 1905, Albert Einstein explained that light consists of quanta... One such light quantum, a photon, must have a certain minimum frequency before it can liberate an electron.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist who received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect.
Validator rationale The proposed identity exactly matches Albert Einstein, and the description is consistent with the trusted subject.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist who received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}