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
- 10
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 24s
- Round cost
- $0.0625 All 11 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.
Q1
1 · Guesser asks
Is the figure regarded as a deity or god?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure regarded as a deity or god?"}}Oracle evidence2 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. ... Achilles was considered a hero because he was the most successful soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Greek heroes were distinct from the Roman cult of dead emperors, because the hero was not thought of as having ascended to Olympus or become a god: he was beneath the earth, and his power purely local. ... Heroes were respected and worshiped, but ... were not treated as gods of Olympus.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is the figure primarily depicted as human or human-like?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure primarily depicted as human or human-like?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. Homer’s Iliad centers on Achilles’ quarrel with Agamemnon toward the end of the war and subsequent events...
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)Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is the figure primarily associated with Greek mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure primarily associated with Greek mythology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles is a hero of Greek mythology who is the main character of Homer's Iliad and one of the most important figures in the Trojan War.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is the figure male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the figure male?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
In the Greek epic tradition, a formidable warrior, the most fearless Greek fighter of the Trojan War and the hero of Homer's Iliad. ... Achilles was one of the most important warriors in Greek mythology. He had strength, bravery, military skills, pride, and honor—all qualities that the ancient Greeks prized as manly virtues.
Open encyclopedia.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is he best known as a heroic warrior or adventurer?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is he best known as a heroic warrior or adventurer?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The warrior Achilles is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is he primarily associated with the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is he 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)
Achilles was considered a hero because he was the most successful soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War... Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The warrior Achilles is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology... 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
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did he fight on the side of the Greeks against Troy?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he fight on the side of the Greeks against Troy?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles was considered a hero because he was the most successful soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War... Achilles ... was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In the Iliad, he is presented as the commander of the mythical tribe of the Myrmidons. Achilles's most notable feat during the Trojan War was 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
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Did he survive the Trojan War and undertake a long journey home afterward?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he survive the Trojan War and undertake a long journey home afterward?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
According to legend, the Trojan prince Paris killed Achilles by shooting him in the heel with an arrow... Though the death of Achilles is not described in the Iliad, his funeral is mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Was his mother a divine or supernatural being?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was his mother a divine or supernatural being?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Thetis, in Greek mythology, a Nereid ... The child of their union was the warrior Achilles.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)His parents were Thetis, an immortal goddess, and Peleus, a mortal man.Open cornellcollege.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Thetis is ... mainly ... a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Was he famously killed after being struck in the heel?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he famously killed after being struck in the heel?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him with an arrow. Later legends ... state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for one heel.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In the myths surrounding the war, Achilles was said to have died from a wound to his heel, ankle, or torso, which was the result of an arrow—possibly poisoned—shot by Paris.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles’ death—by an arrow shot through the vulnerable heel of the otherwise invincible mythic hero—was as well known in antiquity as the rest of the history of the Trojan War. However, this important event was not described directly in either of the great Homeric epics, the Iliad or the Odyssey.
Open muse.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
The great Greek warrior of the Trojan War, son of the sea nymph Thetis, who was famously killed by a wound to his heel.
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War, matching the specified figure rather than the poem, an actor, or the Achilles tendon.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"The great Greek warrior of the Trojan War, son of the sea nymph Thetis, who was famously killed by a wound to his heel.","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes