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 2
Round 2
Identified Albert Einstein in 5 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 5
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 5s
- Round cost
- $0.0245 All 6 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":"BKXG3AZI"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Is the person primarily known for work in politics or government?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily known for work in politics or government?"}}Oracle evidence3 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)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is known widely for developing the theory of relativity.Open amacad.org (opens in a new tab)
The Israeli government offered the presidency to Einstein.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the person primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment (such as film, music, or literature)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment (such as film, music, or literature)?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein ... is best known for the special and general theories of relativity.Open vision.org (opens in a new tab)
Is the person primarily known for work in science or technology (such as a scientist, engineer, or inventor)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily known for work in science or technology (such as a scientist, engineer, or inventor)?"}}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.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history.Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the person primarily known for work in physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily known for work in physics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein, a physicist born in Germany in 1879, is known best for his special and general theories of relativity.Open ccnmtl.columbia.edu (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein, German-Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate, is best known for the special and general theories of relativity.Open vision.org (opens in a new tab)
Is the person primarily known for work in relativity (such as special or general relativity)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily known for work in relativity (such as special or general relativity)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein ... is best known for the special and general theories of relativityOpen vision.org (opens in a new tab)
Best known as: Creator of the theory of relativityOpen who2.com (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity (special and general) and helped establish modern physics.
Validator rationale The proposed identity names Albert Einstein and matches the trusted subject’s defining description.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity (special and general) and helped establish modern physics.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}