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 12s
- Round cost
- $0.0560 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":"BKXG3AZI"}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 primarily from Greek mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure primarily from Greek mythology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Achilles as "a central figure in Greek mythology" and as the greatest warrior of the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The article identifies Achilles as a hero of the Trojan War "in Greek mythology" and notes that he was regarded as the greatest of the Greek warriors.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
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
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure considered a god rather than a mortal hero?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure considered a god rather than a mortal hero?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Though Achilles was a mortal hero rather than a god, there is some evidence of Achillean cults.Open ebsco.com (opens in a new tab)
The identity of Achilles that transcends myth is the universal Achilles, a hero for all times, a mortal man favored by the immortal gods. ... Although he was mortal, he possessed many universal traits that were godlike and divine.Open cornellcollege.edu (opens in a new tab)
Achilles is a central figure in Greek mythology, renowned as the greatest warrior of the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of the mortal king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a demigod with a divine parent?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a demigod with a divine parent?"}}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 the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia ... Achilles was the son of Thetis—a Nereid ... and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure famous for completing the Twelve Labors?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure famous for completing the Twelve Labors?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles is a central figure in Greek mythology, renowned as the greatest warrior of the Greek army during the Trojan War. ... His story is famously chronicled in Homer's Iliad ... culminating in his slaying of the Trojan hero Hector.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Heracles was commanded by the Delphic Oracle to perform twelve labors for King Eurystheus of Mycenae. The page then lists the twelve labors, including the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, and Cerberus.
Open theoi.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure's father a god?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure's father a god?"}}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 son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph. ... Achilles, ... son of the mortal Peleus ... and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Achilles, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. ... Either way, Achilles was fathered by Peleus.Open kids.britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure fight in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this figure fight in the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence2 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)
In the Iliad, Achilles is presented as the commander of the mythical tribe of the Myrmidons. Achilles's most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure fight on the Achaean Greek side in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this figure fight on the Achaean Greek side in the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes Achilles as a hero of the Trojan War and the greatest of all the Greek warriors. It also refers to the Greek side in its account of the war.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica identifies Achilles as the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War, and as the greatest warrior of Agamemnon's army.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
Greek hero, son of mortal Peleus and sea goddess Thetis, leading Myrmidon warrior in the Trojan War
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War, matching the specified figure and not a related work, actor, or body part.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Greek hero, son of mortal Peleus and sea goddess Thetis, leading Myrmidon warrior in the Trojan War","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes