P-Switch
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The P-Switch is a temporary activation item in the Super Mario series that, when pressed, briefly transforms coins into blocks (and vice versa) and can reveal hidden paths or items.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13120126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P-Switch Context triple: [Water Land, hasCollectible, P-Switch]
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A.
K-Switch
K-Switch is a Nigerian singer and songwriter best known as D'banj's younger brother and frequent musical collaborator in the Afrobeats scene.
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B.
Hit the Switch
"Hit the Switch" is a song by Bright Eyes from their experimental, electronically influenced 2005 album *Digital Ash in a Digital Urn*.
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C.
Flick of the Switch
Flick of the Switch is a hard rock studio album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1983 as the follow-up to their early-1980s commercial peak.
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D.
Switch Bitch
"Switch Bitch" is a collection of four darkly comic, erotic short stories by Roald Dahl that explore themes of sex, deception, and moral ambiguity.
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E.
Hill & Switch
Hill & Switch is a music production duo known for contributing to the sound of Christina Aguilera’s pop-electronica album "Bionic."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P-Switch Target entity description: The P-Switch is a temporary activation item in the Super Mario series that, when pressed, briefly transforms coins into blocks (and vice versa) and can reveal hidden paths or items.
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A.
K-Switch
K-Switch is a Nigerian singer and songwriter best known as D'banj's younger brother and frequent musical collaborator in the Afrobeats scene.
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B.
Hit the Switch
"Hit the Switch" is a song by Bright Eyes from their experimental, electronically influenced 2005 album *Digital Ash in a Digital Urn*.
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C.
Flick of the Switch
Flick of the Switch is a hard rock studio album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1983 as the follow-up to their early-1980s commercial peak.
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D.
Switch Bitch
"Switch Bitch" is a collection of four darkly comic, erotic short stories by Roald Dahl that explore themes of sex, deception, and moral ambiguity.
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E.
Hill & Switch
Hill & Switch is a music production duo known for contributing to the sound of Christina Aguilera’s pop-electronica album "Bionic."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Super Mario series object
ⓘ
game mechanic ⓘ item ⓘ switch ⓘ |
| activationMethod |
activated by placing an object on top
ⓘ
pressed by Mario ⓘ pressed by other characters ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
P Switch
ⓘ
linked to:
P-Switch
P-Switch (Super Mario) ⓘ |
| appearsInGame |
New Super Mario Bros.
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New Super Mario Bros. U ⓘ New Super Mario Bros. Wii ⓘ Super Mario 3D Land ⓘ Super Mario 3D World ⓘ Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ Super Mario Maker ⓘ Super Mario Maker 2 ⓘ Super Mario World ⓘ various Mario spin-off titles ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
Super Mario
ⓘ
linked to:
Super Mario series
|
| audioCue | plays a distinctive timer sound when activated ⓘ |
| canBeCarried | true in some games ⓘ |
| canBeStackedWithObjects | true in some games ⓘ |
| effectDuration | temporary ⓘ |
| firstAppearedInGame | Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ |
| franchise | Mario ⓘ |
| gameplayRole |
environmental trigger
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secret-revealing device ⓘ timed obstacle ⓘ |
| hasVariant | silver P-Switch ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Nintendo ⓘ |
| primaryEffect |
can create temporary platforms
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can remove platforms by turning blocks into coins ⓘ reveals hidden items ⓘ reveals hidden paths ⓘ temporarily transforms blocks into coins ⓘ temporarily transforms coins into blocks ⓘ |
| resetCondition |
effect ends when timer runs out
ⓘ
environment returns to original state after effect ends ⓘ |
| shape | large button-like switch ⓘ |
| timeLimit | expires after a short period ⓘ |
| typicalColor | blue ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accessing secret areas
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collecting hidden coins ⓘ puzzle solving ⓘ timed challenges ⓘ |
| visualCue | coins and blocks change appearance while active ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: P-Switch Description of subject: The P-Switch is a temporary activation item in the Super Mario series that, when pressed, briefly transforms coins into blocks (and vice versa) and can reveal hidden paths or items.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: P-Switch