Skylanders series
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The Skylanders series is a popular video game franchise that pioneered the toys-to-life genre by combining physical collectible figures with interactive digital gameplay.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skylanders | 28 |
| Skylanders franchise | 9 |
| Skylanders series canonical | 7 |
| Skylanders toy line | 2 |
| Skylanders video game series | 2 |
| Skylanders (heroes) | 1 |
| Skylanders (video game series) | 1 |
| Skylanders figures | 1 |
| Skylanders series (developer at Vicarious Visions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2495767 — 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)
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Target entity: Skylanders series Context triple: [Toys for Bob, notableWork, Skylanders series]
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A.
Skylanders: SuperChargers
Skylanders: SuperChargers is an action-adventure toys-to-life video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces vehicle-based gameplay and physical toy vehicles that can be used in-game.
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B.
Skylanders: Giants
Skylanders: Giants is an action-adventure video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces larger, more powerful "Giant" characters and integrates physical toy figures with on-screen gameplay.
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C.
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a toys-to-life action-adventure video game that introduced physical character figures that could be placed on a "Portal of Power" to appear and be played within the game world.
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D.
Skylanders: Swap Force (support)
Skylanders: Swap Force (support) is an installment in the toys-to-life Skylanders video game series that introduced character-swapping mechanics and was developed in part by Vicarious Visions.
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E.
Z Nation
Z Nation is a post-apocalyptic zombie television series that blends horror, dark humor, and action as a group of survivors escort the only known immune human across a devastated United States.
- 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: Skylanders series Target entity description: The Skylanders series is a popular video game franchise that pioneered the toys-to-life genre by combining physical collectible figures with interactive digital gameplay.
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A.
Skylanders: SuperChargers
Skylanders: SuperChargers is an action-adventure toys-to-life video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces vehicle-based gameplay and physical toy vehicles that can be used in-game.
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B.
Skylanders: Giants
Skylanders: Giants is an action-adventure video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces larger, more powerful "Giant" characters and integrates physical toy figures with on-screen gameplay.
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C.
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a toys-to-life action-adventure video game that introduced physical character figures that could be placed on a "Portal of Power" to appear and be played within the game world.
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D.
Skylanders: Swap Force (support)
Skylanders: Swap Force (support) is an installment in the toys-to-life Skylanders video game series that introduced character-swapping mechanics and was developed in part by Vicarious Visions.
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E.
Z Nation
Z Nation is a post-apocalyptic zombie television series that blends horror, dark humor, and action as a group of survivors escort the only known immune human across a devastated United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
media franchise
ⓘ
toys-to-life franchise ⓘ video game franchise ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Toys for Bob ⓘ |
| developer |
Beenox
ⓘ
Vicarious Visions ⓘ n-Space ⓘ |
| feature |
supports character progression and leveling
ⓘ
supports collectible character figures ⓘ supports cooperative gameplay ⓘ uses a Portal of Power peripheral ⓘ uses physical toy figures to unlock in-game characters ⓘ |
| firstReleaseTitle |
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
ⓘ
surface form:
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
|
| firstReleaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| genre | toys-to-life ⓘ |
| hasElementSystem |
Air
ⓘ
Earth ⓘ Fire ⓘ Life ⓘ Magic ⓘ Tech ⓘ Undead ⓘ Water ⓘ |
| hasGame |
Skylanders: Giants
ⓘ
Skylanders: Imaginators ⓘ Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure ⓘ
surface form:
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Skylanders: SuperChargers ⓘ Skylanders: Swap Force ⓘ Skylanders: Trap Team ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptation | Skylanders Academy ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Kaos ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eruptor
ⓘ
Gill Grunt ⓘ Spyro the Dragon ⓘ |
| mainDeveloper | Toys for Bob ⓘ |
| merchandise |
collectible toy figures
ⓘ
playsets ⓘ trading cards ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the toys-to-life genre ⓘ |
| owner | Activision Blizzard ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo 3DS ⓘ Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ
surface form:
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4 ⓘ Nintendo Wii ⓘ
surface form:
Wii
Wii U ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ Xbox One ⓘ iOS ⓘ |
| publisher |
Activision Blizzard
ⓘ
surface form:
Activision
|
| setting | Skylands ⓘ |
| Skylanders Academy | distributedBy Netflix ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom |
Spyro the Dragon
ⓘ
surface form:
Spyro the Dragon series
|
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
families ⓘ |
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: Skylanders series Description of subject: The Skylanders series is a popular video game franchise that pioneered the toys-to-life genre by combining physical collectible figures with interactive digital gameplay.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Skylanders franchise
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Skylanders
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Skylanders
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Skylanders franchise
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Skylanders
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Skylanders
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Skylanders: Swap Force
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Skylanders
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Skylanders: Swap Force
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Skylanders
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Skylanders: Swap Force
this entity surface form:
Skylanders toy line
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Skylanders franchise
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Skylanders
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Skylanders toy line
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Skylanders
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Skylanders
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Skylanders
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Skylanders series (developer at Vicarious Visions)
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Skylanders
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Skylanders franchise
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Skylanders video game series
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Skylanders figures
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Skylanders
this entity surface form:
Skylanders franchise
this entity surface form:
Skylanders video game series
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Skylanders
this entity surface form:
Skylanders
this entity surface form:
Skylanders
this entity surface form:
Skylanders franchise
this entity surface form:
Skylanders franchise
this entity surface form:
Skylanders
this entity surface form:
Skylanders (video game series)