Backgammon
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Backgammon is an ancient two-player board game of strategy and chance in which players race their checkers around and off a board according to dice rolls.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Backgammon canonical | 2 |
| Hypergammon | 1 |
| Nackgammon | 1 |
| Senet | 1 |
| The Backgammon Players | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7980673 — 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: Backgammon Context triple: [Internet Backgammon, basedOn, Backgammon]
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A.
Schiers
Schiers is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Graubünden, known as a local center in the Prättigau valley with a mix of rural character and regional services.
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B.
Kayles
Kayles is a classic impartial combinatorial game in which players alternately remove one or two adjacent pins from a row, with the goal of making the last move.
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C.
Twixt
Twixt is a 2011 gothic horror film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, blending supernatural mystery with a meta-narrative about a struggling writer.
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D.
Mankal
Mankal was the original settlement that later developed into the historic Golconda Fort area near Hyderabad in India.
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E.
Checkers (play)
Checkers is a stage play written by Douglas McGrath that dramatizes the personal and political fallout from Richard Nixon’s famous 1952 “Checkers” speech.
- 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: Backgammon Target entity description: Backgammon is an ancient two-player board game of strategy and chance in which players race their checkers around and off a board according to dice rolls.
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A.
Schiers
Schiers is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Graubünden, known as a local center in the Prättigau valley with a mix of rural character and regional services.
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B.
Kayles
Kayles is a classic impartial combinatorial game in which players alternately remove one or two adjacent pins from a row, with the goal of making the last move.
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C.
Twixt
Twixt is a 2011 gothic horror film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, blending supernatural mystery with a meta-narrative about a struggling writer.
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D.
Mankal
Mankal was the original settlement that later developed into the historic Golconda Fort area near Hyderabad in India.
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E.
Checkers (play)
Checkers is a stage play written by Douglas McGrath that dramatizes the personal and political fallout from Richard Nixon’s famous 1952 “Checkers” speech.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract strategy game
ⓘ
ancient game ⓘ board game ⓘ race game ⓘ |
| goal | bear off all checkers before opponent ⓘ |
| hasEarliestKnownOrigins |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
anchor
ⓘ
bar ⓘ blot ⓘ cube action ⓘ home board ⓘ outer board ⓘ pip count ⓘ prime ⓘ |
| hasKnownVariants |
Acey-deucey
ⓘ
Fevga ⓘ Hypergammon ⓘ
linked to:
Backgammon
Nackgammon ⓘ
linked to:
Backgammon
Plakoto ⓘ Tavla ⓘ |
| hasNotableProgram |
GNU Backgammon
ⓘ
Snowie ⓘ TD-Gammon ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfPlayers | 2 ⓘ |
| hasOpeningSetup | fixed ⓘ |
| hasOutcomeType |
backgammon
ⓘ
gammon ⓘ win ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMechanic |
bearing off
ⓘ
blocking ⓘ dice rolling ⓘ hitting ⓘ racing ⓘ |
| hasRandomness | high ⓘ |
| hasScoringUnit | points ⓘ |
| hasStandardCheckerCountPerPlayer | 15 ⓘ |
| hasStandardDiceCountPerPlayer | 2 ⓘ |
| hasStandardDoublingCubeValues |
16
ⓘ
2 ⓘ 32 ⓘ 4 ⓘ 64 ⓘ 8 ⓘ |
| hasTypicalGameLength | 5 to 30 minutes ⓘ |
| hasWorldChampionship | World Backgammon Championship ⓘ |
| involves |
probability
ⓘ
risk management ⓘ strategy ⓘ tactics ⓘ |
| isAnalyzedBy | computer programs ⓘ |
| isGoverningBody | World Backgammon Federation ⓘ |
| isOftenPlayedFor |
match points
ⓘ
money ⓘ |
| isPlayedOn |
24-point board
ⓘ
board with bar ⓘ board with four quadrants ⓘ |
| isPlayedWith | two six-sided dice per player ⓘ |
| isPopularIn |
Europe
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isRelatedTo |
Nard
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Senet ⓘ tables games ⓘ |
| movementDirection | opposite directions for each player ⓘ |
| uses |
board
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checkers ⓘ dice ⓘ doubling cube ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Backgammon Description of subject: Backgammon is an ancient two-player board game of strategy and chance in which players race their checkers around and off a board according to dice rolls.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Backgammon
linked to: Backgammon
linked to: Backgammon
linked to: Backgammon