Boost Mode
E372022
Boost Mode is a cooperative gameplay feature in New Super Mario Bros. U that lets a player using the Wii U GamePad place platforms and interact with the environment to assist others.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boost Mode canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3593933 — 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: Boost Mode Context triple: [New Super Mario Bros. U, hasMode, Boost Mode]
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A.
Accelerate
Accelerate is a song by the Christian rock band Liberation, known for its energetic style and uplifting, faith-centered lyrics.
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B.
Power Up
Power Up is a 2020 hard rock studio album by Australian band AC/DC that serves as a high-energy tribute to their late co-founder Malcolm Young.
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C.
Power Burst Facility
The Power Burst Facility was a specialized nuclear research reactor installation at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory used for studying reactor fuel behavior under extreme conditions.
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D.
Amplify
Amplify is an independent film distribution company known for releasing arthouse and specialty films.
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E.
Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 horror-comedy film written and directed by Stephen King, in which machines suddenly become homicidal and terrorize a group of people trapped at a truck stop.
- 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: Boost Mode Target entity description: Boost Mode is a cooperative gameplay feature in New Super Mario Bros. U that lets a player using the Wii U GamePad place platforms and interact with the environment to assist others.
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A.
Accelerate
Accelerate is a song by the Christian rock band Liberation, known for its energetic style and uplifting, faith-centered lyrics.
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B.
Power Up
Power Up is a 2020 hard rock studio album by Australian band AC/DC that serves as a high-energy tribute to their late co-founder Malcolm Young.
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C.
Power Burst Facility
The Power Burst Facility was a specialized nuclear research reactor installation at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory used for studying reactor fuel behavior under extreme conditions.
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D.
Amplify
Amplify is an independent film distribution company known for releasing arthouse and specialty films.
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E.
Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 horror-comedy film written and directed by Stephen King, in which machines suddenly become homicidal and terrorize a group of people trapped at a truck stop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cooperative gameplay mode
ⓘ
gameplay feature ⓘ |
| appearsIn | New Super Mario Bros. U ⓘ |
| assists | players using Wii Remote ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | standard platforming gameplay ⓘ |
| controlScheme | touchscreen input ⓘ |
| developer |
Nintendo EAD
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo R&D4
|
| exclusiveTo |
Wii U version of New Super Mario Bros. U
ⓘ
linked to:
New Super Mario Bros. U
|
| gameModeType | local multiplayer ⓘ |
| genreContext | 2D platformer ⓘ |
| introducedIn | New Super Mario Bros. U ⓘ |
| mechanic |
activate switches
ⓘ
interact with environment ⓘ place temporary platforms ⓘ reveal hidden blocks ⓘ stun enemies ⓘ |
| notableFor | asymmetric multiplayer design ⓘ |
| platform | Wii U ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | assist other players ⓘ |
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| relatedFeature | Boost Rush mode ⓘ |
| requires | at least one player using Wii U GamePad ⓘ |
| supportsAction |
blocking hazards with platforms
ⓘ
helping players reach higher areas ⓘ speeding up level completion through assistance ⓘ |
| supportsMaxPlayers | 5 ⓘ |
| supportsPlayerRole |
GamePad player
ⓘ
platforming players ⓘ |
| usesController | Wii U GamePad ⓘ |
| viewpoint | GamePad screen ⓘ |
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: Boost Mode Description of subject: Boost Mode is a cooperative gameplay feature in New Super Mario Bros. U that lets a player using the Wii U GamePad place platforms and interact with the environment to assist others.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.