Dark Templar
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Dark Templar are elite Protoss assassins from the StarCraft universe, known for their permanent cloaking and devastating psionic blade attacks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dark Templar canonical | 12 |
| Dark Templar faction | 1 |
| Dark Templar traditions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8697732 — 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: Dark Templar Context triple: [Protoss, militaryUnitType, Dark Templar]
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A.
Ogdru Jahad
Ogdru Jahad is a group of powerful, apocalyptic dragon-like entities from the Hellboy universe, prophesied to bring about the end of the world.
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B.
The Purifiers
The Purifiers is a 2004 British martial-arts action film set in a dystopian future where rival gangs battle for control of a city.
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C.
Horkos
Horkos is the personification of oaths and the curse that falls upon those who break them in Greek mythology.
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D.
Auxerrois
Auxerrois is a French red wine grape variety more commonly known as Malbec, widely used in robust, deeply colored wines.
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E.
Auxerrois
Auxerrois refers to a person from the city of Auxerre in France, and by extension can also denote things associated with that city.
- 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: Dark Templar Target entity description: Dark Templar are elite Protoss assassins from the StarCraft universe, known for their permanent cloaking and devastating psionic blade attacks.
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A.
Ogdru Jahad
Ogdru Jahad is a group of powerful, apocalyptic dragon-like entities from the Hellboy universe, prophesied to bring about the end of the world.
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B.
The Purifiers
The Purifiers is a 2004 British martial-arts action film set in a dystopian future where rival gangs battle for control of a city.
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C.
Horkos
Horkos is the personification of oaths and the curse that falls upon those who break them in Greek mythology.
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D.
Auxerrois
Auxerrois is a French red wine grape variety more commonly known as Malbec, widely used in robust, deeply colored wines.
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E.
Auxerrois
Auxerrois refers to a person from the city of Auxerre in France, and by extension can also denote things associated with that city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Protoss unit
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StarCraft unit type ⓘ stealth assassin ⓘ |
| ability | permanent invisibility without energy cost ⓘ |
| alignment | Nerazim tribe ⓘ |
| appearance | tall, robed Protoss with dark armor ⓘ |
| attackType | melee ⓘ |
| canMergeInto |
Archon (with High Templar in StarCraft II campaign/co-op variants)
ⓘ
linked to:
Archon
Dark Archon (in StarCraft: Brood War) ⓘ
linked to:
Dark Archon
|
| combatStyle |
ambush attacks
ⓘ
hit-and-run tactics ⓘ |
| controllingPlayerRace | Protoss ⓘ |
| counteredBy |
Protoss Observer
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Protoss Photon Cannon ⓘ
linked to:
Photon Cannon
Terran Missile Turret ⓘ Terran Scanner Sweep ⓘ Zerg Overseer ⓘ |
| detectionRequirement |
detection structures
ⓘ
detector units ⓘ |
| energySource | psionic power ⓘ |
| faction | Protoss ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | StarCraft: Brood War ⓘ |
| gameMode | real-time strategy ⓘ |
| homeworld |
Aiur (originally Protoss)
ⓘ
linked to:
Protoss
Shakuras (Nerazim) ⓘ
linked to:
Shakuras
|
| loreTrait |
masters of shadow and stealth
ⓘ
shunned Khala and severed nerve cords ⓘ |
| movementType | ground ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Vorazun
ⓘ
Zeratul ⓘ |
| primaryAttack | psionic blades ⓘ |
| race | Protoss ⓘ |
| requiresStructure |
Cybernetics Core
ⓘ
Dark Shrine ⓘ Gateway ⓘ |
| role |
assassin
ⓘ
harassment unit ⓘ high-damage dealer ⓘ |
| specialAbility | permanent cloaking ⓘ |
| strength |
high single-target damage
ⓘ
stealth infiltration ⓘ |
| subFaction | Nerazim ⓘ |
| technologyTier | late game tech ⓘ |
| training | Nerazim traditions ⓘ |
| universe | StarCraft ⓘ |
| upgrade | Blink (in some multiplayer variants and co-op) ⓘ |
| weakness |
no ranged attack
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vulnerable when detected ⓘ |
| weapon | dual psionic blades ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dark Templar Description of subject: Dark Templar are elite Protoss assassins from the StarCraft universe, known for their permanent cloaking and devastating psionic blade attacks.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dark Templar
linked to: Dark Templar