Pikmin species
E367847
The Pikmin species are small, plant-like creatures from Nintendo’s Pikmin video game series, known for working in large groups to help the player explore environments, solve puzzles, and battle enemies.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Pikmin | 1 |
| Glow Pikmin | 1 |
| Mushroom Pikmin | 1 |
| Pikmin species canonical | 1 |
| Purple Pikmin | 1 |
| White Pikmin | 1 |
| Winged Pikmin | 1 |
| Yellow Pikmin | 1 |
| leaf Pikmin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3537242 — 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: Pikmin species Context triple: [Shigeru Miyamoto, creatorOf, Pikmin species]
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A.
Pikit
Pikit is a municipality in the province of North Cotabato in the Philippines, known for its diverse cultural communities and its location in the conflict-affected but strategically important Mindanao region.
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B.
Pavelets
Pavelets is a locality in Russia whose name is notably borne by the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow.
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C.
Monrupino
Monrupino is a small municipality in northeastern Italy near the Slovenian border, known for its Karst landscape and bilingual Italian-Slovene cultural heritage.
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D.
Pericos
Pericos is the popular nickname for Spanish football club RCD Espanyol and its supporters.
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E.
Kikisoblu
Kikisoblu, better known as Princess Angeline, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle and a notable Duwamish woman who became a symbolic figure in early Seattle history.
- 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: Pikmin species Target entity description: The Pikmin species are small, plant-like creatures from Nintendo’s Pikmin video game series, known for working in large groups to help the player explore environments, solve puzzles, and battle enemies.
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A.
Pikit
Pikit is a municipality in the province of North Cotabato in the Philippines, known for its diverse cultural communities and its location in the conflict-affected but strategically important Mindanao region.
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B.
Pavelets
Pavelets is a locality in Russia whose name is notably borne by the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow.
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C.
Monrupino
Monrupino is a small municipality in northeastern Italy near the Slovenian border, known for its Karst landscape and bilingual Italian-Slovene cultural heritage.
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D.
Pericos
Pericos is the popular nickname for Spanish football club RCD Espanyol and its supporters.
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E.
Kikisoblu
Kikisoblu, better known as Princess Angeline, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle and a notable Duwamish woman who became a symbolic figure in early Seattle history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nintendo franchise element
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fictional species ⓘ video game species ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hey! Pikmin
ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin
Pikmin ⓘ Pikmin 2 ⓘ Pikmin 3 ⓘ Pikmin 4 ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin
|
| canDieFrom |
being eaten
ⓘ
crushing ⓘ drowning ⓘ fire ⓘ poison ⓘ |
| controlledBy | player ⓘ |
| creator |
Nintendo
ⓘ
Shigeru Miyamoto ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| franchise |
Pikmin series
ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin
|
| gameplayRole |
combat force
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primary controllable units ⓘ resource for exploration ⓘ |
| genreContext |
puzzle
ⓘ
real-time strategy ⓘ |
| growthStages |
bud Pikmin
ⓘ
flower Pikmin ⓘ leaf Pikmin ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin species
|
| hasAbility |
attack enemies
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break obstacles ⓘ build bridges ⓘ carry ship parts ⓘ carry treasures ⓘ dig ⓘ |
| hasType |
Blue Pikmin
ⓘ
Bulbmin ⓘ Glow Pikmin ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin species
Ice Pikmin ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin
Mushroom Pikmin ⓘ
linked to:
Pikmin species
Purple Pikmin ⓘ Red Pikmin ⓘ Rock Pikmin ⓘ White Pikmin ⓘ Winged Pikmin ⓘ Yellow Pikmin ⓘ |
| homeWorld | PNF-404 ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Alph
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Brittany ⓘ Charlie ⓘ Collin ⓘ Louie ⓘ Moss ⓘ Olimar ⓘ Shepherd ⓘ The President ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
ability to work in large groups
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follow commands from captains ⓘ plant-like appearance ⓘ small size ⓘ sprout-like stems on their heads ⓘ used to carry objects ⓘ used to fight enemies ⓘ used to solve environmental puzzles ⓘ |
| platformOfFirstAppearance | Nintendo GameCube ⓘ |
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| reproductionMethod |
grown from Pikmin Onions
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grown from caves or wild sprouts ⓘ |
| vulnerableTo |
enemy attacks
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hazards in the environment ⓘ |
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: Pikmin species Description of subject: The Pikmin species are small, plant-like creatures from Nintendo’s Pikmin video game series, known for working in large groups to help the player explore environments, solve puzzles, and battle enemies.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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