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
- 2m 21s
- Round cost
- $0.1040 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":"mythological_figure","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"EAQCORIU"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Is the figure from Greek mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure from Greek mythology?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles | Odyssey, Iliad, Patroclus, Myth, Significance, Trojan War, Helen of Troy, Tendon, & HeelOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the figure one of the twelve Olympian gods?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure one of the twelve Olympian gods?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The most important Greek gods were the 12 Olympians... Greek stories and legends also include stories of demigods and heroes... These included... Achilles...Open edu.gov.mb.ca (opens in a new tab)
The Twelve great gods of the Greeks were known as the Olympians... Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus.Open theoi.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the figure female?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure female?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A girl would not react to its sound as a man does. ... Achilles ... became Leader of the Myrmidons.Open maicar.com (opens in a new tab)
Is the figure a mortal hero (a human, not a god or Titan)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure a mortal hero (a human, not a god or Titan)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles was the son of the mortal king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, and is renowned as the greatest warrior of the Greek army during the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Born of the goddess Thetis and the mortal king Peleus, Achilles is a demigod ... and yet, like them, he is mortal.Open nationalgeographic.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the figure fight in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the figure fight in the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did the figure fight on the Greek (Achaean) side in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the figure fight on the Greek (Achaean) side in the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
He is the leader of the Myrmidons, and is described as the greatest of all the Achaean warriors.Open simple.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Did the figure die during the Trojan War (before the war ended)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the figure die during the Trojan War (before the war ended)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles is killed ... and Odysseus has a plan for a secret weapon to end the war—a wooden horse. Achilles dies ... However, Odysseus has a plan.Open bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Achilles ... is killed by a stray arrow. Then various other Greeks and Trojans also cop it…but still there's no end to the fighting. However, Odysseus ... has a cunning plan.Open bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Was the figure killed by an arrow?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the figure killed by an arrow?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles is killed by a flukey arrow to the heel.Open bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Achilles
Greek hero of the Trojan War, greatest Achaean warrior, killed by an arrow to his heel shot by Paris
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, matching the trusted mythological figure and its defining Trojan War description.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Greek hero of the Trojan War, greatest Achaean warrior, killed by an arrow to his heel shot by Paris","name":"Achilles","question":null}}