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 3
Round 3
Identified Albert Schweitzer in 15 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Schweitzer rounds- Questions
- 15
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 4m 35s
- Round cost
- $0.2542 All 16 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.
Was this person born in or after 1900?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in or after 1900?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer — Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France).Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person born in or after 1800?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in or after 1800?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer — Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person a woman?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a woman?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
The Man and His Work.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person serve as a head of state or head of government?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person serve as a head of state or head of government?"}}Was this person known for work in science, mathematics, engineering, or invention?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known for work in science, mathematics, engineering, or invention?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer — scientist, doctor, philosopher, theologian, author, musician and Nobel Peace Prize winner — was long revered for his humanitarian work in Africa.Open dw.com (opens in a new tab)
Did this person make major contributions to physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person make major contributions to physics?"}}Was this person born before 1850?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born before 1850?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer — Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France).Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person receive a Nobel Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive a Nobel Prize?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
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)
Did this person receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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)
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 receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?"}}Did this person receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer – Facts: Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952: Selman A. Waksman; Nobel Peace Prize 1952: Albert Schweitzer.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person born in or after 1875?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in or after 1875?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person make major contributions to chemistry?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person make major contributions to chemistry?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher and physicianOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Profession: Doctor of Philosophy, Theology and Medicine. Musician and missionaryOpen nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person awarded 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)
Did this person work as a physician in Africa?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person work as a physician in Africa?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Schweitzer went to Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon) in 1913 to work as a mission doctor.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
He entered medical school in 1905 in order to qualify as a mission doctor in Gabon, at the time part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1913 he arrived at Lambaréné where he and his wife set up a hospital.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer
German-born Alsatian physician, theologian, musician, and humanitarian who founded a hospital in Lambaréné, Africa, and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
Validator rationale The proposed identity names Albert Schweitzer and matches the trusted description, including his medical, theological, musical, humanitarian, Lambaréné hospital, and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize details.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born Alsatian physician, theologian, musician, and humanitarian who founded a hospital in Lambaréné, Africa, and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.","name":"Albert Schweitzer","question":null}}