U.S. Gold
E744007
U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher known for importing and distributing popular American computer and console games in Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Gold canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8561930 — 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: U.S. Gold Context triple: [Maniac Mansion, publisher, U.S. Gold]
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A.
Barbour Silver Company
Barbour Silver Company was an American silverware and silver-plated goods manufacturer known for its ornate Victorian and early 20th-century designs, later operating as part of the International Silver Company conglomerate.
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B.
United States Silver Corporation
United States Silver Corporation is a U.S.-based mining company primarily engaged in the exploration and production of silver.
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C.
Libertad bullion coin
The Libertad bullion coin is a Mexican gold and silver investment coin featuring the Winged Victory statue and volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, prized for its purity and iconic design.
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D.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the United Kingdom’s coinage and other official medals and bullion products.
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E.
International Silver Company
International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
- 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: U.S. Gold Target entity description: U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher known for importing and distributing popular American computer and console games in Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Barbour Silver Company
Barbour Silver Company was an American silverware and silver-plated goods manufacturer known for its ornate Victorian and early 20th-century designs, later operating as part of the International Silver Company conglomerate.
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B.
United States Silver Corporation
United States Silver Corporation is a U.S.-based mining company primarily engaged in the exploration and production of silver.
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C.
Libertad bullion coin
The Libertad bullion coin is a Mexican gold and silver investment coin featuring the Winged Victory statue and volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, prized for its purity and iconic design.
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D.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the United Kingdom’s coinage and other official medals and bullion products.
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E.
International Silver Company
International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
video game publisher ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Eidos Interactive ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ |
| basedInCity | Birmingham ⓘ |
| businessModel | licensing American games for European release ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
American game developers
ⓘ
American game publishers ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 1996 ⓘ |
| distributedGamesFromCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| distributedInRegion | Europe ⓘ |
| era | home computer gaming era ⓘ |
| field | video game publishing ⓘ |
| focus |
importing American computer games
ⓘ
importing American console games ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Geoff Brown ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1984 ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Birmingham ⓘ |
| industry | video games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
importing American video games to Europe
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publishing computer games ⓘ publishing console games ⓘ |
| logoText | U.S. Gold ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
Gauntlet (home computer ports in Europe)
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linked to:
Gauntlet (1985 arcade game)
Out Run (home computer ports in Europe) ⓘ Street Fighter II (home computer ports in Europe) ⓘ
linked to:
Street Fighter II
|
| operatedAs | label of CentreGold ⓘ |
| parentCompany | CentreGold ⓘ |
| publishedOnPlatform |
Amiga
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Amstrad CPC ⓘ Atari ST ⓘ Commodore 64 ⓘ Nintendo consoles ⓘ PC ⓘ Sega consoles ⓘ ZX Spectrum ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Eidos Interactive ⓘ |
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: U.S. Gold Description of subject: U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher known for importing and distributing popular American computer and console games in Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.