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Round 2

Round 2

Identified Albert Einstein in 16 counted questions.

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Questions
16
Outcome
Solved
Format errors
No errors
Duration
2m 1s
Round cost
$0.1095 All 17 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.

7 of 16 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.

2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks

Is the person male?

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

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

Source 01
By the time of his death in 1955, Einstein was considered by many not only the most important scientist of his time, but the smartest man alive.
Open pbs.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks

Did the person die after 1900?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die after 1900?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
1 · Guesser asks

Was the person primarily known for work in politics or government?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person primarily known for work in politics or government?"}}
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 biography describes Einstein's position as Professor of Theoretical Physics and discusses his work on special and general relativity, radiation, statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativistic cosmology. It also notes his later involvement in the World Government Movement and that he declined the Presidency of Israel.

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The biography identifies Einstein as a theoretical physicist and says he was best known for the theory of relativity and the mass-energy equivalence formula. It also describes him as interested in world affairs and a humanist.

Open alberteinstein.com
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

PBS describes Einstein as one of the greatest scientific thinkers, emphasizing his theories on time and space and his later activism for peace. It separately notes that he was respected for thinking about politics and human affairs.

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

Was the person primarily known for work in entertainment, such as acting, music, or comedy?

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

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

Source 01
Albert Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics 1921... Prize motivation: “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”.
Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks

Was the person primarily known for work in science or technology?

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

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

Source 01
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, best known for developing the theory of relativity and important contributions to quantum mechanics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics.
Open archives.gov
Source 02
Albert Einstein was a famous physicist. His research spanned from quantum mechanics to theories about gravity and motion. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Open britannica.com
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks

Was the person primarily known for work in physics?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person primarily known for work in physics?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 02
He became a German citizen in 1914 and remained in Berlin until 1933 when he renounced his citizenship for political reasons and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton. ... Einstein always appeared to have a clear view of the problems of physics and the determination to solve them.
Open nobelprize.org
Source 03
He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. ... In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”, and in particular his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Open alberteinstein.com
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks

Did the person win a Nobel Prize in Physics?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person win a Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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

Source 01
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
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks

Did the person die after 1950?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die after 1950?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks

Was the person born in the United States?

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

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks

Was the person born in Europe?

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

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q12
1 · Guesser asks

Was the person born in a German-speaking country?

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

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

2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q13
1 · Guesser asks

Did the person die after 1970?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person die after 1970?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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

2 · Answer check returns No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks

Did the person win the Nobel Prize in Physics before 1930?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person win the Nobel Prize in Physics before 1930?"}}
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 the person primarily a theoretical physicist rather than an experimental physicist?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was the person primarily a theoretical physicist rather than an experimental physicist?"}}
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 Foundation identifies Albert Einstein as the 1921 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics and states that the prize was awarded “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”

Open nobelprize.org
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation biography states that Einstein became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague in 1911 and later held a similar position at Zurich and at Princeton.

Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q16
1 · Guesser asks

Did the person live in the United States during the later part of his life?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did the person live in the United States during the later part of his life?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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

Source 02
Einstein retired from the Institute for Advanced Studies in 1945 but continued to live and work in Princeton until his death on April 18, 1955. In 1936 he purchased 112 Mercer Street. The house remained his home until his death in 1955.
Open nps.gov
Source 03
He ... emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton. He became a United States citizen in 1940 and retired from his post in 1945.
Open nobelprize.org
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics and died in Princeton in 1955

Validator rationale The proposal names Albert Einstein and describes the same historical person.

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics and died in Princeton in 1955","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}}
2 · Validator returns Yes