2K
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2K is a major American video game publisher best known for its popular sports and action game franchises, including the NBA 2K series.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T676151 — 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)
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Target entity: 2K Context triple: [NBA 2K, owner, 2K]
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A.
BK
BK is a common abbreviation for Brooklyn, a borough of New York City known for its cultural diversity, arts scene, and historic neighborhoods.
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B.
NBA 2K
NBA 2K is a long-running basketball video game series that simulates the NBA with realistic gameplay, teams, and players.
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C.
k_B
k_B is the conventional symbol used to denote the Boltzmann constant, a fundamental physical constant that relates temperature to energy at the particle level.
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D.
NBA 2K League
The NBA 2K League is a professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive that features official NBA team-affiliated squads competing in the NBA 2K video game.
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E.
SK
SK is the postcode area covering Stockport and surrounding parts of Greater Manchester and nearby counties in North West England.
- 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: 2K Target entity description: 2K is a major American video game publisher best known for its popular sports and action game franchises, including the NBA 2K series.
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A.
BK
BK is a common abbreviation for Brooklyn, a borough of New York City known for its cultural diversity, arts scene, and historic neighborhoods.
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B.
NBA 2K
NBA 2K is a long-running basketball video game series that simulates the NBA with realistic gameplay, teams, and players.
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C.
k_B
k_B is the conventional symbol used to denote the Boltzmann constant, a fundamental physical constant that relates temperature to energy at the particle level.
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D.
NBA 2K League
The NBA 2K League is a professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive that features official NBA team-affiliated squads competing in the NBA 2K video game.
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E.
SK
SK is the postcode area covering Stockport and surrounding parts of Greater Manchester and nearby counties in North West England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
video game publisher ⓘ |
| brandOf |
2K Games
ⓘ
2K Play ⓘ 2K Sports ⓘ
linked to:
2K Games
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerHeadquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Take-Two Interactive ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
action video games
ⓘ
role-playing video games ⓘ sports video games ⓘ strategy video games ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
2K Games
ⓘ
2K Play ⓘ 2K Sports ⓘ
linked to:
2K Games
|
| headquartersLocation |
Novato, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Novato, California, United States
|
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| industry | video games ⓘ |
| markets |
PC video games
ⓘ
console video games ⓘ mobile video games ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
BioShock
ⓘ
linked to:
BioShock franchise
Borderlands ⓘ Mafia ⓘ
linked to:
Mafia series
NBA 2K ⓘ Sid Meier’s Civilization ⓘ
linked to:
Civilization franchise
WWE 2K ⓘ
linked to:
WWE SmackDown! video game series
XCOM ⓘ
linked to:
XCOM series
|
| notableWork |
BioShock series
ⓘ
linked to:
BioShock franchise
Borderlands series ⓘ
linked to:
Borderlands
Civilization series (as publisher) ⓘ
linked to:
Civilization franchise
Mafia series ⓘ NBA 2K series ⓘ
linked to:
NBA 2K
WWE 2K series ⓘ
linked to:
WWE SmackDown! video game series
XCOM series ⓘ |
| owns |
2K Games
ⓘ
2K Play ⓘ
linked to:
2K
2K Sports ⓘ
linked to:
2K Games
|
| parentCompany | Take-Two Interactive ⓘ |
| partOf |
Take-Two Interactive family of labels
ⓘ
linked to:
Take-Two Interactive
|
| publishes |
BioShock series
ⓘ
linked to:
BioShock franchise
Borderlands series ⓘ
linked to:
Borderlands
Mafia series ⓘ NBA 2K series ⓘ
linked to:
NBA 2K
Sid Meier’s Civilization series ⓘ
linked to:
Civilization franchise
WWE 2K series ⓘ
linked to:
WWE SmackDown! video game series
XCOM series ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| subsidiaryOf | Take-Two 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: 2K Description of subject: 2K is a major American video game publisher best known for its popular sports and action game franchises, including the NBA 2K series.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.