Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor (high) on Genghis Khan - Round 1

Round 1

Identified Genghis Khan in 15 counted questions.

Questions: 15
Outcome: Solved
Format errors: No errors
Duration: 3m 35s
Round cost: $0.0477 All 16 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":"EAQCORIU"}

Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.

1 of 15 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 the person currently alive?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format

{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person currently alive?"}}

Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

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	16	22,752	17,237	15,632	5,515	4,368	86.51 s	$0.0013	$0.0015
Oracle, Reviewer, Judge	14	102,419	92,807	38,388	9,612	4,120	127.19 s	$0.0462	$0.0000
Validator	1	658	616	0	42	0	1.24 s	$0.0002	$0.0000

Is the person currently alive?

Was the person male?

Did the person die after 1900?

Did the person die after 1700?

Did the person die after 1500?

Did the person die after the year 1000?

Was the person from Europe?

Was the person from Asia?

Was the person a political or military leader such as a ruler, king, emperor, or general?

Did the person die after 1300?

Was the person associated with the Mongols or the Mongol Empire?

Was the person ethnically Mongol?

Was the person a Great Khan (Khagan) of the Mongol Empire?

Did the person die before 1250?

Was the person the founder of the Mongol Empire?

Genghis Khan