GLM-5.3-Flash (high) on Genghis Khan - Round 1

Round 1

Did not identify Genghis Khan after 40 counted questions.

Questions: 40 Scored as 41
Outcome: Too many format errors
Format errors: Errors found View one example
Duration: 12m 26s
Round cost: $0.1674 All 41 turns

Format warning

The model sent replies in the wrong format.

The Guesser sent 1 invalid reply. Each one before the question limit used up a counted turn. The model was only reminded of the required format; it was never told whether its question or guess was correct.

Valid format: 97.6%
Format errors: 1
Turns used by format errors: 1

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 of 35 answers in this round reuse an earlier, fully checked answer with its original evidence. No new search or check ran for those turns.

1 · Guesser reply rejectedTurn counted

Reply in the wrong format.

Invalid action · fixed format reminder sent

Why this reply was rejectedInvalid action · turn 1

The reply was JSON, but it matched neither the ASK nor the GUESS format.

Recorded type: invalid_action
Turn: 1
Counted: Yes · question 1
Feedback: FORMAT_ERROR

What the model returnedExact text from the provider

Attempt 1 · finish stop

{"action":"ASK","question":"Is this person still alive?"}

What a valid reply looks likeThe same formats shown to the Guesser

ASK

{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"<non-empty yes-or-no property question>"}}

GUESS

{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"<non-empty identifying description>","name":"<non-empty candidate name>","question":null}}

A reply must match one of these formats exactly. Text fields in use must not be empty; unused fields must be JSON null.

2 · System responseFORMAT

1 · Guesser asks

Is this person still alive?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format

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

Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Genghis Khan died on August 18, 1227, during a campaign against the Tangut kingdom of Xixia. Genghis Khan (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died August 18, 1227) was a Mongolian warrior-ruler.

Component	Calls	Total tokens	Input	Cached input	Output	Reasoning	Latency	Cost	Cache savings
Guesser	41	75,997	57,746	54,272	18,251	16,954	369.51 s	$0.0056	$0.0033
Oracle, Reviewer, Judge	34	318,951	289,513	137,652	29,438	13,500	369.54 s	$0.1610	$0.0000
Validator	4	2,730	2,550	0	180	28	5.98 s	$0.0007	$0.0000

The model sent replies in the wrong format.

Reply in the wrong format.

Is this person still alive?

Is this person male?

Did this person die in the 20th century?

Was this person born before 1900?

Is this person known as a political leader?

Was this person born in the 19th century?

Was this person born in Europe?

Was this person born in the Americas?

Did this person win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Was this person born in Africa?

Was this person a head of government in Asia?

Was this person a leader of China?

Did this person serve as President of China?

Did this person die before 1980?

Was this person a communist leader?

Did this person die in the 1970s?

Sun Yat-sen

Did this person die in Taiwan?

Did this person die in the 1960s?

Was this person a monarch or emperor?

Was this person an emperor of Japan?

Did this person die in Asia?

Faisal II of Iraq

Did this person die in the 1950s?

Was this person a monarch of a South Asian country?

Ananda Mahidol

Did this person die in the 1940s?

Was this person born in the Middle East?

Was this person a monarch of Cambodia?

Was this person still reigning at the time of their death?

Was this person a monarch of Saudi Arabia?

Was this person born in East or Southeast Asia?

Was this person a Japanese emperor or a leader of imperial Japan?

Was this person a sultan of a Malaysian state?

Did this person die before 1940?

Was this person the Sultan of Brunei?

Guangxu Emperor

Was this person a monarch of Vietnam?

Was this person a king of Siam (Thailand)?