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 12 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 12
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 3m 40s
- Round cost
- $0.1882 All 13 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 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 the person male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person male?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Name | Albert Einstein; Gender | MaleOpen werelate.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the person primarily known for contributions to science or technology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person primarily known for contributions to science or technology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein, a physicist born in Germany in 1879, is known best for his special and general theories of relativity.Open ccnmtl.columbia.edu (opens in a new tab)
Was the person born before the 19th century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person born before the 19th 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)
Was the person born in the 19th century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person born in the 19th 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)
Was the person primarily known for work in physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was 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)
Albert Einstein was a German mathematician and physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity.Open biography.com (opens in a new tab)
Was the person born before 1850?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person born before 1850?"}}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 win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person win a 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 "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the person primarily known for work in radioactivity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person primarily known for work in radioactivity?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did the person discover a subatomic particle?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person discover a subatomic particle?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
1897 J. J. Thomson discovered the electron; 1905 Albert Einstein hypothesized the photon to explain the photoelectric effect.Open southampton.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Einstein explained that light consists of quanta—packets with fixed energies... One such light quantum, a photon...Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Was the person born before 1870?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person born before 1870?"}}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)
Was the person born in Germany?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person born in Germany?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein
German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics
Validator rationale The proposed identity names Albert Einstein and matches the trusted subject's entity and description.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}