DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (high) on Genghis Khan - Round 2

Round 2

Identified Genghis Khan in 26 counted questions.

Questions: 26
Outcome: Solved
Format errors: No errors
Duration: 20m 51s
Round cost: $0.1313 All 27 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.

System message

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.

BEGIN event

{"category":"person","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"BKXG3AZI"}

Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.

2 of 26 answers in this round reuse an earlier, fully checked answer with its original evidence. No new search or check ran for those turns.

1 · Guesser asks

Is the person currently alive?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format

{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person currently alive?"}}

Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Genghis Khan (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died August 18, 1227) was a Mongolian warrior-ruler.

Component	Calls	Total tokens	Input	Cached input	Cache write	Output	Reasoning	Latency	Cost	Cache savings
Guesser	27	75,169	29,805	27,136	0	45,364	44,401	986.94 s	$0.0137	$0.0026
Oracle, Reviewer, Judge	24	234,830	211,499	102,985	75,864	23,331	11,154	262.80 s	$0.1175	$0.0000
Validator	1	666	620	0	0	46	0	1.19 s	$0.0002	$0.0000

Is the person currently alive?

Was the person male?

Was the person primarily known as a political or military leader?

Was the person born before 1500 CE?

Was the person associated with Europe or the Mediterranean world?

Was the person born before 500 CE?

Was the person a monarch (such as a king or emperor) rather than primarily a general or other non-royal leader?

Was the person primarily associated with the Byzantine Empire?

Was the person primarily a ruler in Western or Central Europe, rather than in the Islamic world, Eastern Europe, or Scandinavia?

Was the person primarily associated with the Islamic world?

Was the person primarily a ruler in Scandinavia?

Was the person primarily a ruler in Eastern Europe, such as in Poland, Hungary, Kievan Rus, or Bulgaria?

Was the person primarily a ruler in Southern Europe, such as in Italy, Iberia, or Greece?

Was the person a ruler of a Crusader state in the Levant, such as the Kingdom of Jerusalem?

Was the person a ruler in the Caucasus region, such as in Georgia or Armenia?

Was the person primarily a ruler in the British Isles?

Was the person primarily a ruler in the Balkans, such as in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, or Albania?

Was the person's primary realm located on an island?

Was the person primarily a ruler in Anatolia (Asia Minor), such as a Seljuk or early Ottoman sultan?

Was the person a pope (Bishop of Rome)?

Was the person primarily a ruler in North Africa (including Egypt, Nubia, and the Maghreb)?

Was the person a follower of Zoroastrianism?

Was the person a Christian?

Was the person a ruler of a nomadic or steppe empire (such as the Mongols, Khazars, or Cumans)?

Was the person a leader of the Mongol Empire or one of its successor khanates?

Was the person the founder and first ruler of the Mongol Empire, as opposed to a later ruler of a successor khanate?

Genghis Khan