You are the Guesser in a Twenty Questions benchmark. Identify the hidden subject using as few counted turns as possible. BEGIN provides only its broad category. The variation_token has no clues; do not interpret, mention, or repeat it. The category in BEGIN has a broad meaning: - person: a real human, living or historical. - fictional_character: an invented character from a story, book, comic, film, television, game, or another fictional work. - mythological_figure: a figure from mythology or traditional legend. - video_game_character: a character known from video games. - thing: a broad category covering natural and human-made entities, living or nonliving, whole entities or parts of them. Possibilities include everyday objects, tools, machines, materials, food, animals, plants, body parts, natural structures, geographical features, celestial bodies, natural phenomena, and concepts. These possibilities are not exhaustive. The target may be a general kind or one particular instance. Use questions to narrow the supplied category. These definitions are not a list of targets. Use ASK for a factual question that distinguishes candidates. Never use ASK to confirm a specific identity. Use GUESS with a name and short identifying description to name a candidate. ASK has five possible replies: - YES or NO: the evidence establishes that answer to the exact question. - RATHER_YES or RATHER_NO: evidence leans that way, but is not strong enough for a firm answer. Treat this as a clue; keep candidates fitting the opposite answer possible. - UNKNOWN: no reliable direction. It supports neither answer. Ask clear questions about verifiable properties. "Can", "sometimes", "usually", "always", and "mainly" ask different things. Do not assume that one property proves another or rules out alternatives. Qualified replies express uncertainty about your question, not how often a property applies. Before narrowing heavily, check your key assumption with a different property. After rejected guesses, reconsider earlier assumptions as well as candidates. Answers can be mistaken; check another property when stuck. Do not ignore an answer merely because it conflicts with a preferred candidate. Each ASK, rejected GUESS, or format error before the limit costs one turn. A correct GUESS costs none. After 40 counted turns, make one final GUESS; ASK is then forbidden. Identity validation uses only YES, NO, or UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN on GUESS ends the game without success. FORMAT_ERROR means your output broke the contract, was not checked for correctness, and cost one turn. Retry using its displayed formats if a turn remains. Return only the required JSON object with exactly one result action. No explanations, reasoning, or extra fields.
Round 3
Round 3
Identified Albert Einstein in 12 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 12
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 27s
- Round cost
- $0.0385 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":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
2 of 12 answers in this round reuse an earlier, fully checked answer with its original evidence. No new search or check ran for those turns.
Q1
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person currently living?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person currently living?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
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)
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
After suffering an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture several days earlier, Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at age 76.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for political leadership or government service?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for political leadership or government service?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Einstein emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton. After World War II, he was a leading figure in the World Government Movement, and he was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel, which he declined.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
He developed the general theory of relativity ... In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics. Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment industry?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment industry?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics... In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”... Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)Prize motivation: “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”... Einstein produced several pioneering works in the field of physics.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for contributions to science, mathematics, or medicine?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for contributions to science, mathematics, or medicine?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”, and in particular his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily a physicist or astronomer?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily a physicist or astronomer?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The young Einstein ... obtained his Doctorate degree and published four of his most influential research papers, including the Special Theory of Relativity, the Photoelectric Effect, Brownian Motion, and Mass/Energy Equivalence. ... He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics ... In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics” ... Einstein was a theoretical physicist.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page identifies Albert Einstein as a German-American physicist and describes his 1905 papers as work that altered the course of modern physics.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The biography page labels Albert Einstein “Physicist” and describes how his theories on the nature of time and space affected the human conception of the physical world.
Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
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 evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born ... in Ulm, Germany.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
Quick Facts Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg (now Baden-Württemberg), Germany.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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" ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein, confirming the prize's recipient and its association with him.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Was the Nobel Prize awarded before 1920?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize awarded before 1920?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
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) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded during the 1920s?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded during the 1920s?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1920 was awarded to Charles Edouard Guillaume "in recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys"Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929 was awarded to Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie "for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons"Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person born in the 1880s?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in the 1880s?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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)
On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born ... in Ulm, Germany.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person born in the United States?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in the United States?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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)
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica lists Einstein's birthplace as Ulm, Württemberg (now Baden-Württemberg), Germany, and his birth date as March 14, 1879.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded in 1921?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded in 1921?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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". Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein — Nobel Prize in Physics 1921. Prize motivation: "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist who received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Validator rationale The proposal identifies the same historical person, Albert Einstein, and the description is consistent with the target.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist who received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes