Q*bert
E818839
Q*bert is a classic 1980s arcade video game character known for hopping diagonally on isometric cubes while avoiding enemies and obstacles.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Q*bert canonical | 1 |
| Q*bert (arcade video game) | 1 |
| Q*bert Qubes | 1 |
| Q*bert animated TV segments in Saturday Supercade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9741571 — 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: Q*bert Context triple: [Pixels, featuresFictionalCharacter, Q*bert]
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A.
Pac-Man
Pac-Man is a classic arcade video game character created by Namco, known for navigating mazes while eating pellets and avoiding ghosts.
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B.
Pac-Man
Pac-Man is the ring nickname of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, reflecting his aggressive, relentless fighting style.
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C.
Pacman
Pacman is a lightweight, command-line package manager originally developed for Arch Linux, known for its speed and simple binary package handling.
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D.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is a powerful, gorilla-like video game character from Nintendo’s Donkey Kong and Mario franchises, known for his strength, barrel-throwing antics, and role as both rival and ally to Mario.
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E.
Taitō
Taitō is a special ward in central Tokyo known for its historic districts, traditional temples, and major cultural attractions such as Ueno Park and Asakusa.
- 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: Q*bert Target entity description: Q*bert is a classic 1980s arcade video game character known for hopping diagonally on isometric cubes while avoiding enemies and obstacles.
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A.
Pac-Man
Pac-Man is a classic arcade video game character created by Namco, known for navigating mazes while eating pellets and avoiding ghosts.
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B.
Pac-Man
Pac-Man is the ring nickname of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, reflecting his aggressive, relentless fighting style.
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C.
Pacman
Pacman is a lightweight, command-line package manager originally developed for Arch Linux, known for its speed and simple binary package handling.
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D.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is a powerful, gorilla-like video game character from Nintendo’s Donkey Kong and Mario franchises, known for his strength, barrel-throwing antics, and role as both rival and ally to Mario.
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E.
Taitō
Taitō is a special ward in central Tokyo known for its historic districts, traditional temples, and major cultural attractions such as Ueno Park and Asakusa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arcade game series
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ video game character ⓘ video game franchise ⓘ |
| arcadeHardware | Gottlieb System 1 ⓘ |
| controlScheme | 4-way joystick with diagonal mapping ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator |
Jeff Lee
ⓘ
Warren Davis ⓘ |
| developerOfOriginalGame | Gottlieb ⓘ |
| enemy |
Coily
ⓘ
Sam ⓘ Slick ⓘ Ugg ⓘ Wrong-Way ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Ralph Breaks the Internet
ⓘ
Wreck-It Ralph ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn |
Q*bert (arcade video game)
ⓘ
linked to:
Q*bert
|
| franchiseOwner | Sony Pictures Consumer Products ⓘ |
| gameplayFeature |
diagonal movement
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hopping on cubes ⓘ isometric playfield ⓘ |
| gameplayObjective |
avoid enemies and obstacles
ⓘ
change cube colors by landing on them ⓘ |
| genre |
action game
ⓘ
platform game ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Q*bert animated TV segments in Saturday Supercade
ⓘ
linked to:
Q*bert
|
| hasCharacterTrait | speaks in comic-style symbol swearing ⓘ |
| hasPort |
Atari 2600
ⓘ
Atari 5200 ⓘ ColecoVision ⓘ Commodore 64 ⓘ Game Boy ⓘ Intellivision ⓘ NES ⓘ PlayStation ⓘ mobile phones ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Q*bert Qubes
ⓘ
linked to:
Q*bert
|
| influenced | later isometric platform games ⓘ |
| manufacturerOfArcadeCabinet |
Gottlieb
ⓘ
linked to:
Gottlieb System 1
|
| notableFor |
isometric cube pyramid playfield
ⓘ
nonsense swearing speech bubble "@!#?@!" ⓘ |
| platformOfOriginalRelease | arcade ⓘ |
| publisherOfHomeVersions | Parker Brothers ⓘ |
| publisherOfOriginalGame |
Gottlieb
ⓘ
linked to:
Gottlieb System 1
|
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| visualFeature |
large eyes
ⓘ
long tubular nose ⓘ orange, round-bodied creature ⓘ |
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: Q*bert Description of subject: Q*bert is a classic 1980s arcade video game character known for hopping diagonally on isometric cubes while avoiding enemies and obstacles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Q*bert
linked to: Q*bert