Mahjong
E868347
Mahjong is a traditional Chinese tile-based game of strategy, skill, and chance that is typically played by four players and has inspired numerous regional rule variations and cultural adaptations worldwide.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahjong canonical | 4 |
| American Mahjong | 1 |
| British Mahjong | 1 |
| Cantonese Mahjong | 1 |
| Chinese Classical Mahjong | 1 |
| Chinese Official Mahjong | 1 |
| Filipino Mahjong | 1 |
| Hong Kong Mahjong | 1 |
| Japanese Riichi Mahjong | 1 |
| Korean Mahjong | 1 |
| Singaporean Mahjong | 1 |
| Taiwanese Mahjong | 1 |
| Vietnamese Mahjong | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10515485 — 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: Mahjong Context triple: [JuJu, trackListItem, Mahjong]
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A.
Mahjong Tiles block
The Mahjong Tiles block is a Unicode range that encodes graphical symbols representing the traditional tiles used in the game of mahjong.
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B.
Mankal
Mankal was the original settlement that later developed into the historic Golconda Fort area near Hyderabad in India.
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C.
Weiqi
Weiqi, better known internationally as Go, is an ancient Chinese abstract strategy board game in which two players compete to control territory using black and white stones on a grid.
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D.
Tarok
The Tarok are an ethnic group in central Nigeria known for their rich cultural traditions, agriculture, and distinctive language within the Benue–Congo family.
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E.
Kalah
Kalah is the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a major archaeological site in modern-day Iraq that served as a prominent capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
- 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: Mahjong Target entity description: Mahjong is a traditional Chinese tile-based game of strategy, skill, and chance that is typically played by four players and has inspired numerous regional rule variations and cultural adaptations worldwide.
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A.
Mahjong Tiles block
The Mahjong Tiles block is a Unicode range that encodes graphical symbols representing the traditional tiles used in the game of mahjong.
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B.
Mankal
Mankal was the original settlement that later developed into the historic Golconda Fort area near Hyderabad in India.
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C.
Weiqi
Weiqi, better known internationally as Go, is an ancient Chinese abstract strategy board game in which two players compete to control territory using black and white stones on a grid.
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D.
Tarok
The Tarok are an ethnic group in central Nigeria known for their rich cultural traditions, agriculture, and distinctive language within the Benue–Congo family.
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E.
Kalah
Kalah is the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a major archaeological site in modern-day Iraq that served as a prominent capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tile-based game
ⓘ
traditional Chinese game ⓘ |
| coreMechanic |
claiming discards
ⓘ
discarding tiles ⓘ drawing tiles ⓘ forming melds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
gambling game in some regions
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popular pastime in East Asia ⓘ social family activity ⓘ |
| genre |
chance-based game
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skill-based game ⓘ strategy game ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
bamboo suit tiles
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characters suit tiles ⓘ circles suit tiles ⓘ dragon tiles ⓘ flower tiles ⓘ mahjong tiles ⓘ season tiles ⓘ winds tiles ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
fan-based scoring
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limit hands ⓘ prevalent wind ⓘ rounds and hands ⓘ |
| hasGoverningBody |
World Mahjong Organization
ⓘ
World Riichi Championship ⓘ |
| hasMeldType |
chow
ⓘ
kong ⓘ pair ⓘ pung ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
American Mahjong
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
British Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Cantonese Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Chinese Classical Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Chinese Official Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Filipino Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Hong Kong Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Japanese Riichi Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Korean Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Singaporean Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Taiwanese Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
Vietnamese Mahjong ⓘ
linked to:
Mahjong
|
| inspired |
digital mahjong video games
ⓘ
mahjong solitaire ⓘ |
| objective | form a complete winning hand ⓘ |
| playedIn |
China
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| requires |
dealer rotation
ⓘ
scoring rules ⓘ |
| typicalNumberOfPlayers | 4 ⓘ |
| typicalTableShape | square ⓘ |
| typicalTileCount |
136
ⓘ
144 ⓘ |
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: Mahjong Description of subject: Mahjong is a traditional Chinese tile-based game of strategy, skill, and chance that is typically played by four players and has inspired numerous regional rule variations and cultural adaptations worldwide.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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