Tesla Cannon
E932486
The Tesla Cannon is Winston’s signature Overwatch weapon, a short-range energy gun that emits arcing electricity to damage multiple nearby enemies simultaneously.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tesla Cannon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11542885 — 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: Tesla Cannon Context triple: [Winston, weapon, Tesla Cannon]
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A.
Photon Cannon
The Photon Cannon is a Protoss static defense structure in the StarCraft series that provides both ground and air attack capabilities while also detecting cloaked units.
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B.
The Cannon
The Cannon is the ring nickname of Shannon Briggs, an American heavyweight boxer and former world champion known for his punching power and outspoken personality.
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C.
Railgun
The Railgun is a powerful, precision long-range weapon in the Quake series, known for its high damage, pinpoint accuracy, and distinctive beam shot.
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D.
Cannon
"Cannon" is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the cases of a tough, overweight private detective named Frank Cannon.
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E.
Cannon
Cannon is a historic American textile and home goods brand best known for its towels, bedding, and other household linens.
- 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: Tesla Cannon Target entity description: The Tesla Cannon is Winston’s signature Overwatch weapon, a short-range energy gun that emits arcing electricity to damage multiple nearby enemies simultaneously.
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A.
Photon Cannon
The Photon Cannon is a Protoss static defense structure in the StarCraft series that provides both ground and air attack capabilities while also detecting cloaked units.
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B.
The Cannon
The Cannon is the ring nickname of Shannon Briggs, an American heavyweight boxer and former world champion known for his punching power and outspoken personality.
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C.
Railgun
The Railgun is a powerful, precision long-range weapon in the Quake series, known for its high damage, pinpoint accuracy, and distinctive beam shot.
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D.
Cannon
Cannon is a historic American textile and home goods brand best known for its towels, bedding, and other household linens.
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E.
Cannon
"Cannon" is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the cases of a tough, overweight private detective named Frank Cannon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
energy weapon
ⓘ
primary weapon ⓘ weapon ⓘ |
| ammoType | electric charge ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Overwatch
ⓘ
Overwatch 2 ⓘ |
| associatedAbilityKit | Winston ability set ⓘ |
| attackPattern |
arcing electricity
ⓘ
continuous beam ⓘ |
| canHit |
enemies behind barriers (within arc)
ⓘ
multiple targets simultaneously ⓘ |
| controlScheme | primary fire button ⓘ |
| counteredBy | long-range heroes ⓘ |
| damageType |
area-of-effect damage
ⓘ
electricity ⓘ |
| designedFor |
clearing clustered enemies
ⓘ
close-quarters combat ⓘ disrupting enemy formations ⓘ |
| developer | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | precise aim ⓘ |
| effectiveAgainst |
grouped enemies on objectives
ⓘ
mobile heroes in close range ⓘ |
| factionAssociation | Overwatch organization ⓘ |
| fireMode | automatic ⓘ |
| franchise |
Overwatch franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Overwatch
|
| gameGenre | hero shooter ⓘ |
| gameModeUsage |
Arcade
ⓘ
Competitive ⓘ Quick Play ⓘ |
| gameRoleSynergy | tank ⓘ |
| iconicTo | Winston character identity ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Overwatch (2016 video game)
ⓘ
linked to:
Overwatch
|
| loreUserOccupation | scientist ⓘ |
| loreUserSpecies | genetically engineered gorilla ⓘ |
| platform |
Nintendo Switch
ⓘ
PC ⓘ PlayStation ⓘ Xbox ⓘ |
| rangeType | short-range ⓘ |
| requires |
aiming within short cone
ⓘ
managing distance with Jump Pack ⓘ |
| roleInGameplay | primary damage source for Winston ⓘ |
| soundEffect | electrical crackling ⓘ |
| targets |
multiple enemies
ⓘ
nearby enemies ⓘ |
| teamRole |
pressure on backline
ⓘ
space creation ⓘ |
| usedBy | Winston ⓘ |
| visualEffect | blue electric arcs ⓘ |
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: Tesla Cannon Description of subject: The Tesla Cannon is Winston’s signature Overwatch weapon, a short-range energy gun that emits arcing electricity to damage multiple nearby enemies simultaneously.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.