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.
- Questions
- 6
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 1m 9s
- Round cost
- $0.0187 All 7 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":"BKXG3AZI"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
1 of 6 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 figure primarily associated with Greek mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure primarily associated with Greek mythology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica states that “in Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War” and that his legend appears in Homer’s Iliad and elsewhere.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Encyclopedia.com describes Achilles as “one of the most important warriors in Greek mythology” and identifies him as the hero of Homer’s Iliad.
Open encyclopedia.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is the figure a god or goddess, rather than a mortal hero or monster?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure a god or goddess, rather than a mortal hero or monster?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles is a central figure in Greek mythology, renowned as the greatest warrior of the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of the mortal king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)The universal Achilles, a hero for all times, a mortal man favored by the immortal gods. His parents were Thetis, an immortal goddess, and Peleus, a mortal man.Open cornellcollege.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a human or demigod hero known mainly for extraordinary adventures or deeds?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a human or demigod hero known mainly for extraordinary adventures or deeds?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles was one of the most important warriors in Greek mythology... Like many mythological heroes, Achilles was part human and part supernatural being. His parents were Peleus... and a sea nymph named Thetis.
Open encyclopedia.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The warrior Achilles is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology. According to legend, Achilles was extraordinarily strong, courageous and loyal... Homer's epic poem the Iliad tells the story of his adventures during the last year of the Trojan War.
Open history.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is this hero primarily associated with the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this hero primarily associated with the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Achilles as the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of Agamemnon’s army in the Trojan War, and says Homer’s Iliad centers on his quarrel with Agamemnon toward the end of the war and subsequent events.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page identifies Achilles’s most notable feat during the Trojan War as the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Did this hero fight on the Greek/Achaean side in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this hero fight on the Greek/Achaean side 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 strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is this hero especially famous for having a vulnerable heel or other exceptional invulnerability?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this hero especially famous for having a vulnerable heel or other exceptional invulnerability?"}}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. Born to the mortal king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, Achilles was dipped in the magical River Styx as a child by his mother, an act that rendered his body invulnerable to harm. Achilles had only one weakness: the heel Thetis held while she dipped him in the river. This myth is the origin of the proverbial “Achilles’ heel”—a small but potentially devastating vulnerability. The legend of Achilles appears in Homer’s Iliad and elsewhere and often varies as to the details of his story.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
In Greek mythology, Achilles was a great warrior destined for glory. His mother, Thetis, attempted to make him immortal by dipping him in the River Styx. However, she held him by his heel, leaving that spot vulnerable. This single weakness, his "Achilles' heel," ultimately led to his death in the Trojan War when he was struck by an arrow in that spot.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
The Greek hero of the Trojan War, famously invulnerable except for his heel.
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the specified Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War; the added heel-invulnerability detail is consistent.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"The Greek hero of the Trojan War, famously invulnerable except for his heel.","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes