Shulker Shell
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A Shulker Shell is a rare crafting item in Minecraft used primarily to create shulker boxes, portable storage containers that retain their contents when broken.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shulker Shell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11794577 — 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: Shulker Shell Context triple: [Shulker, drops, Shulker Shell]
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A.
Shulker
A Shulker is a hostile, box-like mob in Minecraft that hides in walls and shoots homing projectiles that inflict the Levitation effect.
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B.
Nether Star
The Nether Star is a rare, luminous item in Minecraft used primarily to craft beacons that grant powerful status effects.
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C.
Enderman
Enderman is a tall, teleporting, block-moving neutral mob from the game Minecraft that becomes hostile when directly looked at.
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D.
Nerubian Egg
Nerubian Egg is a Hearthstone minion card that passively summons a powerful Nerubian when destroyed, making it a staple in deathrattle and combo-oriented decks.
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E.
Nether Booth
Nether Booth is a small rural hamlet in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, known for its scenic valley setting near Edale and popular walking routes.
- 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: Shulker Shell Target entity description: A Shulker Shell is a rare crafting item in Minecraft used primarily to create shulker boxes, portable storage containers that retain their contents when broken.
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A.
Shulker
A Shulker is a hostile, box-like mob in Minecraft that hides in walls and shoots homing projectiles that inflict the Levitation effect.
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B.
Nether Star
The Nether Star is a rare, luminous item in Minecraft used primarily to craft beacons that grant powerful status effects.
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C.
Enderman
Enderman is a tall, teleporting, block-moving neutral mob from the game Minecraft that becomes hostile when directly looked at.
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D.
Nerubian Egg
Nerubian Egg is a Hearthstone minion card that passively summons a powerful Nerubian when destroyed, making it a staple in deathrattle and combo-oriented decks.
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E.
Nether Booth
Nether Booth is a small rural hamlet in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, known for its scenic valley setting near Edale and popular walking routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Minecraft item
ⓘ
crafting material ⓘ |
| addedInVersion | Minecraft 1.11 ⓘ |
| affectedByEnchantment | Looting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Minecraft ⓘ |
| canBeDuplicatedByMechanic | Shulker duplication mechanics in some later versions ⓘ |
| canBeObtainedInDimension |
End
ⓘ
Overworld (via End gateways/raids mechanics in some versions) ⓘ |
| canBeTradedFromVillagers | false (standard trades) ⓘ |
| cannotBeCrafted | true ⓘ |
| cannotBeEnchantedDirectly | true ⓘ |
| cannotBeSmelted | true ⓘ |
| cannotBeUsedAsFuel | true ⓘ |
| craftingGridShape | one shell above chest and one shell below chest ⓘ |
| craftingRecipeComponentOf | Shulker Box ⓘ |
| craftingRecipePattern | 2 Shulker Shells and 1 Chest ⓘ |
| dropCondition | Shulker must be killed ⓘ |
| droppedBy | Shulker ⓘ |
| enablesMechanic | portable inventory management ⓘ |
| foundPrimarilyInStructure | End City ⓘ |
| gameDeveloper | Mojang Studios ⓘ |
| gameModeAvailability |
Creative
ⓘ
Survival ⓘ |
| gamePublisher | Mojang Studios ⓘ |
| hasDataValue | minecraft:shulker_shell ⓘ |
| hasNoDurability | true ⓘ |
| introducedFeature | portable storage via Shulker Boxes ⓘ |
| isNonEdible | true ⓘ |
| isNotPlaceableAsBlock | true ⓘ |
| isRenewable | true ⓘ |
| itemCategory |
Combat (Java Edition creative inventory)
ⓘ
Items (Bedrock Edition creative inventory) ⓘ |
| loreAssociation | End dimension progression ⓘ |
| maximumDropQuantityWithLooting | up to 4 per Shulker ⓘ |
| obtainingMethod |
Shulker farms in End
ⓘ
killing Shulkers in End Cities ⓘ |
| primaryUse | crafting Shulker Box ⓘ |
| rarity | rare ⓘ |
| relatedBlock | Shulker Box ⓘ |
| relatedDimension | End ⓘ |
| relatedMob | Shulker ⓘ |
| stackSize | 64 ⓘ |
| supportsAutomation | can be moved by hoppers when crafted into Shulker Boxes ⓘ |
| textureTheme | purple shell-like item ⓘ |
| typicalDropQuantity | 0–1 per Shulker ⓘ |
| usedToCraft | Shulker Box ⓘ |
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: Shulker Shell Description of subject: A Shulker Shell is a rare crafting item in Minecraft used primarily to create shulker boxes, portable storage containers that retain their contents when broken.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.