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
- 8
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 1m 36s
- Round cost
- $0.1340 All 9 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":"mythological_figure","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
3 of 8 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 figure part of ancient Greek or Roman mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure part of ancient Greek or Roman mythology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, Akhilleus) was a hero of the Trojan War and is the main character of Homer's Iliad.Open simple.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles is the central character of Homer's “Iliad.” The page discusses Achilles alongside other figures and events of Greek mythology, including Thetis, the Trojan War, and the Odyssey.
Open greekmythology.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a deity or divine personification, rather than a mortal hero or a monster?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a deity or divine personification, rather than a mortal hero or a monster?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph... Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus... and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology, Achilles ... was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure typically depicted as a monster or as having a body that is partly nonhuman?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure typically depicted as a monster or as having a body that is partly nonhuman?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph. ... Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Greek hero Achilles is one of the most famous figures in Greek myth and a key character in the Trojan War. ... For the ancient Greeks he was an archetypal hero who embodied the human condition. Despite his greatness he was still mortal and fated to die.
Open britishmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In Greek mythology, Achilles ... was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. ... Later legends ... state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for one heel.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure male?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles ... was one of the most important warriors in Greek mythology ... His parents were Peleus ... and a sea nymph named Thetis. ... his behavior was also shaped by ... qualities that the ancient Greeks prized as manly virtues.
Open encyclopedia.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Does this figure take part in the Trojan War or its immediate aftermath?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does this figure take part in the Trojan War or its immediate aftermath?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
In Greek mythology Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles ... was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. ... Achilles ... decided to take part in the Trojan War.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Does this figure fight on the Greek side in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does this figure fight on the Greek side in the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles was considered a hero because he was the most successful soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Achilles was considered the bravest and greatest warrior in the Greek army fighting at Troy.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
When the Iliad begins, the Trojan War has been going on for nine years. Achilles, the poem’s protagonist, has led one battle after another.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Does this figure survive until after the fall of Troy?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does this figure survive until after the fall of Troy?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The source states that Achilles "himself fell in the battle at the Scaean gate, before Troy was taken." It also notes that accounts of his death differ.
Open perseus.tufts.edu (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica reports that, according to legend, Paris killed Achilles, and that Achilles's funeral is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey. It also notes that the manner of his death is not described in the Iliad.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure's mother a goddess or sea nymph?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure's mother a goddess or sea nymph?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
His mother was the goddess Thetis, a Nereid (sea nymph).Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica identifies Thetis as a Nereid and states that the child of her union with Peleus was the warrior Achilles.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, famed as the greatest Greek warrior.
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War, matching the specified figure.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, famed as the greatest Greek warrior.","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes