Loom
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Loom is a 1990 fantasy point-and-click adventure game by Lucasfilm Games, notable for its unique musical spellcasting interface and story-driven design.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loom canonical | 6 |
| directed the design of Loom for Lucasfilm Games | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8562296 — 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: Loom Context triple: [SCUMM, usedInGame, Loom]
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A.
Weave
Weave is Google's Internet of Things (IoT) communication platform designed to let smart devices easily discover, connect, and work together across different ecosystems.
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B.
warp-weighted loom
A warp-weighted loom is an ancient vertical weaving device, widely used in Scandinavian and other early European cultures, that hangs warp threads from an upper beam and uses weights to maintain tension during textile production.
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C.
Spandrell
Spandrell is a central character in Aldous Huxley’s novel "Point Counter Point," known as a cynical, intellectually ruthless figure whose nihilism and manipulative behavior drive much of the book’s moral and philosophical tension.
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D.
Loopt
Loopt was an early location-based social networking mobile app startup that allowed users to share their real-time location with friends.
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E.
Silken Floss
Silken Floss is a stylish and enigmatic femme fatale and scientist who serves as one of the main villains in the 2008 superhero film "The Spirit."
- 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: Loom Target entity description: Loom is a 1990 fantasy point-and-click adventure game by Lucasfilm Games, notable for its unique musical spellcasting interface and story-driven design.
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A.
Weave
Weave is Google's Internet of Things (IoT) communication platform designed to let smart devices easily discover, connect, and work together across different ecosystems.
-
B.
warp-weighted loom
A warp-weighted loom is an ancient vertical weaving device, widely used in Scandinavian and other early European cultures, that hangs warp threads from an upper beam and uses weights to maintain tension during textile production.
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C.
Spandrell
Spandrell is a central character in Aldous Huxley’s novel "Point Counter Point," known as a cynical, intellectually ruthless figure whose nihilism and manipulative behavior drive much of the book’s moral and philosophical tension.
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D.
Loopt
Loopt was an early location-based social networking mobile app startup that allowed users to share their real-time location with friends.
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E.
Silken Floss
Silken Floss is a stylish and enigmatic femme fatale and scientist who serves as one of the main villains in the 2008 superhero film "The Spirit."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
point-and-click adventure game
ⓘ
video game ⓘ |
| ageRating | suitable for general audiences ⓘ |
| audioFeature | music inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Brian Moriarty ⓘ |
| composer |
George Alistair Sanger
ⓘ
Randy Thom ⓘ |
| controlScheme | point-and-click interface ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designer | Brian Moriarty ⓘ |
| developer |
Lucasfilm Games
ⓘ
linked to:
LucasArts
|
| distribution |
CD-ROM
ⓘ
floppy disk ⓘ |
| feature |
draft-based magic system
ⓘ
musical spellcasting interface ⓘ story-driven design ⓘ |
| gameEngine | SCUMM ⓘ |
| gameMode | single-player ⓘ |
| genre | adventure ⓘ |
| hasSequelPlanned |
The Fold
ⓘ
The Forge ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interactive storytelling ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absence of traditional inventory puzzles
ⓘ
minimalist user interface ⓘ strong emphasis on narrative ⓘ use of musical drafts as spells ⓘ |
| originalPlatform | PC ⓘ |
| perspective | third-person ⓘ |
| platform |
Amiga
ⓘ
Atari ST ⓘ FM Towns ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ Macintosh ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
PC-98 ⓘ TurboGrafx-16 CD ⓘ
linked to:
TurboGrafx-CD
X68000 ⓘ iOS ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bobbin Threadbare ⓘ |
| publisher |
Lucasfilm Games
ⓘ
linked to:
LucasArts
|
| publisherLabel | LucasArts ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-03-07 ⓘ |
| sequelStatus | planned sequels were never released ⓘ |
| setting | fantasy world of the Guilds ⓘ |
| supports | mouse input ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | home computer ⓘ |
| visualStyle | 2D graphics ⓘ |
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: Loom Description of subject: Loom is a 1990 fantasy point-and-click adventure game by Lucasfilm Games, notable for its unique musical spellcasting interface and story-driven design.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Loom