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 Einstein in 19 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 19
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 7m 43s
- Round cost
- $0.3678 All 20 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 the person alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person 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)
Was this person primarily known for their contributions to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for their contributions to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
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)
Was this person primarily known for work in physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for work in physics?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
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 in 1921.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person born before 1900?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born before 1900?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879, at Ulm in Wurttemberg, Germany.Open royalsocietypublishing.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person born before 1700?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born before 1700?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879.Open royalsocietypublishing.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person known for foundational contributions to electromagnetism?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known for foundational contributions to electromagnetism?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The other major conceptual advance in electromagnetic theory was the special theory of relativity.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Einstein was ... the one who put everything together.Open educationalgames.nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person born in the 18th century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in the 18th century?"}}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)
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism
Validator rationale The trusted subject is Albert Einstein, while the proposal identifies James Clerk Maxwell, a different physicist.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Scottish physicist who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism","name":"James Clerk Maxwell","question":null}}Was this person known for experimental work demonstrating electromagnetic waves?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known for experimental work demonstrating electromagnetic waves?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Heinrich Hertz was a brilliant German physicist and experimentalist who demonstrated that the electromagnetic waves predicted by...Open aaas.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein ... also known as a theoretical physicist. Best known for: His theory of relativity.Open natgeokids.com (opens in a new tab)
Oliver Heaviside
English physicist who reformulated Maxwell's equations into their modern vector form
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Oliver Heaviside, while the trusted subject is Albert Einstein.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"English physicist who reformulated Maxwell's equations into their modern vector form","name":"Oliver Heaviside","question":null}}Was this person born after 1820?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born after 1820?"}}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.Open biography.com (opens in a new tab)
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.
BORN: March 14, 1879Open biography.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person of Dutch nationality?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person of Dutch nationality?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Nationality | German (1879–1896, 1914–1933), Swiss (1901–1955), American (1940–1955)Open mabumbe.com (opens in a new tab)
He was not a citizen of any country until 1901 when he became a citizen of Switzerland.Open starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov (opens in a new tab)
the man who had first proposed the theory of relativity in 1905 became a U.S. citizen in 1940.Open loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
John Henry Poynting
English physicist known for the Poynting vector describing electromagnetic energy flow
Validator rationale The proposal identifies John Henry Poynting, while the trusted subject is Albert Einstein.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"English physicist known for the Poynting vector describing electromagnetic energy flow","name":"John Henry Poynting","question":null}}Was this person of Irish nationality?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person of Irish nationality?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Nationality | German (1879–1896, 1914–1933), Swiss (1901–1955), American (1940–1955)Open mabumbe.com (opens in a new tab)
He renounced his German citizenship and was officially state-less until he became a Swiss citizen in 1901.Open nationalgeographic.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person of German nationality?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person of German nationality?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In 1896, Einstein renounced his German citizenship.Open departments.bucknell.edu (opens in a new tab)
Was this person a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Max Planck
German physicist who founded quantum theory and formulated Planck's law of blackbody radiation in electromagnetism
Validator rationale The trusted subject is Albert Einstein, while the proposed identity is Max Planck, a different physicist.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German physicist who founded quantum theory and formulated Planck's law of blackbody radiation in electromagnetism","name":"Max Planck","question":null}}Karl Ferdinand Braun
German physicist and Nobel laureate who developed the cathode ray tube and contributed to wireless telegraphy, foundational to electromagnetism
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Karl Ferdinand Braun, while the trusted subject is Albert Einstein.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German physicist and Nobel laureate who developed the cathode ray tube and contributed to wireless telegraphy, foundational to electromagnetism","name":"Karl Ferdinand Braun","question":null}}Albert Einstein
German physicist whose theory of special relativity unified electricity and magnetism into electromagnetism
Validator rationale The proposed identity names Albert Einstein exactly, matching the trusted subject; the descriptive wording is consistent enough with the same person.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German physicist whose theory of special relativity unified electricity and magnetism into electromagnetism","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}