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 1
Round 1
Identified Albert Einstein in 6 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 6
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- Errors found View one example
- Duration
- 4m 39s
- Round cost
- $0.0459 All 7 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
- 85.7%
- 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.
{"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 5 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 reply rejectedTurn counted
Reply in the wrong format.
Output limit exceeded · fixed format reminder sent
Why this reply was rejectedOutput limit exceeded · turn 1
The reply hit the output length limit before it was complete.
- Recorded type
output_limit_exceeded- Turn
- 1
- Counted
- Yes · question 1
- Feedback
- FORMAT_ERROR
{"result": {"action": "ASK", "question": "Is this person alive today?"
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"<non-empty yes-or-no property question>"}}{"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
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person currently alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person currently alive?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
After suffering an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture several days earlier, Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at age 76.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person live in the 20th century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person live in the 20th century?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. ... He died on April 18, 1955.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein Physicist Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955.Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person known primarily for their work in entertainment (film, music, television, etc.)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person known primarily for their work in entertainment (film, music, television, etc.)?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The page identifies Albert Einstein as a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography describes Einstein's education and career in physics, including his appointment as Professor of Theoretical Physics and his work on relativity, radiation, statistical mechanics, and cosmology.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The biography states that Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, received the Nobel Prize in Physics for services to theoretical physics, and maintained a lifelong passion for music.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person known primarily for their work in politics or government?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person known primarily for their work in politics or government?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The biography identifies Einstein as a theoretical physicist and says he developed the general theory of relativity. It also notes his 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for services to theoretical physics and his interest in world affairs as a philosopher and humanist.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Smithsonian describes Einstein as a world-renowned scientist whose theory of relativity transformed physics, while separately describing him as an influential civil rights activist.
Open si.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for their work in science or technology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for their work in science or technology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”.Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
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1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Einstein
20th-century physicist known for the theory of relativity
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Albert Einstein, the same historical person, and its description matches his identity.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"20th-century physicist known for the theory of relativity","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes