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
- 8
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 3m 58s
- Round cost
- $0.1121 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 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.
Genghis Khan ... died August 18, 1227.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the person die before the year 1900?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die before the year 1900?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Died | August 18, 1227 (aged 65)Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was the person primarily known as a political or military leader?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person primarily known as a political or military leader?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Best known as: 13th century Mongolian conquerorOpen who2.com (opens in a new tab)
Mongolian warrior-ruler who consolidated nomadic tribes into a unified MongoliaOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the person die before the year 1000 CE?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die before the year 1000 CE?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Died | August 18, 1227 (aged 65)Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the person die in the 19th century, between 1801 and 1900 CE?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die in the 19th century, between 1801 and 1900 CE?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Died | August 18, 1227Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
On August 18, 1227 ... Genghis Khan died.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the person die between 1500 and 1800 CE?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die between 1500 and 1800 CE?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Died | August 18, 1227 (aged 65)Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the person's main political or military activity take place in Asia?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person's main political or military activity take place in Asia?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan consolidated nomadic tribes into a unified Mongolia, and his troops fought from China’s Pacific coast to Europe’s Adriatic Sea.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan ruled between 1206 and 1227, expanding trade across Asia and into eastern Europe; the Mongol Empire conquered the Kara-Khitan Khanate in Central Asia.Open pressbooks.ccconline.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the person closely associated with the Mongol Empire or the Mongol conquests?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person closely associated with the Mongol Empire or the Mongol conquests?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Title / Office | khan (1206-1227), Mongol empire; Genghis Khan's conquests caused the deaths of roughly 40 million people.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
In 1206 Genghis Khan was elected head of the All the Mongols league ... and founded the Mongol Dynasty. Between 1206 and 1227 ... the Mongols conquered a dominion that stretched from theOpen kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan
Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, leader of the Mongol conquests across Asia, died 1227.
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, leader of the Mongol conquests across Asia, died 1227.","name":"Genghis Khan","question":null}}