Dr. Mario
E167612
Dr. Mario is a puzzle video game series by Nintendo in which Mario appears as a doctor who eliminates viruses by matching color-coded capsules.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Mario canonical | 8 |
| Dr. Mario 64 | 2 |
| Dr. Mario Express | 2 |
| Dr. Mario Online Rx | 2 |
| Dr. Mario (1990 video game) | 1 |
| Dr. Mario (Game Boy version) | 1 |
| Dr. Mario (persona) | 1 |
| Dr. Mario World | 1 |
| Dr. Mario series | 1 |
| Dr. Mario soundtrack | 1 |
| Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure | 1 |
| Fever (Dr. Mario track) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1460179 — 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: Dr. Mario Context triple: [Mario, hasSpinOff, Dr. Mario]
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A.
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced Nintendo DS remake of the classic 3D platformer Super Mario 64, featuring multiple playable characters, new levels, and additional content.
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B.
Mario the Magnificent
Mario the Magnificent is the dragon mascot of Drexel University, symbolizing the school's spirit and identity at athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. is a classic 1983 arcade platform game by Nintendo featuring Mario and Luigi battling creatures in underground sewers.
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D.
Super Mario World
Super Mario World is a classic 1990 side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in which Mario and his allies, including Luigi and Yoshi, journey across Dinosaur Land to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser.
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E.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is a classic 1988 Nintendo platform game for the NES that expanded the Mario series with world maps, diverse power-ups like the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit, and intricate level design.
- 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: Dr. Mario Target entity description: Dr. Mario is a puzzle video game series by Nintendo in which Mario appears as a doctor who eliminates viruses by matching color-coded capsules.
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A.
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced Nintendo DS remake of the classic 3D platformer Super Mario 64, featuring multiple playable characters, new levels, and additional content.
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B.
Mario the Magnificent
Mario the Magnificent is the dragon mascot of Drexel University, symbolizing the school's spirit and identity at athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. is a classic 1983 arcade platform game by Nintendo featuring Mario and Luigi battling creatures in underground sewers.
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D.
Super Mario World
Super Mario World is a classic 1990 side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in which Mario and his allies, including Luigi and Yoshi, journey across Dinosaur Land to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser.
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E.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is a classic 1988 Nintendo platform game for the NES that expanded the Mario series with world maps, diverse power-ups like the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit, and intricate level design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
falling block puzzle game
ⓘ
puzzle video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game series ⓘ |
| artStyle | cartoon medical theme ⓘ |
| composer | Hirokazu Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Gunpei Yokoi ⓘ |
| designer | Gunpei Yokoi ⓘ |
| developer | Nintendo R&D1 ⓘ |
| difficultyControl | virus level selection ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. Mario (persona)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Mario
Mario ⓘ viruses ⓘ |
| firstPlatform |
Game Boy
ⓘ
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| firstReleaseTitle | Dr. Mario ⓘ |
| franchise |
Mario franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Super Mario series
|
| gameplayMechanic |
gravity-based falling pieces
ⓘ
matching color-coded capsules to viruses ⓘ tile-matching ⓘ |
| genre | puzzle ⓘ |
| hasItem | megavitamins ⓘ |
| hasMode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
single-player ⓘ |
| hasMusicTrack |
Chill
ⓘ
Fever ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Dr. Luigi
ⓘ
linked to:
Luigi
Dr. Mario 64 ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Mario
Dr. Mario Express ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Mario
Dr. Mario Online Rx ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Mario
Dr. Mario World ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Mario
Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Mario
|
| hasVirusColor |
blue virus
ⓘ
red virus ⓘ yellow virus ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing the Dr. Mario persona of Mario ⓘ |
| objective | eliminate all viruses in the bottle ⓘ |
| platform |
Game Boy
ⓘ
NES ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo consoles
Nintendo 3DS ⓘ Nintendo 64 ⓘ Nintendo Switch (via emulation services) ⓘ Wii ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo Wii
|
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| setting | bottle filled with viruses and capsules ⓘ |
| speedControl | capsule fall speed selection ⓘ |
| spinOffOf | Super Mario series ⓘ |
| supportsMultiplayerType | versus mode ⓘ |
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: Dr. Mario Description of subject: Dr. Mario is a puzzle video game series by Nintendo in which Mario appears as a doctor who eliminates viruses by matching color-coded capsules.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Super Mario video game franchise
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario
linked to: Dr. Mario