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 1
Round 1
Identified Albert Einstein in 9 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 9
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 1m 10s
- Round cost
- $0.0309 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":"person","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"EAQCORIU"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
3 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 person male?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person male?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
PBS identifies Albert Einstein as a physicist and describes him as having been considered by many to be “the smartest man alive.”
Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person alive?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
He died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for politics or government?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for politics or government?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
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 (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Institute for Advanced Study’s biographical timeline notes that Einstein championed the German republican government and other liberal causes, became involved in politics, and later participated in the World Government Movement, while also describing his physics career and relativity work.
Open ias.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
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 (opens in a new tab)
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)
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history. 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 (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for contributions to science or mathematics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for contributions to science or mathematics?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein is one of the most influential physicists in the 20th century. In 1905 Einstein published four landmark papers in physics, including papers on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and equivalence of matter and energy.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
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
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Did he live at any point during the 20th century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he live at any point during the 20th century?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein (born March 14, 1879 ...—died April 18, 1955 ...).
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879. ... He died 18 April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Was physics his primary scientific field?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was physics his primary scientific field?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. The biography states that during his work at the patent office he produced several pioneering works in the field of physics.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
Open alberteinstein.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Did he receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
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)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Is he especially known for developing a theory of relativity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is he especially known for developing a theory of relativity?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein developed the special and general theory of relativity... He is also known for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
In 1916 he published his paper on the general theory of relativity. Einstein’s researches... include Special Theory of Relativity (1905)... General Theory...
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist who developed the theories of relativity.
Validator rationale The proposal names Albert Einstein directly and describes the same historical theoretical physicist associated with relativity.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Theoretical physicist who developed the theories of relativity.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes