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
- 8
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 28s
- Round cost
- $0.1094 All 9 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 this figure from Greek or Roman mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure from Greek or Roman mythology?"}}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. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a god or goddess (a deity), as opposed to a mortal, hero, monster, or other being?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a god or goddess (a deity), as opposed to a mortal, hero, monster, or other being?"}}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.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)The identity of Achilles that transcends myth is the universal Achilles, a hero for all times, a mortal man favored by the immortal gods. Achilles was driven to fight and doomed to die. 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 (mortal, hero, or heroine) rather than a monster, nymph, or other non-human being?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a human (mortal, hero, or heroine) rather than a monster, nymph, or other non-human being?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
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)
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)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure male?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles was part human and part supernatural being. His parents were Peleus (pronounced pe-LAY-uhs), a king of Thessaly in northern Greece, and a sea nymph named Thetis.
Open encyclopedia.com (opens in a new tab)The identity of Achilles that transcends myth is 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 Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure associated with the Trojan War (fought in it or directly involved in its events)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure associated with the Trojan War (fought in it or directly involved in its events)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica identifies Achilles as the greatest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War and states that 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)
History.com states that when the Iliad begins, the Trojan War has been ongoing for nine years and that Achilles has led one battle after another, with great success.
Open history.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure 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 figure fight on the Greek (Achaean) side in 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.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In all versions of the legend, though, Achilles was the most important soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure die during the Trojan War (before the fall of Troy)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this figure die during the Trojan War (before the fall of Troy)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
According to later legends (and bits and pieces of Homer’s own Odyssey), the warrior returned to Troy after Hector’s funeral... Paris ambushed Achilles as he entered Troy. He shot his unsuspecting enemy with an arrow... Achilles died on the spot.
Open history.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
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)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.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Was this figure the child of a deity (had a divine parent)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this figure the child of a deity (had a divine parent)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles ... was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous Argonaut.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Thetis is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of the sea-nymph Thetis and Peleus, killed by an arrow to his heel
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War, matching the specified figure.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of the sea-nymph Thetis and Peleus, killed by an arrow to his heel","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes