Virtual Boy
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The Virtual Boy is a 1995 Nintendo tabletop video game console known for its red-and-black stereoscopic 3D graphics and its commercial failure.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Virtual Boy canonical | 7 |
| Virtual Boy (with Nintendo R&D3) | 1 |
| Virtual Boy Wario Land | 1 |
| Virtual Boy console | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T977943 — 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: Virtual Boy Context triple: [Nintendo, product, Virtual Boy]
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A.
Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64 is a fifth-generation home video game console known for pioneering 3D gaming with titles like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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Game Boy
The Game Boy is a pioneering handheld video game console by Nintendo that popularized portable gaming worldwide.
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C.
Nintendo GameCube
The Nintendo GameCube is a sixth-generation home video game console by Nintendo, known for its compact cube-shaped design, proprietary mini-DVD game discs, and a library featuring titles like Super Smash Bros. Melee and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
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D.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit home video game console released in the 1980s that popularized modern console gaming with iconic titles like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.
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E.
Dreamcast
Dreamcast is a home video game console developed by Sega, known for its ahead-of-its-time online capabilities and influential library despite its short commercial lifespan.
- 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: Virtual Boy Target entity description: The Virtual Boy is a 1995 Nintendo tabletop video game console known for its red-and-black stereoscopic 3D graphics and its commercial failure.
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A.
Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64 is a fifth-generation home video game console known for pioneering 3D gaming with titles like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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B.
Game Boy
The Game Boy is a pioneering handheld video game console by Nintendo that popularized portable gaming worldwide.
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C.
Nintendo GameCube
The Nintendo GameCube is a sixth-generation home video game console by Nintendo, known for its compact cube-shaped design, proprietary mini-DVD game discs, and a library featuring titles like Super Smash Bros. Melee and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
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D.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit home video game console released in the 1980s that popularized modern console gaming with iconic titles like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.
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E.
Dreamcast
Dreamcast is a home video game console developed by Sega, known for its ahead-of-its-time online capabilities and influential library despite its short commercial lifespan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nintendo console
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video game console ⓘ |
| brand | Nintendo ⓘ |
| colorPalette | red-and-black ⓘ |
| commercialPerformance | commercial failure ⓘ |
| controllerType | wired controller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| cpu | 32-bit RISC processor ⓘ |
| designer | Gunpei Yokoi ⓘ |
| developer | Nintendo ⓘ |
| discontinuationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| displayTechnology | LED display ⓘ |
| formFactor | tabletop with stand ⓘ |
| generation | fifth generation ⓘ |
| graphicsType | stereoscopic 3D ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dual D-pads on controller
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parallax 3D effect ⓘ |
| inputMethod | gamepad ⓘ |
| knownFor |
eye strain concerns
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limited software library ⓘ short market lifespan ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered one of Nintendo’s biggest failures
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cult following ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Nintendo ⓘ |
| marketingFocus | 3D immersion ⓘ |
| marketPositioning | portable console alternative ⓘ |
| maxPlayers | 1 ⓘ |
| mediaFormat | ROM cartridge ⓘ |
| notableGame |
Mario’s Tennis
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linked to:
Mario Tennis
Red Alarm ⓘ Teleroboxer ⓘ Wario Land ⓘ |
| numberOfReleasedGames | about 22 ⓘ |
| platformType | tabletop console ⓘ |
| powerSource |
AC adapter
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batteries ⓘ |
| predecessor | Super Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ |
| primaryOutput | head-mounted visor-style display ⓘ |
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| releaseCountry |
Japan
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| releaseDate | 1995-07-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| soundOutput | stereo sound ⓘ |
| successor | Nintendo 64 ⓘ |
| targetDemographic | video game consumers ⓘ |
| unitsSoldWorldwide | about 770000 ⓘ |
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: Virtual Boy Description of subject: The Virtual Boy is a 1995 Nintendo tabletop video game console known for its red-and-black stereoscopic 3D graphics and its commercial failure.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Virtual Boy
linked to: Virtual Boy
linked to: Virtual Boy
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Waterworld video games