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 3
Round 3
Identified Albert Einstein in 14 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 14
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 3m 13s
- Round cost
- $0.0557 All 15 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":"person","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 14 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 the person currently living?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person currently living?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg (now Baden-Württemberg), Germany. Died: April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. (aged 76).
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein • Physicist • Mar 14, 1879 – Apr 18, 1955.
Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Was the person male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person male?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The page's personal-information section lists Albert Einstein's sex as "mascule" (male), alongside his birth and death details.
Open ia.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Did the person die before 1900?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die before 1900?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica lists Albert Einstein as born March 14, 1879, and died April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 76.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page identifies Albert Einstein as “14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955” and states that he died on 18 April 1955.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known as a political or military leader?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known as a political or military leader?"}}Oracle evidence3 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)
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history. He developed the general theory of relativity... In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”.Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)
The world-renowned scientist Albert Einstein transformed physics with his groundbreaking theory of relativity... Less well known is the fact that he was an influential civil rights activist.Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for work in science, technology, engineering, or medicine?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for work in science, technology, engineering, or medicine?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography describes Einstein's appointments as Professor of Theoretical Physics and discusses his work on relativity, statistical mechanics, quantum theory, radiation, and the photon theory of light.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known as a physicist?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known as a physicist?"}}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)
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, best known for developing the theory of relativity and important contributions to quantum mechanics.Open archives.gov (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did he die in or after 2000?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he die in or after 2000?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica lists Albert Einstein as born March 14, 1879, and died April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The BBC page is titled “1955: Albert Einstein dies” and states that Albert Einstein died in hospital in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76.
Open news.bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Did he win a Nobel Prize?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he win a Nobel Prize?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect" ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922. Prize share: 1/1.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Did he receive the Nobel Prize before 1950?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he receive the Nobel Prize before 1950?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known as a theoretical physicist rather than an experimentalist?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known as a theoretical physicist rather than an experimentalist?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
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)
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist ... He developed the general theory of relativity ... 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
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Did he receive the Nobel Prize in or after 1930?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he receive the Nobel Prize in or after 1930?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Did he receive the Nobel Prize after 1915?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he receive the Nobel Prize after 1915?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922. ... Albert Einstein therefore received his Nobel Prize for 1921 one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 ... Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q13
1 · Guesser asks
Was he born in Germany?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he born in Germany?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biographical page states that Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page lists Einstein's birth as March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q14
1 · Guesser asks
Is he best known for the theory of relativity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is he best known for the theory of relativity?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
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)
Britannica states that Einstein developed special and general relativity, but also says: “What is Albert Einstein known for? Albert Einstein is best known for his equation E = mc 2.”
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)The official Einstein website says he developed the general theory of relativity, but that he is “perhaps best known in popular culture for his mass/energy equivalence formula E=mc2.”Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist known for relativity
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Albert Einstein, the exact historical person specified by the target.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist known for relativity","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes