Golden Axe
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Golden Axe is a classic fantasy-themed side-scrolling beat ’em up video game series known for its hack-and-slash gameplay, cooperative multiplayer, and iconic arcade and console presence in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golden Axe canonical | 28 |
| Golden Axe series | 3 |
| Golden Axe universe | 2 |
| Golden Axe (1989 video game) | 1 |
| Golden Axe (Mega Drive/Genesis) | 1 |
| Golden Axe (arcade) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774729 — 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: Golden Axe Context triple: [Sega Mega Drive, popularFranchise, Golden Axe]
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A.
Taitō
Taitō is a special ward in central Tokyo known for its historic districts, traditional temples, and major cultural attractions such as Ueno Park and Asakusa.
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B.
Pitfall
Pitfall is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by André De Toth, noted for its dark exploration of suburban discontent and moral compromise.
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C.
Inari Ōkami
Inari Ōkami is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits, widely revered at thousands of shrines across Japan.
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D.
Stomper
Stomper is the elephant mascot of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
- 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: Golden Axe Target entity description: Golden Axe is a classic fantasy-themed side-scrolling beat ’em up video game series known for its hack-and-slash gameplay, cooperative multiplayer, and iconic arcade and console presence in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Taitō
Taitō is a special ward in central Tokyo known for its historic districts, traditional temples, and major cultural attractions such as Ueno Park and Asakusa.
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B.
Pitfall
Pitfall is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by André De Toth, noted for its dark exploration of suburban discontent and moral compromise.
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C.
Inari Ōkami
Inari Ōkami is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits, widely revered at thousands of shrines across Japan.
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D.
Stomper
Stomper is the elephant mascot of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beat 'em up video game
ⓘ
video game series ⓘ |
| arcadeSystem | Sega System 16 ⓘ |
| combatSystem |
magic-based attacks
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melee combat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Makoto Uchida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Sega ⓘ |
| enemyType |
barbarians
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fantasy creatures ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| gameMode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
single-player ⓘ |
| genre |
beat 'em up
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fantasy ⓘ hack and slash ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Golden Axe II
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Golden Axe III ⓘ Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Axe II
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| hasSpinOff |
Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe
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Golden Axe Warrior ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Death Adder ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Ax Battler
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Gilius Thunderhead ⓘ Tyris Flare ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cooperative multiplayer
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local co-op ⓘ magic attacks ⓘ rideable creatures ⓘ side-scrolling gameplay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
arcade success in late 1980s
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home console popularity in early 1990s ⓘ |
| originalPlatform | Sega System 16 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Golden Axe series
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Axe
|
| perspective | side view ⓘ |
| platform |
Amiga
ⓘ
Arcade ⓘ Atari ST ⓘ Commodore 64 ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ PC Engine ⓘ
linked to:
TurboGrafx-16
Sega Genesis ⓘ
linked to:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Master System ⓘ Sega Mega Drive ⓘ |
| publisher | Sega ⓘ |
| releaseRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| setting | high fantasy world ⓘ |
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: Golden Axe Description of subject: Golden Axe is a classic fantasy-themed side-scrolling beat ’em up video game series known for its hack-and-slash gameplay, cooperative multiplayer, and iconic arcade and console presence in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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