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
- 9
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 40s
- Round cost
- $0.2224 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":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
Is this person alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person alive?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan (born 1162—died August 18, 1227).Open britannica.com (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.
He may have been born in 1155, in 1162 (the date favoured today in Mongolia), or in 1167.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person a ruler or a major political or military leader?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a ruler or a major political or military leader?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was a warrior and ruler of genius who brought all the nomadic tribes of Mongolia under his rule and established the Mongol Empire.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person primarily associated with Europe?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Europe?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was a Mongolian warrior-ruler... who consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Did this person rule or lead in Asia?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person rule or lead in Asia?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire; his campaigns conquered large parts of China and Central Asia.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
The Mongol empire, founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, originated in the Mongol heartland of central Asia.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person born before the year 1000 CE?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born before the year 1000 CE?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He may have been born in 1155, in 1162 ... or in 1167.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Was this person Muslim?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person Muslim?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was not a Muslim; he followed Mongol shamanism and revered Tengri, the Eternal Blue Sky.Open indiatoday.in (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan himself was a Tengrist.Open retrospectjournal.com (opens in a new tab)
Did this person rule or command forces in China or Mongolia?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person rule or command forces in China or Mongolia?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Mongol leader Genghis Khan ... established the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan ... was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire ... launching military campaigns and conquering large parts of China.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Was this person a member of the Mongol ruling family descended from, or including, Genghis Khan?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a member of the Mongol ruling family descended from, or including, Genghis Khan?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Genghis Khan was a warrior and ruler ... who brought all the nomadic tribes of Mongolia under the rule of himself and his family ... leading to the establishment of the great Mongol Empire.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The Empire [was] the joint property of the entire imperial family who, along with the Mongol aristocracy, constituted the ruling class.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Genghis Khan
Founder of the Mongol Empire, who united the Mongol tribes and launched major conquests across Asia.
Validator rationale The proposed identity exactly matches Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Founder of the Mongol Empire, who united the Mongol tribes and launched major conquests across Asia.","name":"Genghis Khan","question":null}}