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Round 2

Round 2

Identified Albert Schweitzer in 18 counted questions.

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Questions
18
Outcome
Solved
Format errors
No errors
Duration
5m 41s
Round cost
$0.3685 All 19 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.

6 of 18 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 asks

Is this person alive?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person alive?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily known for holding political power or military leadership?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for holding political power or military leadership?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, host to countless visitors.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D. degree, he founded his hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 03
The theologian, musician, philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer is born... After working as a pastor, he entered medical school in 1905 with the dream of becoming a missionary in Africa.
Open history.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily known for work in the arts, literature, or entertainment?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for work in the arts, literature, or entertainment?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
In 1906 he published The Quest of the Historical Jesus, a book on which much of his fame as a theological scholar rests. ... In 1913 ... he founded his hospital at Lambaréné ... At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital ... writer of scholarly books, ... musician.
Open nobelprize.org
Source 02
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa. He received the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace for his work on behalf of the "Brotherhood of Nations." ... He was also an accomplished musician, recognized as a Bach interpreter.
Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person known primarily for contributions to science, mathematics, or medicine?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known primarily for contributions to science, mathematics, or medicine?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize site identifies Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and gives the prize motivation as “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.” It describes him as a doctor, missionary, philosopher, and musician, and says he built and ran a hospital in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The biography says much of Schweitzer's fame as a theological scholar rested on his 1906 book The Quest of the Historical Jesus. It also describes his internationally known career as a concert organist, his medical studies, and his founding of a hospital at Lambaréné after obtaining an M.D. in 1913.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize describes Schweitzer as a theologian who became a doctor in Africa, as a theologian and philosopher whose motto was “Reverence for life,” and as a skilled musician and accomplished Bach interpreter.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily known as a religious or spiritual figure?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a religious or spiritual figure?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer received theological training, began preaching in 1899, served in administrative posts at the Theological College of St. Thomas, and published The Quest of the Historical Jesus, a work on which much of his fame as a theological scholar rests. He later studied medicine and went to Africa as a medical missionary.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

NobelPrize.org identifies Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné,” and describes him as a doctor, missionary, philosopher, and musician. It also states that he studied theology, became a priest, and built and ran a hospital in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The page describes Schweitzer as a theologian, a devout Christian, and a minister who became a doctor in Africa. It also emphasizes his medical work, hospital, philosophy of “Reverence for life,” and career as an accomplished Bach interpreter.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q6
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person die in or after the year 1900?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die in or after the year 1900?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person American?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person American?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire. He later became a citizen of France after World War I, when Alsace became French territory again.

Open en.wikipedia.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) ... Residence at the time of the award: France ... Schweitzer was born in Alsace in the then German Empire.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person known for activism or efforts to bring about social reform?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known for activism or efforts to bring about social reform?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Peace Prize citation recognized Albert Schweitzer for his “altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.” The source states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at Lambaréné, and that he later warned publicly about nuclear tests and radioactive fallout.

Open nobelpeaceprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize awarded Schweitzer for “his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.” The page says he wanted to alleviate suffering, built and ran a hospital in Gabon, and issued a warning against nuclear tests and the dangers from radioactive fallout.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person a woman?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a woman?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952 ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer (born Jan. 14, 1875 ... died Sept. 4, 1965 ...) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa.

Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person's activism centered in India?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person's activism centered in India?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon ... The respect of the Nobel Prize Laureate for all life made him issue his warning against nuclear tests and the dangers from radioactive fall-out.
Open nobelprize.org
Source 02
He dedicated himself to medical studies, seeking to build and run a hospital in Africa to alleviate suffering. ... The hospital in Lambaréné became his life's work. ... He raised funds for materials, medicine and equipment.
Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in Europe?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in Europe?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer – Facts: Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France). The page also states that Schweitzer was born in Alsace in the then German Empire.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire.

Open en.wikipedia.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q12
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in the United Kingdom?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in the United Kingdom?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France). The page also states that Schweitzer was born in Alsace in the then German Empire.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q13
1 · Guesser asks

Is this person particularly associated with resistance to Nazi Germany or helping people persecuted by the Nazis?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person particularly associated with resistance to Nazi Germany or helping people persecuted by the Nazis?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

DW reports that Schweitzer was aware of the persecution of Jews but "neither protested nor raised his voice" against Nazi atrocities. It also reports that most doctors at his Lambaréné hospital during Nazi rule were Jewish and had been forced to leave Europe because of the Holocaust.

Open dw.com
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize biography identifies Schweitzer's principal work as building and running a hospital at Lambaréné in Gabon, alleviating suffering through medical missionary work, and later warning against nuclear tests and radioactive fallout.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The 1952 Nobel presentation speech emphasizes Schweitzer's universal humanitarian ethic, medical work in French Equatorial Africa, and internment during World War I; it does not associate him with resistance to Nazi Germany or assistance to Nazi victims.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person die in or after 1950?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die in or after 1950?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q15
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in Russia or another territory that became part of the Soviet Union?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in Russia or another territory that became part of the Soviet Union?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q16
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer "for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one". Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.
Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q17
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in France?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in France?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire. He later became a citizen of France after World War I, when Alsace became French territory again.

Open en.wikipedia.org
2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q18
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person found a hospital in Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person found a hospital in Africa?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01
In 1913 Albert Schweitzer founded one of the first modern hospitals in Africa dedicated to the health of the local population. The Albert Schweitzer Hospital is located in Lambaréné, a small town in Gabon.
Open pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Source 02
Dr. Schweitzer founded a hospital in Lambaréné, which was situated in what was then known as French Equatorial Africa, and is today ... Gabon.
Open pbs.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted

Albert Schweitzer

Alsatian humanitarian, physician, and theologian who founded a hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.

Validator rationale The proposed identity names Albert Schweitzer and matches the specified historical person, including his professions, Lambaréné hospital, and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Alsatian humanitarian, physician, and theologian who founded a hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.","name":"Albert Schweitzer","question":null}}
2 · Validator returns Yes