Adrian Carmack
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Adrian Carmack is an American video game artist and co-founder of id Software, known for his influential work on classic first-person shooters like Doom and Quake.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adrian Carmack canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2432899 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Adrian Carmack Context triple: [id Software, foundedBy, Adrian Carmack]
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A.
John Carmack
John Carmack is a pioneering video game programmer and engineer best known for co-founding id Software and developing influential 3D game engines behind titles like Doom and Quake.
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B.
John Romero
John Romero is an American video game designer and programmer best known as a co-founder of id Software and a key creator of influential first-person shooters like Doom and Quake.
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C.
Chuck Hansen
Chuck Hansen is a hot-headed Australian Jaeger pilot from the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for co-piloting the Mark-5 Jaeger Striker Eureka alongside his father.
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D.
Chuck Arnold
Chuck Arnold is an American sports executive who serves as the president of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
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E.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is an Icelandic-Norwegian software developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the Opera web browser company and later founder of the Vivaldi browser.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Adrian Carmack Target entity description: Adrian Carmack is an American video game artist and co-founder of id Software, known for his influential work on classic first-person shooters like Doom and Quake.
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A.
John Carmack
John Carmack is a pioneering video game programmer and engineer best known for co-founding id Software and developing influential 3D game engines behind titles like Doom and Quake.
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B.
John Romero
John Romero is an American video game designer and programmer best known as a co-founder of id Software and a key creator of influential first-person shooters like Doom and Quake.
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C.
Chuck Hansen
Chuck Hansen is a hot-headed Australian Jaeger pilot from the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for co-piloting the Mark-5 Jaeger Striker Eureka alongside his father.
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D.
Chuck Arnold
Chuck Arnold is an American sports executive who serves as the president of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
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E.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is an Icelandic-Norwegian software developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the Opera web browser company and later founder of the Vivaldi browser.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American video game developer
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person ⓘ video game artist ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise |
Commander Keen
ⓘ
surface form:
Commander Keen franchise
DOOM series ⓘ
surface form:
Doom franchise
Quake franchise (via id Software) ⓘ
surface form:
Quake franchise
Wolfenstein series ⓘ
surface form:
Wolfenstein franchise
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| coFounded | id Software ⓘ |
| coFounderWith |
John Carmack
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John Romero ⓘ Kevin Cloud ⓘ Tom Hall ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer | id Software ⓘ |
| field |
computer graphics
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video games ⓘ |
| genreWorkedIn | first-person shooter ⓘ |
| industry | video game industry ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | first-person shooter games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
artwork for Commander Keen series
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artwork for Doom ⓘ artwork for Doom II ⓘ artwork for Quake ⓘ artwork for Quake II ⓘ artwork for Wolfenstein 3D ⓘ co-founding id Software ⓘ |
| leftCompany | id Software ⓘ |
| leftIdSoftwareYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| memberOf | id Software ⓘ |
| name | Adrian Carmack self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| notableContribution | defining the visual style of early id Software shooters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commander Keen
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surface form:
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
Doom (1993 video game) ⓘ
surface form:
Doom
Doom II: Hell on Earth ⓘ
surface form:
Doom II
Quake ⓘ Quake II ⓘ Wolfenstein 3D ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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video game artist ⓘ video game developer ⓘ |
| roleAtIdSoftware |
art director
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artist ⓘ |
| spellingNote | not related to John Carmack despite sharing surname ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adrian Carmack Description of subject: Adrian Carmack is an American video game artist and co-founder of id Software, known for his influential work on classic first-person shooters like Doom and Quake.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
id Tech