Quake II
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Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game known for its fast-paced sci-fi combat, influential multiplayer, and advanced 3D graphics engine.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2432911 — 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: Quake II Context triple: [id Software, developedGame, Quake II]
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A.
Quake
Quake is a landmark first-person shooter video game known for its pioneering fully 3D graphics, fast-paced multiplayer, and influential modding community.
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B.
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Doom II: Hell on Earth is a 1994 first-person shooter video game and the sequel to Doom, known for its fast-paced demon-slaying action, new weapons and enemies, and influential role in shaping the FPS genre.
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C.
The Ultimate Doom
The Ultimate Doom is an expanded 1995 edition of the landmark first-person shooter Doom, featuring the original three episodes plus a new fourth episode titled "Thy Flesh Consumed."
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D.
Quake Live
Quake Live is a free-to-play, browser-based adaptation of the classic arena shooter Quake III Arena, focused on fast-paced multiplayer combat and competitive play.
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E.
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D is a pioneering 1992 first-person shooter video game that popularized the genre with its fast-paced, maze-like 3D action and Nazi-themed combat.
- 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: Quake II Target entity description: Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game known for its fast-paced sci-fi combat, influential multiplayer, and advanced 3D graphics engine.
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A.
Quake
Quake is a landmark first-person shooter video game known for its pioneering fully 3D graphics, fast-paced multiplayer, and influential modding community.
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B.
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Doom II: Hell on Earth is a 1994 first-person shooter video game and the sequel to Doom, known for its fast-paced demon-slaying action, new weapons and enemies, and influential role in shaping the FPS genre.
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C.
The Ultimate Doom
The Ultimate Doom is an expanded 1995 edition of the landmark first-person shooter Doom, featuring the original three episodes plus a new fourth episode titled "Thy Flesh Consumed."
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D.
Quake Live
Quake Live is a free-to-play, browser-based adaptation of the classic arena shooter Quake III Arena, focused on fast-paced multiplayer combat and competitive play.
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E.
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D is a pioneering 1992 first-person shooter video game that popularized the genre with its fast-paced, maze-like 3D action and Nazi-themed combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
first-person shooter video game
ⓘ
science fiction video game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| artist | Adrian Carmack ⓘ |
| awarded | PC Gamer Game of the Year 1997 ⓘ |
| campaignAntagonist | Strogg ⓘ |
| composer |
Bill Brown
ⓘ
Sascha Dikiciyan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designer |
American McGee
ⓘ
Christian Antkow ⓘ Tim Willits ⓘ |
| developer | id Software ⓘ |
| feature |
capture the flag
ⓘ
deathmatch ⓘ fast-paced combat ⓘ online multiplayer ⓘ |
| gameEngine | id Tech 2 ⓘ |
| genre | first-person shooter ⓘ |
| hasExpansion |
Quake II: Ground Zero
ⓘ
linked to:
Quake II
Quake II: Mission Pack: Extremities ⓘ
linked to:
Quake II
Quake II: The Reckoning ⓘ
linked to:
Quake II
|
| hasRemaster |
Quake II (2023 remaster)
ⓘ
linked to:
Quake II
|
| influenced |
Quake III Arena
ⓘ
linked to:
Quake Live
many later multiplayer FPS games ⓘ |
| mode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
single-player ⓘ |
| multiplayerMaxPlayers | 16 ⓘ |
| multiplayerMode |
LAN play
ⓘ
internet play ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced 3D graphics
ⓘ
hardware-accelerated OpenGL support ⓘ influential multiplayer design ⓘ modding community ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person ⓘ |
| platform |
AmigaOS
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Mac OS ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Nintendo 64 ⓘ Nintendo Switch ⓘ PlayStation ⓘ PlayStation 4 ⓘ PlayStation 5 ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ Xbox One ⓘ Xbox Series X/S ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Human marine invades Strogg homeworld to stop alien war machine ⓘ |
| programmer |
Brian Hook
ⓘ
John Carmack ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bitterman ⓘ |
| publisher |
Activision
ⓘ
linked to:
Activision Publishing
id Software ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-12-09 ⓘ |
| series | Quake ⓘ |
| setting | science fiction ⓘ |
| supports |
modifications
ⓘ
user-created maps ⓘ |
| usesEngine |
Quake II engine
ⓘ
linked to:
Quake II
|
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: Quake II Description of subject: Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game known for its fast-paced sci-fi combat, influential multiplayer, and advanced 3D graphics engine.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Quake franchise (via id Software)
linked to: Quake II
subject linked to:
id Tech engine
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
subject linked to:
Plasma Gun
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II
linked to: Quake II