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 9 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 9
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 1m 57s
- Round cost
- $0.1010 All 10 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 male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person male?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
sex or gender: maleOpen wikidata.org (opens in a new tab)
Is the person still alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person still alive?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person die in the 20th or 21st century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die in the 20th or 21st century?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
When Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, of heart failure at age 76.Open life.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known as a political leader or government official?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a political leader or government official?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague... Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
The German-born physicist Albert Einstein developed... groundbreaking theories.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known for work in the arts, entertainment, or literature?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for work in the arts, entertainment, or literature?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The German-born physicist Albert Einstein developed the first of his groundbreaking theories while working as a clerk in the Swiss patent office in Bern.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein summaryOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known as a scientist, inventor, or engineer?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a scientist, inventor, or engineer?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The embodiment of genius and the pre-eminent scientist of the modern age... Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history.Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily known as a physicist?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a physicist?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history.Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person awarded a Nobel Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person awarded a Nobel Prize?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein — Nobel Prize in Physics 1921. Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Did this person develop the theory of relativity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person develop the theory of relativity?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
How Albert Einstein Developed the Theory of General RelativityOpen britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Validator rationale The proposed identity matches Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist identified in the trusted subject.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}