PAX West
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PAX West is a major annual gaming convention in Seattle that showcases video games, tabletop games, industry panels, and fan events.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PAX West canonical | 3 |
| PAX | 1 |
| PAX West 2019 | 1 |
| Penny Arcade Expo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8901683 — 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: PAX West Context triple: [Seattle Convention Center, notableEventHosted, PAX West]
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A.
PAX TV
PAX TV was a U.S. broadcast television network known for its family-friendly programming and syndicated reruns.
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B.
Paris Games Week
Paris Games Week is a major annual video game trade fair in Paris that showcases upcoming games, hardware, and industry innovations to the public and professionals.
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C.
Electronic Entertainment Expo
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is a major annual trade event where video game publishers, developers, and hardware manufacturers showcase upcoming games and gaming technologies to industry professionals and media.
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D.
PAX-AM
PAX-AM is an independent record label founded by American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, primarily used to release his own music and select projects by other artists.
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E.
TGS
TGS is the central administrative and academic unit overseeing graduate education and research programs at Northwestern University.
- 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: PAX West Target entity description: PAX West is a major annual gaming convention in Seattle that showcases video games, tabletop games, industry panels, and fan events.
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A.
PAX TV
PAX TV was a U.S. broadcast television network known for its family-friendly programming and syndicated reruns.
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B.
Paris Games Week
Paris Games Week is a major annual video game trade fair in Paris that showcases upcoming games, hardware, and industry innovations to the public and professionals.
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C.
Electronic Entertainment Expo
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is a major annual trade event where video game publishers, developers, and hardware manufacturers showcase upcoming games and gaming technologies to industry professionals and media.
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D.
PAX-AM
PAX-AM is an independent record label founded by American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, primarily used to release his own music and select projects by other artists.
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E.
TGS
TGS is the central administrative and academic unit overseeing graduate education and research programs at Northwestern University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
gaming convention ⓘ |
| attendeeType |
content creators
ⓘ
game developers ⓘ gamers ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstEditionLocation | Bellevue, Washington ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
gaming culture
ⓘ
tabletop games ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| formerName |
Penny Arcade Expo
ⓘ
linked to:
PAX West
|
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
tabletop gaming convention
ⓘ
video game convention ⓘ |
| hasSisterEvent |
PAX Australia
ⓘ
PAX East ⓘ PAX South ⓘ PAX Unplugged ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://west.paxsite.com/ ⓘ |
| inception | 2004 ⓘ |
| includes |
concerts
ⓘ
cosplay events ⓘ esports events ⓘ exhibition hall ⓘ fan panels ⓘ indie game showcases ⓘ industry panels ⓘ tabletop freeplay area ⓘ tournaments ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington ⓘ |
| notableFor | large-scale gaming expo in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| organizer |
Penny Arcade
ⓘ
ReedPop ⓘ |
| primarySubject | gaming ⓘ |
| regionServed | international ⓘ |
| shortName |
PAX
ⓘ
linked to:
PAX West
|
| targetAudience |
tabletop game fans
ⓘ
video game fans ⓘ |
| typicalStartMonth |
August
ⓘ
September ⓘ |
| typicalVenue |
Washington State Convention Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle Convention Center
|
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: PAX West Description of subject: PAX West is a major annual gaming convention in Seattle that showcases video games, tabletop games, industry panels, and fan events.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PAX West
linked to: PAX West