MiniMax M3 (high) on Genghis Khan - Round 2

Round 2

Did not identify Genghis Khan after 40 counted questions.

Questions: 40 Scored as 41
Outcome: Question limit reached
Format errors: No errors
Duration: 6m 51s
Round cost: $0.1817 All 41 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":"BKXG3AZI"}

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 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.

Source 01

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	66,766	65,414	54,144	1,352	0	29.45 s	$0.0066	$0.0097
Oracle, Reviewer, Judge	34	321,313	290,679	139,739	30,634	14,813	372.39 s	$0.1740	$0.0000
Validator	6	4,003	3,756	0	247	14	8.45 s	$0.0010	$0.0000

Is this person currently alive?

Was this person primarily known for their work in the arts (music, writing, visual arts, acting, etc.)?

Was this person primarily known as a political leader (e.g., king, president, prime minister)?

Was this person a king or monarch of a European country?

Was this person a president or head of state of a country outside Europe?

Did this person serve in the 20th century?

Was this person from a country in the Americas?

Was this person from an Asian country?

Was this person from East or Southeast Asia?

Did this person die in the 19th century?

Was this person from China?

Was this person from Japan?

Was this person from Korea?

Was this person from Vietnam?

Was this person from a country in mainland Southeast Asia?

Did this person come to power through revolution?

Was this person from a country in maritime Southeast Asia (such as the Philippines, Indonesia, or Malaysia)?

Was this person assassinated?

Did this person die of natural causes or illness?

Was this person the leader of an independent country (not a colony) during their rule?

Was this person the leader of a country in South or Southeast Asia?

Was this person a king?

Mao Zedong

Was this person from a country that exists under the same name today?

Was this person from a country that exists under the same name today?

Did this person die after 1950?

Did this person die in the first half of the 20th century (1900-1950)?

Did this person die in the 19th century (1800-1899)?

Was this person the last leader of a dynasty before a revolution?

Did this person rule over what is now the Philippines?

Was this person from an island nation in East or Southeast Asia?

Sukarno

Sun Yat-sen

Chiang Kai-shek

Was this person from a country in Southeast Asia?

Was this person the leader of a country in Northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan)?

Was this person a head of state during World War II?

Emperor Meiji

Did this person rule over what is now South Korea?

Did this person rule over what is now North Korea?

Roh Tae-woo