Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) on Albert Schweitzer - Round 1

Round 1

Identified Albert Schweitzer in 30 counted questions.

Questions: 30
Outcome: Solved
Format errors: No errors
Duration: 17m 17s
Round cost: $0.8281 All 31 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.

System message

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.

BEGIN event

{"category":"person","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"EAQCORIU"}

Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.

1 · Guesser asks

Is the person alive today?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format

{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person alive today?"}}

Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Albert Schweitzer — Facts: Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France). Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon.

Component	Calls	Total tokens	Input	Cached input	Output	Reasoning	Latency	Cost	Cache savings
Guesser	31	211,917	34,502	0	177,415	176,360	718.18 s	$0.6912	$0.0000
Oracle, Reviewer, Judge	27	242,710	216,675	106,088	26,035	12,630	312.25 s	$0.1362	$0.0000
Validator	4	2,711	2,541	0	170	29	6.07 s	$0.0007	$0.0000

Is the person alive today?

Did this person die after January 1, 1900?

Was this person male?

Was this person primarily known for their involvement in politics or government?

Was this person widely known for work in the arts, such as visual arts, music, literature, or cinema?

Was this person primarily known for their work in music?

Was this person primarily known as a writer or author?

Was this person primarily known for their work in film or television, such as an actor or director?

Was this person primarily known as a visual artist, such as a painter or sculptor?

Was this person primarily known as an architect?

Was this person primarily known for work in the performing arts, such as dance or theater?

Was this person primarily known as a photographer?

Was this person primarily known for their work in fashion or costume design?

Was this person an American citizen?

Was this person known for work in comics, cartoons, or animation?

Was this person born in Europe?

Was this person primarily known for their work in decorative arts, jewelry, or crafts?

Did this person create works of art or literature themselves?

Was this person's creative work primarily in the form of the written word?

Was this person primarily known as a poet?

Was this person primarily known as a philosopher?

Was this person French?

Did this person direct any films?

Did this person die before January 1, 1950?

Was this person primarily known as an essayist, critic, or theorist?

Was this person also known as a musician or singer?

Boris Vian

Georges Brassens

Was this person primarily known as a songwriter or lyricist?

Raymond Devos

Albert Schweitzer