Poltergust
E74809
The Poltergust is Luigi’s signature ghost-sucking vacuum device from the Luigi’s Mansion video game series, used to capture and contain ghosts.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poltergust G-00 | 6 |
| Poltergust 5000 | 5 |
| Poltergust 3000 | 3 |
| Poltergust canonical | 1 |
| Poltergust 4000 | 1 |
| Poltergust 5000 upgrade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T598033 — 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: Poltergust Context triple: [Luigi, notableEquipment, Poltergust]
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Bortus
Bortus is a stoic, duty-bound Moclan officer serving as second-in-command aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy series "The Orville."
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C.
Blix
Blix is a Swedish surname most notably associated with Hans Blix, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN weapons inspector.
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D.
Krafft
Krafft is a variant spelling of the surname Kraft, which is of German origin and borne by various notable individuals.
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E.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
- 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: Poltergust Target entity description: The Poltergust is Luigi’s signature ghost-sucking vacuum device from the Luigi’s Mansion video game series, used to capture and contain ghosts.
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Bortus
Bortus is a stoic, duty-bound Moclan officer serving as second-in-command aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy series "The Orville."
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C.
Blix
Blix is a Swedish surname most notably associated with Hans Blix, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN weapons inspector.
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D.
Krafft
Krafft is a variant spelling of the surname Kraft, which is of German origin and borne by various notable individuals.
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E.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Poltergust model
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Poltergust model ⓘ Poltergust model ⓘ Poltergust model ⓘ fictional device ⓘ ghost-catching device ⓘ vacuum cleaner ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Luigi's Mansion
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Luigi's Mansion 3 ⓘ Luigi's Mansion series ⓘ
linked to:
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon ⓘ Mario Kart DS ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ghosts
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haunted mansions ⓘ |
| controlScheme | player-controlled in-game tool ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Professor E. Gadd
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Professor E. Gadd ⓘ Professor E. Gadd ⓘ Professor E. Gadd ⓘ |
| feature |
Burst move
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Dark-Light Device ⓘ Slam attack ⓘ Strobulb ⓘ Suction Shot ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Luigi's Mansion ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| franchise |
Super Mario
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linked to:
Mario
|
| genre | video game item ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Poltergust 3000
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linked to:
Poltergust
Poltergust 4000 ⓘ
linked to:
Poltergust
Poltergust 5000 ⓘ
linked to:
Poltergust
Poltergust 5000 upgrade ⓘ
linked to:
Poltergust
Poltergust G-00 ⓘ
linked to:
Poltergust
|
| operatedBy | player ⓘ |
| platformOfFirstAppearance | Nintendo GameCube ⓘ |
| powerSource | electricity ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
capture ghosts
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contain ghosts ⓘ kart vehicle ⓘ suck up objects ⓘ vacuum ghosts ⓘ vacuum ghosts ⓘ vacuum ghosts ⓘ |
| secondaryFunction | blow air ⓘ |
| universe | Mushroom Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Gooigi
ⓘ
Luigi ⓘ Luigi ⓘ Luigi ⓘ Luigi ⓘ Luigi ⓘ |
| weaponType | non-lethal weapon ⓘ |
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: Poltergust Description of subject: The Poltergust is Luigi’s signature ghost-sucking vacuum device from the Luigi’s Mansion video game series, used to capture and contain ghosts.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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