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 Einstein in 8 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 8
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 3m 1s
- Round cost
- $0.0844 All 9 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 the person a real historical or living individual rather than a fictional character?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person a real historical or living individual rather than a fictional character?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Born: March 14, 1879 Ulm, Germany Died: April 18, 1955 Princeton, Massachusetts German-born American physicist and scientist Albert Einstein.Open notablebiographies.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the person currently alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person currently alive?"}}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 after a brief illness.Open library.ethz.ch (opens in a new tab)
Is the person primarily famous as a political leader, ruler, or military commander?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily famous as a political leader, ruler, or military commander?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time.Open amacad.org (opens in a new tab)
Is the person primarily famous for contributions to science, mathematics, or invention?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person primarily famous for contributions to science, mathematics, or invention?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein ... 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)
Is the person male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person male?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein Male 14 March 1879–18 April 1955Open ancestors.familysearch.org (opens in a new tab)
Did the person live before 1800?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person live before 1800?"}}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)
Did the person die after 1950?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die after 1950?"}}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)
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 was a famous physicist. His research spanned from quantum mechanics to theories about gravity and motion.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist famous for relativity and E=mc², died in 1955.
Validator rationale The proposed identity matches Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist associated with relativity.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist famous for relativity and E=mc², died in 1955.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}