King Kong (video game, 1982)
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King Kong (1982 video game) is an early platform game for the Atari 2600 that loosely adapts the classic giant-ape film by having players scale structures to rescue a captive character while avoiding falling obstacles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Kong (video game, 1982) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4825774 — 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: King Kong (video game, 1982) Context triple: [King Kong, hasAdaptation, King Kong (video game, 1982)]
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A.
The Mighty Kong (1998 animated film)
The Mighty Kong is a 1998 animated musical adaptation of the classic King Kong story, featuring family-friendly retelling and songs by the Sherman Brothers.
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B.
Mechani-Kong
Mechani-Kong is a robotic doppelgänger of King Kong featured as an antagonist in the King Kong franchise.
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C.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is a powerful, gorilla-like video game character from Nintendo’s Donkey Kong and Mario franchises, known for his strength, barrel-throwing antics, and role as both rival and ally to Mario.
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D.
King Kong (1976 film)
King Kong (1976 film) is a modernized remake of the classic giant-ape adventure, notable for its updated special effects, contemporary setting, and romanticized take on the iconic monster story.
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E.
Cranky Kong
Cranky Kong is an elderly, grouchy member of the Kong family in the Donkey Kong series, often portrayed as a wise but sarcastic mentor figure.
- 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: King Kong (video game, 1982) Target entity description: King Kong (1982 video game) is an early platform game for the Atari 2600 that loosely adapts the classic giant-ape film by having players scale structures to rescue a captive character while avoiding falling obstacles.
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A.
The Mighty Kong (1998 animated film)
The Mighty Kong is a 1998 animated musical adaptation of the classic King Kong story, featuring family-friendly retelling and songs by the Sherman Brothers.
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B.
Mechani-Kong
Mechani-Kong is a robotic doppelgänger of King Kong featured as an antagonist in the King Kong franchise.
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C.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is a powerful, gorilla-like video game character from Nintendo’s Donkey Kong and Mario franchises, known for his strength, barrel-throwing antics, and role as both rival and ally to Mario.
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D.
King Kong (1976 film)
King Kong (1976 film) is a modernized remake of the classic giant-ape adventure, notable for its updated special effects, contemporary setting, and romanticized take on the iconic monster story.
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E.
Cranky Kong
Cranky Kong is an elderly, grouchy member of the Kong family in the Donkey Kong series, often portrayed as a wise but sarcastic mentor figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
platform game
ⓘ
video game ⓘ |
| basedOn |
King Kong (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
film King Kong (1933)
|
| controlScheme |
joystick
ⓘ
single button ⓘ |
| genre | platform ⓘ |
| hasAntagonistType | giant ape ⓘ |
| hasLevelStructure | single-screen stages ⓘ |
| hasMechanic |
jumping over obstacles
ⓘ
ladder climbing ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeElement | damsel in distress ⓘ |
| hasObjective | reach top of structure ⓘ |
| hasObstacle | falling objects ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | side view ⓘ |
| hasPlayerAction | climb structures ⓘ |
| hasPlayerGoal | rescue captive character ⓘ |
| hasScoringMethod | points for progress and survival ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
giant ape
ⓘ
rescue ⓘ |
| intendedPlatform | home video game console ⓘ |
| isEarlyExampleOf | home console platform game ⓘ |
| isLooselyAdaptedFrom | classic King Kong film ⓘ |
| platform | Atari 2600 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| videoGameMode | single-player ⓘ |
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: King Kong (video game, 1982) Description of subject: King Kong (1982 video game) is an early platform game for the Atari 2600 that loosely adapts the classic giant-ape film by having players scale structures to rescue a captive character while avoiding falling obstacles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.