Tetris
E244892
Tetris is a classic and highly influential puzzle video game in which players rotate and arrange falling geometric shapes to complete and clear horizontal lines.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetris canonical | 5 |
| Tetris (Game Boy) | 1 |
| Tetris (NES) | 1 |
| Tetris 99 | 1 |
| Tetris Effect | 1 |
| inspired the term Tetris effect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2216363 — 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: Tetris Context triple: [Marv Films, notableWork, Tetris]
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A.
Tetris Hall Kiev
Tetris Hall Kiev is a distinctive residential complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, known for its stacked, Tetris-like architectural form and contemporary design.
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B.
Pacman
Pacman is a lightweight, command-line package manager originally developed for Arch Linux, known for its speed and simple binary package handling.
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C.
Minesweeper
Minesweeper is a classic single-player logic puzzle video game in which players uncover squares on a grid while avoiding hidden mines.
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D.
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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E.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog is a long-running video game franchise centered on a super-fast blue anthropomorphic hedgehog, spanning numerous games, TV shows, comics, and films.
- 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: Tetris Target entity description: Tetris is a classic and highly influential puzzle video game in which players rotate and arrange falling geometric shapes to complete and clear horizontal lines.
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A.
Tetris Hall Kiev
Tetris Hall Kiev is a distinctive residential complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, known for its stacked, Tetris-like architectural form and contemporary design.
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B.
Pacman
Pacman is a lightweight, command-line package manager originally developed for Arch Linux, known for its speed and simple binary package handling.
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C.
Minesweeper
Minesweeper is a classic single-player logic puzzle video game in which players uncover squares on a grid while avoiding hidden mines.
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D.
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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E.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog is a long-running video game franchise centered on a super-fast blue anthropomorphic hedgehog, spanning numerous games, TV shows, comics, and films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
puzzle video game
ⓘ
tile-matching video game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| awarded | Guinness World Record for most ported video game ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| creator | Alexey Pajitnov ⓘ |
| developer |
Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Alexey Pajitnov ⓘ |
| gameplayMechanic |
falling blocks
ⓘ
line clearing ⓘ piece rotation ⓘ |
| genre | puzzle ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
inspired the term Tetris effect
ⓘ
linked to:
Tetris
widely used in psychological and cognitive research ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
increasing speed over time
ⓘ
level progression ⓘ score based on lines cleared ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Columns
ⓘ
Dr. Mario ⓘ Lumines ⓘ Panel de Pon ⓘ Puyo Puyo ⓘ |
| language | no in-game language required ⓘ |
| licensedBy | The Tetris Company ⓘ |
| multiplayerMode |
competitive line-sending modes
ⓘ
local multiplayer ⓘ online multiplayer ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
Tetris (Game Boy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tetris
Tetris (NES) ⓘ
linked to:
Tetris
Tetris 99 ⓘ
linked to:
Tetris
Tetris Effect ⓘ
linked to:
Tetris
|
| objective |
clear horizontal lines
ⓘ
prevent the stack from reaching the top ⓘ |
| platform |
Arcade
ⓘ
Electronika 60 ⓘ Game Boy ⓘ IBM PC ⓘ Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ Nintendo Switch ⓘ PlayStation ⓘ Xbox ⓘ mobile phone ⓘ |
| publisher |
Atari Games
ⓘ
Nintendo ⓘ Sega ⓘ The Tetris Company ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
one of the best-selling video games of all time
ⓘ
one of the greatest video games of all time ⓘ |
| usesPieceType | tetromino ⓘ |
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: Tetris Description of subject: Tetris is a classic and highly influential puzzle video game in which players rotate and arrange falling geometric shapes to complete and clear horizontal lines.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tetris
linked to: Tetris
linked to: Tetris
linked to: Tetris
linked to: Tetris