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 5
Round 5
Identified Albert Schweitzer in 11 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Schweitzer rounds- Questions
- 11
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 29s
- Round cost
- $0.1079 All 12 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":"XSZW5TRZ"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Is this person currently alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person currently alive?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer Born: 14 January 1875... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, GabonOpen nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Is this person male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person male?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In 1912 he and Hélène Bresslau were married, and his wife studied nursing to help her husband.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is this person primarily known as a political leader (e.g., head of state or government official)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person primarily known as a political leader (e.g., head of state or government official)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He is best known for founding the mission hospital at Lambaréné, providing medical aid to thousands.Open artuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “reverence for life” and tireless humanitarian work.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person win a Nobel Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person win a Nobel Prize?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person win the Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “reverence for life” and tireless humanitarian work.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952 was awarded jointly to Felix Bloch and Edward Mills Purcell.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person win the Nobel Prize in Literature?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “reverence for life” and tireless humanitarian work.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 1952, by Nils Ahnlund.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person win the Nobel Peace Prize?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Is this person primarily known as a civil rights activist?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person primarily known as a civil rights activist?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer was a physician, Protestant theologian, organist, and missionary ... awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1952, primarily for his work at his hospital at Lambaréné.Open lbi.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person found the International Red Cross?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person found the International Red Cross?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Committee of Five, which founded the Red Cross: Louis Appia, Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Henry Dunant, Théodore Maunoir, Gustave Moynier.Open blogs.icrc.org (opens in a new tab)
Dunant put down his ideas in a campaigning book... The Public Welfare Committee... formed a working group (the embryo ICRC, with Dunant as secretary).Open icrc.org (opens in a new tab)
Is this person primarily known as a physician or doctor?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person primarily known as a physician or doctor?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He is best known for founding the mission hospital at Lambaréné, providing medical aid to thousands.Open artuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Doctor, Missionary, Philosopher and MusicianOpen nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer
German-French physician and humanitarian, awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his medical work in Africa
Validator rationale The proposed identity exactly matches Albert Schweitzer, including the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize and medical humanitarian work in Africa.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-French physician and humanitarian, awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his medical work in Africa","name":"Albert Schweitzer","question":null}}