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
- 9
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 1m 54s
- Round cost
- $0.0813 All 10 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":"EAQCORIU"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
4 of 9 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 from Greek or Roman mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure from Greek or Roman mythology?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica identifies Achilles as being "in Greek mythology" and describes him as 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)
Britannica describes Achilles as the greatest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War and presents his story as part of Greek mythology.
Open britannica.com (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 an immortal deity (such as a god or Titan)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure an immortal deity (such as a god or Titan)?"}}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, in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus...
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Born to the mortal king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, Achilles was dipped in the magical River Styx as a child by his mother, an act that rendered his body invulnerable to harm. ... In some tellings, ... Apollo ... [kills] him.
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. ... According to the Achilleid ... Thetis tried to make him immortal ... however, he was left vulnerable at ... his left heel.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a human or demigod (rather than a monster or non-human creature)?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a human or demigod (rather than a monster or non-human creature)?"}}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.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Born to the mortal king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, Achilles was dipped in the magical River Styx as a child by his mother.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones in Phthiotis, in Thessaly, and of the Nereid Thetis.
Open perseus.tufts.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure involved in the events of the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure involved in the events of 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 identifies Achilles as a hero of the Trojan War and states that his most notable feat during the war was slaying the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy.
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 describes the Iliad as centering on his quarrel and subsequent events during the war.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure fight on the Greek (Achaean) side during the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this figure fight on the Greek (Achaean) side during the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence3 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)
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
According to legend, the Trojan War began when the god-king Zeus decided to reduce Earth’s mortal population by arranging a war between the Greeks (Homer calls them the Achaeans) and the Trojans.Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure die before the fall of Troy?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this figure die before the fall of Troy?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Although The Iliad does not tell the story of the death of Achilles, we know that he dies before Troy falls. Paris kills him with an arrow.Open courses.lumenlearning.com (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Hector is dead, but the war goes on. Troy has not yet fallen ... Achilles ... is fated to die young ... It is Paris ... who kills Achilles.
Open britishmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Was this figure killed by either Hector or Paris?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this figure killed by either Hector or Paris?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
According to legend, the Trojan prince Paris killed Achilles by shooting him in the heel with an arrow. Paris was avenging his brother, Hector, whom Achilles had slain.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Achilles's most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him with an arrow.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Was this figure killed by Hector?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this figure killed by Hector?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
According to legend, the Trojan prince Paris killed Achilles by shooting him in the heel with an arrow. Paris was avenging his brother, Hector, whom Achilles had slain. Though the death of Achilles is not described in the Iliad, his funeral is mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
In the Iliad he kills Achilles’ companion Patroclus; Achilles takes revenge by slaying Hector. Patroclus is the close friend and lifelong companion of Achilles. He is killed by the Trojan Hector.Open open.edu (opens in a new tab)
Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him with an arrow.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
Greek hero of the Trojan War and central character of Homer's Iliad, son of Peleus and Thetis
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the specified Greek mythological figure from the Trojan War and Homer's Iliad.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Greek hero of the Trojan War and central character of Homer's Iliad, son of Peleus and Thetis","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes