StarCraft II
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StarCraft II is a real-time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment, renowned for its competitive multiplayer scene and deep strategic gameplay.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1853514 — 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: StarCraft II Context triple: [AlphaStar, basedOnGame, StarCraft II]
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A.
StarCraft
StarCraft is a landmark real-time strategy video game franchise known for its competitive multiplayer, deep sci-fi lore, and major influence on esports, particularly in South Korea.
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B.
Overwatch
Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game franchise known for its diverse cast of heroes, objective-focused gameplay, and vibrant, character-driven world.
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C.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.
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D.
Warcraft
Warcraft is a 2016 fantasy action film adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s popular video game series, depicting the initial conflict between humans and orcs in the world of Azeroth.
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E.
Battleground
"Battleground" is a World War II drama film written by Paul Vogel that follows a besieged American infantry unit during the Battle of the Bulge.
- 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: StarCraft II Target entity description: StarCraft II is a real-time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment, renowned for its competitive multiplayer scene and deep strategic gameplay.
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A.
StarCraft
StarCraft is a landmark real-time strategy video game franchise known for its competitive multiplayer, deep sci-fi lore, and major influence on esports, particularly in South Korea.
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B.
Overwatch
Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game franchise known for its diverse cast of heroes, objective-focused gameplay, and vibrant, character-driven world.
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C.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.
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D.
Warcraft
Warcraft is a 2016 fantasy action film adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s popular video game series, depicting the initial conflict between humans and orcs in the world of Azeroth.
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E.
Battleground
"Battleground" is a World War II drama film written by Paul Vogel that follows a besieged American infantry unit during the Battle of the Bulge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
esports title
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real-time strategy game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game expansion ⓘ video game expansion ⓘ |
| businessModel |
initially pay-to-play
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later free-to-play core multiplayer ⓘ |
| campaignFaction |
Protoss
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Terran ⓘ Zerg ⓘ |
| developer | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| engine |
StarCraft II
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
StarCraft II engine
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| esport |
Global StarCraft II League
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StarCraft II World Championship Series ⓘ |
| expansion |
StarCraft II
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
StarCraft II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
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| faction |
Protoss
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Terran ⓘ Zerg ⓘ |
| feature |
campaign editor
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map editor ⓘ replay system ⓘ |
| genre | real-time strategy ⓘ |
| mode |
multiplayer
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single-player ⓘ |
| multiplayerType |
competitive ranked
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custom games ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Jim Raynor
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Sarah Kerrigan ⓘ Zeratul ⓘ |
| notableRegion |
Europe
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North America ⓘ South Korea ⓘ |
| partOf |
StarCraft II
self-linksurface differs
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StarCraft II self-linksurface differs ⓘ StarCraft II self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| perspective | top-down ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
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surface form:
Microsoft Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| predecessor | StarCraft ⓘ |
| publisher | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| releaseDate |
2010-07-27
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2013-03-12 ⓘ 2015-11-10 ⓘ |
| series | StarCraft ⓘ |
| setting | science fiction universe ⓘ |
| subtitle | Wings of Liberty ⓘ |
| supports |
1v1 matches
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ladder matchmaking ⓘ online multiplayer ⓘ team games ⓘ |
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: StarCraft II Description of subject: StarCraft II is a real-time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment, renowned for its competitive multiplayer scene and deep strategic gameplay.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II World Championship Series
subject surface form:
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
subject surface form:
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
subject surface form:
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II engine
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II beta era
subject surface form:
Blizzard Entertainment
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
subject surface form:
Blizzard Entertainment
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II soundtrack
this entity surface form:
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm campaign