Neo Kobe City
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Neo Kobe City is a futuristic, cyberpunk metropolis shrouded in perpetual rain and noir atmosphere, serving as the primary backdrop for Hideo Kojima’s adventure game Snatcher.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neo Kobe City canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8436029 — 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: Neo Kobe City Context triple: [Snatcher, setting, Neo Kobe City]
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A.
Kobe
Kobe is a major port city in Japan’s Kansai region, known for its scenic harbor setting, cosmopolitan atmosphere, and famous Kobe beef.
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B.
Kobe Gaslight Street
Kobe Gaslight Street is a retro-style shopping and promenade area in Kobe’s Harborland district, known for its nostalgic gas lamp-inspired design, boutiques, and waterfront atmosphere.
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C.
Hotto Motto Field Kobe
Hotto Motto Field Kobe is a baseball stadium in Kobe, Japan, known for hosting Nippon Professional Baseball games and serving as a secondary home venue for the Orix Buffaloes.
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D.
Kobe city government
Kobe city government is the municipal authority responsible for administering and managing public services, urban planning, and local policies in the city of Kobe, Japan.
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E.
Kobe Nankinmachi
Kobe Nankinmachi is a famous Chinatown district in Kobe, Japan, known for its Chinese restaurants, shops, and vibrant cultural festivals.
- 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: Neo Kobe City Target entity description: Neo Kobe City is a futuristic, cyberpunk metropolis shrouded in perpetual rain and noir atmosphere, serving as the primary backdrop for Hideo Kojima’s adventure game Snatcher.
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A.
Kobe
Kobe is a major port city in Japan’s Kansai region, known for its scenic harbor setting, cosmopolitan atmosphere, and famous Kobe beef.
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B.
Kobe Gaslight Street
Kobe Gaslight Street is a retro-style shopping and promenade area in Kobe’s Harborland district, known for its nostalgic gas lamp-inspired design, boutiques, and waterfront atmosphere.
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C.
Hotto Motto Field Kobe
Hotto Motto Field Kobe is a baseball stadium in Kobe, Japan, known for hosting Nippon Professional Baseball games and serving as a secondary home venue for the Orix Buffaloes.
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D.
Kobe city government
Kobe city government is the municipal authority responsible for administering and managing public services, urban planning, and local policies in the city of Kobe, Japan.
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E.
Kobe Nankinmachi
Kobe Nankinmachi is a famous Chinatown district in Kobe, Japan, known for its Chinese restaurants, shops, and vibrant cultural festivals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
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fictional location ⓘ video game setting ⓘ |
| aestheticStyle | noir ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise |
Snatcher series
ⓘ
linked to:
Snatcher
|
| appearsInWork | Snatcher ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Gillian Seed
ⓘ
Jamie Seed ⓘ Metal Gear Mk. II ⓘ
linked to:
Metal Gear Mk.II
Random Hajile ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Hideo Kojima ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Snatcher (1988 video game)
ⓘ
linked to:
Snatcher
|
| genre | cyberpunk ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
dystopian
ⓘ
noir detective ⓘ |
| hasClimate | constant rainfall ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
elevated highways
ⓘ
industrial zones ⓘ neon-lit streets ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conspiracy
ⓘ
human versus machine ⓘ identity and memory ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Blade Runner’s Los Angeles
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linked to:
Los Angeles (future dystopian version)
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Kobe ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ |
| inUniverseLocation |
Japan
ⓘ
Pacific Rim region ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific region
|
| languageOfSetting | Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | video game ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | backdrop for investigation of Snatcher incidents ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
advanced technology
ⓘ
dense urban sprawl ⓘ high crime rate ⓘ perpetual rain ⓘ presence of humanoid robots called Snatchers ⓘ |
| platformOfAppearance |
MSX2
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linked to:
MSX computers
PC Engine ⓘ
linked to:
TurboGrafx-16
PC-8801 ⓘ PlayStation ⓘ Sega CD ⓘ Sega Saturn ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | Snatcher ⓘ |
| visualStyleInfluence |
1980s cyberpunk anime
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film noir ⓘ |
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: Neo Kobe City Description of subject: Neo Kobe City is a futuristic, cyberpunk metropolis shrouded in perpetual rain and noir atmosphere, serving as the primary backdrop for Hideo Kojima’s adventure game Snatcher.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.