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
- 7
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 52s
- Round cost
- $0.0245 All 8 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":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
3 of 7 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
Does this figure originate in Greek mythology?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Does this figure originate in Greek mythology?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
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. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph. The story of Achilles appears in Homer’s Iliad and elsewhere.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a deity?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a deity?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
The identity of Achilles that transcends myth is the universal Achilles, a hero for all times, a mortal man favored by the immortal gods. Achilles was driven to fight and doomed to die. His parents were Thetis, an immortal goddess, and Peleus, a mortal man.Open cornellcollege.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
A hero was more than human but less than a god. Greek heroes were distinct from gods; the hero was not thought of as having ascended to Olympus or become a god. Heroes could nevertheless be respected and worshiped through hero cults.
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)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) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure typically depicted as human in form?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure typically depicted as human in form?"}}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. The page includes ancient Greek vase paintings showing Achilles in armor and scenes of Achilles as a warrior.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Metropolitan Museum identifies the subject as “The young Achilles, hero of Greek mythology,” depicting him riding on the back of the centaur Chiron in Eugène Delacroix’s drawing.
Open metmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Achilles is described as a popular subject in ancient Greek art, appearing on vases across Greece. Examples include scenes depicting Achilles killing Penthesileia and Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
Open worldhistory.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q4
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
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure known for participating in the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure known for participating in the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence2 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)
Achilles was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Did this figure fight on the Greek side of the Trojan War?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this figure fight on the Greek side of the Trojan War?"}}Oracle evidence2 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)
Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica identifies Achilles as the greatest of the Greek warriors and describes the Greeks suffering in his absence during the Trojan War.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Is this figure a son of a god or goddess?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this figure a son of a god or goddess?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Achilles was the son of Peleus, a Greek king, and Thetis, a sea nymph or goddess.Open britishmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Thetis was a goddess of the sea and the leader of the fifty Nereides. She bore a son, the celebrated hero Akhilleus (Achilles).Open theoi.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Achilles
Greek hero of the Trojan War and son of the sea goddess Thetis.
Validator rationale The proposal identifies Achilles, the Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War, matching the specified figure.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Greek hero of the Trojan War and son of the sea goddess Thetis.","name":"Achilles","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes