Space Quest series
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adventure game series
comedy video game series
science fiction video game series
video game
video game series
The Space Quest series is a comedic science fiction adventure game franchise created by Sierra that follows the misadventures of space janitor Roger Wilco.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Space Quest series canonical | 11 |
| Space Quest | 2 |
| Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter | 1 |
| Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon | 1 |
| Space Quest: Chapter I – The Sarien Encounter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11189482 — 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: Space Quest series Context triple: [Sierra Entertainment, notableFor, Space Quest series]
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A.
Star Control
Star Control is a classic science fiction action-adventure and strategy video game series known for its space exploration, alien diplomacy, and starship combat.
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B.
Space Wrangler
Space Wrangler is the debut studio album by American jam band Widespread Panic, known for its improvisational Southern rock style and enduring popularity among the group's fanbase.
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C.
Astro Orbiter
Astro Orbiter is a spinning rocket ride in Disney theme parks that lifts guests high above Tomorrowland for an aerial view of the futuristic land.
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D.
Star Raiders
Star Raiders is a pioneering first-person space combat and exploration video game, widely regarded as one of the defining titles for early home computer gaming.
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E.
Star Fleet Project
Star Fleet Project is a 1983 mini-album by Queen guitarist Brian May, recorded with an ad hoc supergroup that included Eddie Van Halen and inspired by a Japanese sci-fi TV series.
- 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: Space Quest series Target entity description: The Space Quest series is a comedic science fiction adventure game franchise created by Sierra that follows the misadventures of space janitor Roger Wilco.
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A.
Star Control
Star Control is a classic science fiction action-adventure and strategy video game series known for its space exploration, alien diplomacy, and starship combat.
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B.
Space Wrangler
Space Wrangler is the debut studio album by American jam band Widespread Panic, known for its improvisational Southern rock style and enduring popularity among the group's fanbase.
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C.
Astro Orbiter
Astro Orbiter is a spinning rocket ride in Disney theme parks that lifts guests high above Tomorrowland for an aerial view of the futuristic land.
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D.
Star Raiders
Star Raiders is a pioneering first-person space combat and exploration video game, widely regarded as one of the defining titles for early home computer gaming.
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E.
Star Fleet Project
Star Fleet Project is a 1983 mini-album by Queen guitarist Brian May, recorded with an ad hoc supergroup that included Eddie Van Halen and inspired by a Japanese sci-fi TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure game series
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comedy video game series ⓘ science fiction video game series ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
Mark Crowe
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Scott Murphy ⓘ |
| developer |
Sierra On-Line
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linked to:
Sierra Entertainment
|
| gameplayMechanic |
point-and-click interface
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text parser interface ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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graphic adventure ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFandom | Space Quest fan community ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier
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Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge ⓘ Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon ⓘ
linked to:
Space Quest series
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers ⓘ Space Quest V: The Next Mutation ⓘ Space Quest: Chapter I – The Sarien Encounter ⓘ
linked to:
Space Quest series
|
| hasSpinOff | fan-made Space Quest remakes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Star Trek
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Star Wars ⓘ science fiction films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roger Wilco ⓘ |
| notableFor |
parody of science fiction and space opera tropes
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slapstick humor ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper | Sierra Entertainment ⓘ |
| partOf |
Space Quest series
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Space Quest series ⓘ Space Quest series ⓘ Space Quest series ⓘ Space Quest series ⓘ Space Quest series ⓘ |
| platform |
Amiga
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Atari ST ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | space janitor ⓘ |
| publisher |
Sierra On-Line
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linked to:
Sierra Entertainment
|
| setting |
outer space
ⓘ
various alien planets ⓘ |
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: Space Quest series Description of subject: The Space Quest series is a comedic science fiction adventure game franchise created by Sierra that follows the misadventures of space janitor Roger Wilco.
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