The Incredible Machine series
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The Incredible Machine series is a puzzle video game franchise known for its whimsical Rube Goldberg–style contraption-building challenges that require creative problem-solving and physics-based experimentation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Incredible Machine series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11376043 — 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: The Incredible Machine series Context triple: [Sierra, notableWork, The Incredible Machine series]
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A.
Toys for Bob
Toys for Bob is an American video game developer best known for creating the Skylanders series and working on remakes like the Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
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B.
M.U.L.E.
M.U.L.E. is a classic 1983 multiplayer economic strategy game, renowned for its innovative blend of cooperation and competition and its lasting influence on the genre.
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C.
Underground Machine
Underground Machine is a track by the progressive metal band Progress, likely featuring their characteristic heavy, technical, and atmospheric sound.
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D.
Plane Crazy
Plane Crazy is a 1928 silent animated short film that marked one of Mickey Mouse’s earliest screen appearances and parodied Charles Lindbergh–style aviation feats.
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E.
Jam City
Jam City is a mobile game development studio known for creating popular free-to-play titles, including the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery game.
- 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: The Incredible Machine series Target entity description: The Incredible Machine series is a puzzle video game franchise known for its whimsical Rube Goldberg–style contraption-building challenges that require creative problem-solving and physics-based experimentation.
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A.
Toys for Bob
Toys for Bob is an American video game developer best known for creating the Skylanders series and working on remakes like the Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
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B.
M.U.L.E.
M.U.L.E. is a classic 1983 multiplayer economic strategy game, renowned for its innovative blend of cooperation and competition and its lasting influence on the genre.
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C.
Underground Machine
Underground Machine is a track by the progressive metal band Progress, likely featuring their characteristic heavy, technical, and atmospheric sound.
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D.
Plane Crazy
Plane Crazy is a 1928 silent animated short film that marked one of Mickey Mouse’s earliest screen appearances and parodied Charles Lindbergh–style aviation feats.
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E.
Jam City
Jam City is a mobile game development studio known for creating popular free-to-play titles, including the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery game.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
puzzle video game series
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video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game series ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Return of The Incredible Machine: Contraptions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlScheme | mouse-driven interface ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer |
Jeff Tunnell Productions
NERFINISHED
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Jeff Tunnell Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRelease | The Incredible Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameMechanic | 2D physics simulation ⓘ |
| genre |
puzzle video game
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puzzle video game ⓘ puzzle video game ⓘ puzzle video game ⓘ |
| hasEntry |
The Incredible Machine
NERFINISHED
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The Incredible Machine 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Incredible Machine 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGameplayElement |
Rube Goldberg–style contraptions
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contraption building ⓘ creative problem-solving ⓘ physics-based puzzles ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
engineering
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experimentation ⓘ humor ⓘ |
| influenced |
Crazy Machines series
NERFINISHED
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Fantastic Contraption NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Rube Goldberg machines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
level editor
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open-ended puzzle solutions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
educational use in teaching physics concepts
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whimsical machine designs ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper | Jeff Tunnell Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Sierra On-Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Incredible Machine series
NERFINISHED
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The Incredible Machine series NERFINISHED ⓘ The Incredible Machine series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
MS-DOS
NERFINISHED
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Macintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows ⓘ |
| publisher |
Sierra Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Sierra On-Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra On-Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsMode | single-player ⓘ |
| targetAudience | all ages ⓘ |
| typicalObjective |
move object to goal
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trigger specific event ⓘ |
| visualStyle | 2D cartoon graphics ⓘ |
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: The Incredible Machine series Description of subject: The Incredible Machine series is a puzzle video game franchise known for its whimsical Rube Goldberg–style contraption-building challenges that require creative problem-solving and physics-based experimentation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.