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 3
Round 3
Identified Albert Einstein in 11 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Einstein rounds- Questions
- 11
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 1m 3s
- Round cost
- $0.0285 All 12 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":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
6 of 11 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 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
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person die after 1900?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die after 1900?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at age 76.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein — Born: 14 March 1879, Ulm, Germany; Died: 18 April 1955, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Was this 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 this person primarily known for work in entertainment, such as acting, music, or comedy?"}}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)
Einstein developed a passion for classical music and playing the violin, but he is perhaps best known for his theory of relativity and the equation E=MC2.
Open biography.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for political or military leadership?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for political or military leadership?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography identifies Einstein as a professor of theoretical physics and describes his work on special and general relativity, radiation, and statistical mechanics.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Smithsonian describes Einstein as a world-renowned scientist whose theory of relativity transformed physics, and separately describes him as an influential civil rights activist.
Open si.edu (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page describes Albert Einstein as a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and notes his Nobel Prize in Physics.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for contributions to science or mathematics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for contributions to science or mathematics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography describes Einstein's work on special and general relativity, radiation theory, statistical mechanics, quantum theory, atomic transition probabilities, and relativistic cosmology.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Einstein's 1905 work on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and E = mc², noting that these papers altered the course of modern physics.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person's primary field physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person's primary field physics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein — Nobel Prize in Physics 1921. Prize motivation: “for his services to Theoretical Physics.” The page also states that he produced pioneering works in the field of physics.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Einstein became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague, later held a similar post in Zurich, and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person die before 1950?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die before 1950?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at age 76.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Albert Einstein — Born: 14 March 1879, Ulm, Germany; Died: 18 April 1955, Princeton, NJ, USA.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
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)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Foundation's facts page identifies Albert Einstein as the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, gives the prize motivation, and states that he 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
Was this person born in Europe?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in Europe?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Einstein — Facts - NobelPrize.org: Born: 14 March 1879, Ulm, Germany.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person born in what is now Germany?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in what is now Germany?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg (now Baden-Württemberg), Germany.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person particularly associated with the theory of relativity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person particularly associated with the 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... Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Einstein's special theory of relativity stemmed from an attempt to reconcile the laws of mechanics with the... In 1916 he published his paper on the general theory of relativity.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
Validator rationale The proposed identity names Albert Einstein directly and matches the specified historical person.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.","name":"Albert Einstein","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes