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
- 12
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 2m 20s
- Round cost
- $0.0687 All 13 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":"thing","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 it a living organism?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a living organism?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Moon is a barren, lifeless world.Open timeanddate.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
The Moon, the natural satellite of Earth... The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth.
Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab)Moon, Earth's sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is it a tangible, physical object?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it a tangible, physical object?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
A satellite is a body that orbits around another body in space. There are two different types of satellites – natural and man-made. Examples of natural satellites are the Earth and Moon.Open nasa.gov (opens in a new tab)
The Moon, also known as Luna, is Earth's only natural satellite (the only object which orbits the Earth and is not man-made).Open simple.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is it typically man-made?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it typically man-made?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Moon, also known as Luna, is Earth's only natural satellite (the only object which orbits the Earth and is not man-made).Open simple.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Moons are natural satellites. People also use rockets to send machines into orbit around the Earth. These machines are called artificial (man-made) satellites.Open simple.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is it naturally found on Earth?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it naturally found on Earth?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometers (238,854 mi).
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth. The Moon completes one orbit around Earth in 27.3 days.
Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is it located within our Solar System?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it located within our Solar System?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Our moon is the fifth largest of the 190+ moons orbiting planets in our solar system. Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon."
Open arcnav.psi.edu (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Naturally-formed bodies that orbit planets are called moons, or planetary satellites. ... There are hundreds of moons in our solar system. ... Earth's Moon.
Open science.nasa.gov (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Does this refer to a specific individual celestial body or feature, rather than a general class of objects?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does this refer to a specific individual celestial body or feature, rather than a general class of objects?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Our moon is the fifth largest of the 190+ moons orbiting planets in our solar system. Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon".
Open arcnav.psi.edu (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica identifies the Moon as Earth's sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is it an entire celestial body, rather than a surface or atmospheric feature of one?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it an entire celestial body, rather than a surface or atmospheric feature of one?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Moon, Earth’s sole natural satellite and nearest celestial body.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth.Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is it one of the eight major planets of the Solar System?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is it one of the eight major planets of the Solar System?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Naturally-formed bodies that orbit planets are called moons, or planetary satellites. ... Earth's Moon ... Our solar system has hundreds of known moons orbiting planets and dwarf planets.
Open science.nasa.gov (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Together the Sun, the eight planets, the moons, asteroids and comets make up our Solar System. ... The Earth is our planet. It is one of eight planets that move around the Sun.
Open bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Does it orbit a planet?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it orbit a planet?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth. It likely formed when a very large (Mars-sized) asteroid struck Earth 4.5 billion years ago.Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610. The Moon makes a complete orbit around Earth in 27 Earth days.
Open solarsystem.nasa.gov (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Does it orbit Jupiter or Saturn?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it orbit Jupiter or Saturn?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" ... The Moon makes a complete orbit around Earth in 27 Earth days.Open solarsystem.nasa.gov (opens in a new tab)
The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth. The Moon completes one orbit around Earth in 27.3 days.Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Does it orbit a terrestrial planet (Earth or Mars)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it orbit a terrestrial planet (Earth or Mars)?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometers.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth.Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Does it orbit Earth?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does it orbit Earth?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Moon makes a complete orbit around Earth in 27 Earth days and rotates or spins at that same rate, or in that same amount of time.Open solarsystem.nasa.gov (opens in a new tab)
The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth. The Moon completes one orbit around Earth in 27.3 days.Open asc-csa.gc.ca (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Moon
Earth's only permanent natural satellite
Validator rationale The proposal identifies the specific Moon, Earth's natural satellite, matching the target entity.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Earth's only permanent natural satellite","name":"Moon","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes