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 Schweitzer in 11 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Schweitzer rounds- Questions
- 11
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 27s
- Round cost
- $0.1186 All 12 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.
3 of 11 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 the person currently alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person currently alive?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952. Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France). Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) ... Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person die in or after the year 1900?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die in or after the year 1900?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) ... Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known as an American citizen or for their work in the United States?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as an American citizen or for their work in the United States?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer ... Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) ... Residence at the time of the award: France ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon).Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer ... was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa ... In 1905, he became a mission doctor and established a hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913 ... [he obtained] his M.D.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily associated with a European country?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with a European country?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer: Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France); Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon; Residence at the time of the award: France. Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon).
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire. He later became a citizen of France after World War I, when Alsace became French territory again.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer (born Jan. 14, 1875, Kaysersberg, Upper Alsace, Ger. [now in France]—died Sept. 4, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Rather yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person male?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1952 ... was given to him on December 10, 1953. With the $33,000 prize money, he started the leprosarium at Lambaréné. Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965...
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer ... was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa ... In 1905, he became a mission doctor and established a hospital in Lambaréné...
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known as a politician, monarch, or military leader?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a politician, monarch, or military leader?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...” The page also states that he studied medicine and built and ran a hospital at Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer was a theologian who dedicated himself to medical studies and sought to build and run a hospital in Africa. The page describes him as a minister turned doctor, theologian and philosopher, and skilled musician; the Lambaréné hospital became his life’s work.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for their work in science, mathematics, or medicine?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for their work in science, mathematics, or medicine?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
NobelPrize.org lists Albert Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and states that he studied medicine and built and ran a hospital at the mission station in Lambaréné, Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
NobelPrize.org describes Schweitzer as a theologian who dedicated himself to medical studies, seeking to build and run a hospital in Africa. It states that the hospital in Lambaréné became his life's work.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Albert Schweitzer as an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa, and notes that he established a hospital in Lambaréné.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Rather yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person receive a Nobel Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive a Nobel Prize?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953. Nobel Peace Prize 1952. Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...”Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer ... Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person's Nobel Prize awarded in Physics, Chemistry, or Physiology or Medicine?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person's Nobel Prize awarded in Physics, Chemistry, or Physiology or Medicine?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952 ... Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer ... Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive the Nobel Peace Prize?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952 ... Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one” ... Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer ... Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person a physician or medical doctor?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a physician or medical doctor?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, host to countless visitors.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa. In 1905, he became a mission doctor and established a hospital in Lambaréné.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)In 1905, he decided to take up a call from the Society of Evangelist Missions of Paris to become a physician and help them advance their cause and work.Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian polymath, physician, theologian, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for his medical missionary work in Africa
Validator rationale The proposal names Albert Schweitzer and describes the same historical person; the omitted details do not affect identity.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Alsatian polymath, physician, theologian, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for his medical missionary work in Africa","name":"Albert Schweitzer","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes