ArenaNet
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ArenaNet is an American video game developer best known for creating the Guild Wars franchise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ArenaNet canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11659714 — 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: ArenaNet Context triple: [Lena Raine, employer, ArenaNet]
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A.
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a renowned American video game developer and publisher best known for creating major franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.
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B.
Blizzard North
Blizzard North was a renowned video game development studio best known for creating the early entries in the Diablo action role-playing game series.
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C.
WB Games San Francisco
WB Games San Francisco is a video game development studio under Warner Bros. Games known for creating mobile and online titles based on popular Warner Bros. entertainment franchises.
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D.
Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games is a New Zealand-based video game developer best known for creating the action role-playing game Path of Exile.
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E.
Nexon
Nexon is a notable fictional world within the Spacer Worlds setting, recognized as one of its key planetary locations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: ArenaNet Target entity description: ArenaNet is an American video game developer best known for creating the Guild Wars franchise.
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A.
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a renowned American video game developer and publisher best known for creating major franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.
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B.
Blizzard North
Blizzard North was a renowned video game development studio best known for creating the early entries in the Diablo action role-playing game series.
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C.
WB Games San Francisco
WB Games San Francisco is a video game development studio under Warner Bros. Games known for creating mobile and online titles based on popular Warner Bros. entertainment franchises.
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D.
Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games is a New Zealand-based video game developer best known for creating the action role-playing game Path of Exile.
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E.
Nexon
Nexon is a notable fictional world within the Spacer Worlds setting, recognized as one of its key planetary locations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
video game developer ⓘ |
| businessModelUsed | buy-to-play ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States of America ⓘ |
| developerOf |
Guild Wars
ⓘ
Guild Wars 2 ⓘ |
| employerOf |
Colin Johanson
ⓘ
Mike O'Brien ⓘ Ree Soesbee ⓘ |
| focusesOn | online role-playing games ⓘ |
| formerName | Triforge ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jeff Strain
ⓘ
Mike O'Brien ⓘ Patrick Wyatt ⓘ |
| genre | massively multiplayer online role-playing game ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Guild Wars 2 player community ⓘ |
| hasGameEngine |
proprietary game engine for Guild Wars
ⓘ
proprietary game engine for Guild Wars 2 ⓘ |
| hasMainFranchise | Guild Wars ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bellevue, Washington ⓘ |
| inception | 2000 ⓘ |
| industry |
software industry
ⓘ
video game industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Washington (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| logoImage | ArenaNet logo ⓘ |
| notableOnlineService |
Guild Wars 2 live service
ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars 2
|
| notableWork |
Guild Wars
ⓘ
Guild Wars 2 ⓘ Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure ⓘ Guild Wars: Eye of the North ⓘ Guild Wars: Factions ⓘ Guild Wars: Nightfall ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars: Factions
|
| numberOfEmployees | 200+ ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.arena.net/ ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
NCSoft
ⓘ
linked to:
NCsoft
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| parentOrganization |
NCSoft
ⓘ
linked to:
NCsoft
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| partOf |
NCSoft West
ⓘ
linked to:
NCsoft
|
| platformDevelopedFor |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| product |
Guild Wars franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars
|
| publisherOf |
Guild Wars (in North America)
ⓘ
linked to:
Guild Wars
|
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: ArenaNet Description of subject: ArenaNet is an American video game developer best known for creating the Guild Wars franchise.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.