Origin
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Origin is a digital distribution platform for PC games, primarily associated with Electronic Arts, that offers game purchases, downloads, and related online services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Origin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7087841 — 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: Origin Context triple: [Steam, hasCompetitor, Origin]
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A.
Origin
Origin is a common abbreviation for Charles Darwin’s landmark 1859 work on evolutionary biology, "On the Origin of Species."
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B.
Origin
Origin is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay that explores the roots and structures of caste and systemic oppression across different societies.
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C.
Origin
Origin is a popular shorthand name for Australia's annual State of Origin rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland.
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D.
Herkunft
Herkunft is a semi-autobiographical novel by Saša Stanišić that explores themes of identity, migration, and memory against the backdrop of the Yugoslav Wars.
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E.
Origins
Origins is a 2018 studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons that blends alternative rock with electronic and pop influences.
- 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: Origin Target entity description: Origin is a digital distribution platform for PC games, primarily associated with Electronic Arts, that offers game purchases, downloads, and related online services.
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A.
Origin
Origin is a common abbreviation for Charles Darwin’s landmark 1859 work on evolutionary biology, "On the Origin of Species."
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B.
Origin
Origin is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay that explores the roots and structures of caste and systemic oppression across different societies.
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C.
Origin
Origin is a popular shorthand name for Australia's annual State of Origin rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland.
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D.
Herkunft
Herkunft is a semi-autobiographical novel by Saša Stanišić that explores themes of identity, migration, and memory against the backdrop of the Yugoslav Wars.
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E.
Origins
Origins is a 2018 studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons that blends alternative rock with electronic and pop influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital distribution platform
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software client ⓘ |
| associatedWith | EA app NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
online service
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software distribution platform ⓘ video game platform ⓘ |
| developer | Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | video game digital distribution ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
DRM integration
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achievements system ⓘ automatic patching ⓘ cloud save synchronization ⓘ digital game library management ⓘ download manager ⓘ friends and chat system ⓘ in-client store ⓘ in-game overlay interface ⓘ |
| notableFor | distribution of Electronic Arts PC games ⓘ |
| offers |
automatic game updates
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cloud storage for game saves ⓘ digital game downloads ⓘ digital rights management ⓘ friends list ⓘ game licenses ⓘ in-game overlay ⓘ social features ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
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surface form:
Microsoft Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType | PC gaming platform ⓘ |
| primaryFocus | Electronic Arts games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | EA app NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
game download service
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game purchase service ⓘ online gaming service ⓘ |
| supports |
downloadable content
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microtransactions ⓘ multiplayer games ⓘ single-player games ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accessing online services for EA titles
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downloading EA games ⓘ managing EA game libraries ⓘ purchasing EA 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: Origin Description of subject: Origin is a digital distribution platform for PC games, primarily associated with Electronic Arts, that offers game purchases, downloads, and related online services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.