Tic-Tac-Toe
E1028236
abstract strategy game
paper-and-pencil game
perfect-information game
solved game
two-player game
zero-sum game
Tic-Tac-Toe is a simple two-player strategy game played on a 3×3 grid where players aim to place three of their marks in a row to win.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tic-Tac-Toe canonical | 1 |
| Tictactoe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13206002 — 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: Tic-Tac-Toe Context triple: [And Now!, hasPart, Tic-Tac-Toe]
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A.
Knots and Crosses
Knots and Crosses is a crime novel by Ian Rankin that introduces Edinburgh detective John Rebus and launched the long-running Inspector Rebus series.
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B.
Tentyris
Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.
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C.
Reversi
Reversi is a classic two-player strategy board game where players alternately place discs to outflank and flip their opponent’s pieces, aiming to have the majority of their color on the board by the end of the game.
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D.
Noughts + Crosses
Noughts + Crosses is a British television drama series based on Malorie Blackman’s dystopian young adult novels, exploring themes of racism and class through an alternate-history society divided by race.
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E.
Parchís
Parchís was a popular Spanish children's music group from the late 1970s and 1980s known for their catchy songs and colorful, board-game-inspired image.
- 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: Tic-Tac-Toe Target entity description: Tic-Tac-Toe is a simple two-player strategy game played on a 3×3 grid where players aim to place three of their marks in a row to win.
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A.
Knots and Crosses
Knots and Crosses is a crime novel by Ian Rankin that introduces Edinburgh detective John Rebus and launched the long-running Inspector Rebus series.
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B.
Tentyris
Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.
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C.
Reversi
Reversi is a classic two-player strategy board game where players alternately place discs to outflank and flip their opponent’s pieces, aiming to have the majority of their color on the board by the end of the game.
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D.
Noughts + Crosses
Noughts + Crosses is a British television drama series based on Malorie Blackman’s dystopian young adult novels, exploring themes of racism and class through an alternate-history society divided by race.
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E.
Parchís
Parchís was a popular Spanish children's music group from the late 1970s and 1980s known for their catchy songs and colorful, board-game-inspired image.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract strategy game
ⓘ
paper-and-pencil game ⓘ perfect-information game ⓘ solved game ⓘ two-player game ⓘ zero-sum game ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Noughts and Crosses
ⓘ
Xs and Os ⓘ |
| hasBoardShape | square grid ⓘ |
| hasBoardSize | 3×3 ⓘ |
| hasChanceElements | false ⓘ |
| hasComplexityClass | very low ⓘ |
| hasDrawCondition | board full with no three-in-a-row ⓘ |
| hasFirstPlayer | player using X ⓘ |
| hasGameOutcome |
draw
ⓘ
loss ⓘ win ⓘ |
| hasMaximumMoves | 9 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfPlayers | 2 ⓘ |
| hasOptimalPlayResult | draw ⓘ |
| hasStrategyConcept |
blocking opponent
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center control ⓘ corner play ⓘ fork creation ⓘ |
| hasTurnStructure | players move alternately ⓘ |
| hasTypicalMarks |
O
ⓘ
X ⓘ |
| hasTypicalMedium |
chalkboard
ⓘ
digital screen ⓘ paper ⓘ |
| hasWinCondition |
three marks in a diagonal line
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three marks in a horizontal line ⓘ three marks in a vertical line ⓘ |
| isCommonTeachingToolFor |
artificial intelligence
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basic game theory ⓘ combinatorial game theory ⓘ minimax algorithm ⓘ |
| isCulturalOrigin | traditional game with ancient roots ⓘ |
| isDeterministic | true ⓘ |
| isFiniteGame | true ⓘ |
| isGeneralizedBy | m,n,k-game ⓘ |
| isOftenImplementedOn |
computers
ⓘ
mobile phones ⓘ websites ⓘ |
| isPopularWith |
beginners in programming
ⓘ
children ⓘ |
| isRelatedGame |
Connect Four
ⓘ
Gomoku ⓘ |
| isSymmetricGame | true ⓘ |
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: Tic-Tac-Toe Description of subject: Tic-Tac-Toe is a simple two-player strategy game played on a 3×3 grid where players aim to place three of their marks in a row to win.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.