Go
E200551
abstract strategy game
board game
combinatorial game
information-rich game
perfect-information game
territory game
two-player game
Go is an ancient East Asian abstract strategy board game, renowned for its simple rules yet immense strategic depth, played on a grid with black and white stones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Go canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1793089 — 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: Go Context triple: [AlphaGo, boardGame, Go]
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A.
Go
Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google, known for its simplicity, efficient concurrency support, and suitability for scalable networked and cloud services.
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B.
gc (Go compiler)
gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
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C.
GÖ
GÖ is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the city and district of Göttingen in Germany.
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D.
Go!
"Go!" is a high-energy song featured on the album "Be," known for its upbeat tempo and motivational tone.
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E.
Ga language
The Ga language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Ga people in and around Accra, the capital of Ghana.
- 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: Go Target entity description: Go is an ancient East Asian abstract strategy board game, renowned for its simple rules yet immense strategic depth, played on a grid with black and white stones.
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A.
Go
Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google, known for its simplicity, efficient concurrency support, and suitability for scalable networked and cloud services.
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B.
gc (Go compiler)
gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
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C.
GÖ
GÖ is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the city and district of Göttingen in Germany.
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D.
Go!
"Go!" is a high-energy song featured on the album "Be," known for its upbeat tempo and motivational tone.
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E.
Ga language
The Ga language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Ga people in and around Accra, the capital of Ghana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract strategy game
ⓘ
board game ⓘ combinatorial game ⓘ information-rich game ⓘ perfect-information game ⓘ territory game ⓘ two-player game ⓘ |
| boardIntersectionCount | 361 on 19x19 board ⓘ |
| captureRule | stones with no liberties are removed ⓘ |
| chanceElements | none ⓘ |
| commonBoardSize |
13x13
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9x9 ⓘ |
| complexity |
very high game-tree complexity
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very high state-space complexity ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
associated with intellectual refinement
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important in East Asian culture ⓘ |
| digitalAvailability | online servers and apps ⓘ |
| endgamePhaseName | yose ⓘ |
| estimatedAge |
one of the oldest board games still played
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over 2500 years ⓘ |
| goal | to control more territory than the opponent ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Chinese Weiqi Association
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International Go Federation ⓘ Kansai Ki-in ⓘ Hanguk Kiwon ⓘ
surface form:
Korea Baduk Association
Nihon Ki-in ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Weiqi
ⓘ
surface form:
Baduk
Goe ⓘ Igo ⓘ Weiqi ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
aji
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gote ⓘ influence ⓘ joseki ⓘ ko fight ⓘ life and death ⓘ moyo ⓘ sente ⓘ shape ⓘ territory ⓘ tesuji ⓘ thickness ⓘ |
| hasProfessionalSystem |
China
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Japan ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
some Western countries ⓘ |
| hasRankingSystem |
dan ranks
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kyu ranks ⓘ professional dan ranks ⓘ |
| hasRule |
game ends after two consecutive passes
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ko rule ⓘ komi for white ⓘ players may pass instead of playing ⓘ suicide usually forbidden ⓘ |
| informationType | perfect information ⓘ |
| knownFor |
handicap system for balancing skill levels
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simple rules and deep strategy ⓘ territorial balance and influence ⓘ |
| majorRuleSet |
AGA rules
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Chinese rules ⓘ Japanese rules ⓘ Korean rules ⓘ |
| middleGamePhaseName | chuban ⓘ |
| notableComputerMilestone | AlphaGo defeating Lee Sedol in 2016 ⓘ |
| openingPhaseName | fuseki ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
China
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East Asia ⓘ |
| playedBy | two players ⓘ |
| playedWorldwide | yes ⓘ |
| primaryMechanic |
capture by surrounding
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stone placement ⓘ |
| scoringSystem |
area scoring
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territory scoring ⓘ |
| standardBoardSize | 19x19 ⓘ |
| startingPlayer | black ⓘ |
| turnStructure | players alternate turns ⓘ |
| typicalEquipment |
bowls for stones
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glass stones ⓘ shell and slate stones ⓘ wooden board ⓘ |
| typicalGameLength | hundreds of moves on 19x19 board ⓘ |
| typicalKomi | around 6.5 or 7.5 points in modern play ⓘ |
| typicalTimeControl | main time plus byo-yomi ⓘ |
| usedIn | artificial intelligence research ⓘ |
| usesBoardShape | square grid ⓘ |
| usesGamePiece |
black stones
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white stones ⓘ |
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: Go Description of subject: Go is an ancient East Asian abstract strategy board game, renowned for its simple rules yet immense strategic depth, played on a grid with black and white stones.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.