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.
- Questions
- 10
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 9s
- Round cost
- $0.0737 All 11 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":"AMZAISLM"}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.
Genghis Khan died on August 18, 1227.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is this person a historical figure who lived before the 20th century (i.e., primarily known for things before 1900)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person a historical figure who lived before the 20th century (i.e., primarily known for things before 1900)?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan (born 1162...died August 18, 1227) was a Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the most famous conquerors of history.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known for political or military leadership (e.g., king, president, general, conqueror)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for political or military leadership (e.g., king, president, general, conqueror)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan, Mongolian warrior-ruler who consolidated nomadic tribes into a unified Mongolia and whose troops fought ... creating the basis for one of the ...Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Mongol leader Genghis Khan ... rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes ... he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person from Europe?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person from Europe?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Temujin, later Genghis Khan, was born around 1162 near the border between modern Mongolia and Siberia.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan was born in about 1162 in northern Mongolia.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person from Asia?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person from Asia?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was born in about 1162 in northern Mongolia.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person from East Asia (e.g., China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person from East Asia (e.g., China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was born in about 1162 in northern Mongolia.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Temujin, later Genghis Khan, was born around 1162 near the border between modern Mongolia and Siberia.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person a ruler of a Chinese dynasty (i.e., an Emperor of China)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a ruler of a Chinese dynasty (i.e., an Emperor of China)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Kublai Khan ... became the first Yuan ruler of all of China.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The dynasty was established by Kublai Khan, yet he placed his grandfather Genghis Khan on the imperial records as the official founder of the dynasty as “Taizu.”Open courses.lumenlearning.com (opens in a new tab)
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Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"placeholder"}}Was this person a ruler or leader from Mongolia (such as a Khan)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a ruler or leader from Mongolia (such as a Khan)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was a Mongolian warrior-ruler.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Title / Office | khan (1206-1227), Mongol empireOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did this person found the Mongol Empire and unite the Mongol tribes?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person found the Mongol Empire and unite the Mongol tribes?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In 1206 Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan was elected head of the All the Mongols league, a confederation of Mongol tribes, and founded the Mongol Dynasty.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire.Open livescience.com (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan
Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, who united the Mongol tribes in the 13th century.
Validator rationale The proposed identity exactly matches Genghis Khan, the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, who united the Mongol tribes in the 13th century.","name":"Genghis Khan","question":null}}