Kuribo no Kutsu
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Kuribo no Kutsu is a special power-up item from the Super Mario series that lets Mario ride in a green wind-up shoe to stomp safely on enemies and hazards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuribo no Kutsu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13120336 — 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: Kuribo no Kutsu Context triple: [Kuribo’s Shoe, alsoKnownAs, Kuribo no Kutsu]
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A.
Kikkamonshō
Kikkamonshō is the Japanese name for the chrysanthemum crest that serves as the Imperial Seal of Japan, symbolizing the authority and heritage of the Japanese imperial family.
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B.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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C.
Kibushi
Kibushi is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mayotte, where it serves as one of the island’s main regional languages.
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D.
Goshichi no kiri
Goshichi no kiri is a traditional Japanese emblem featuring a stylized paulownia plant, historically associated with the government and now widely used as a national and official symbol.
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E.
Futsunushi
Futsunushi is a Japanese Shinto war and martial deity often associated with swords, military protection, and the subjugation of hostile lands.
- 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: Kuribo no Kutsu Target entity description: Kuribo no Kutsu is a special power-up item from the Super Mario series that lets Mario ride in a green wind-up shoe to stomp safely on enemies and hazards.
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A.
Kikkamonshō
Kikkamonshō is the Japanese name for the chrysanthemum crest that serves as the Imperial Seal of Japan, symbolizing the authority and heritage of the Japanese imperial family.
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B.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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C.
Kibushi
Kibushi is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mayotte, where it serves as one of the island’s main regional languages.
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D.
Goshichi no kiri
Goshichi no kiri is a traditional Japanese emblem featuring a stylized paulownia plant, historically associated with the government and now widely used as a national and official symbol.
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E.
Futsunushi
Futsunushi is a Japanese Shinto war and martial deity often associated with swords, military protection, and the subjugation of hostile lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Super Mario item
ⓘ
power-up item ⓘ video game item ⓘ |
| activationMethod | defeatGoombaRidingShoe ⓘ |
| allowsAction | ridingInShoe ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Super Mario 3D Land
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Super Mario Bros. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario Maker NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario Maker 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
fictionalFootwear
ⓘ
fictionalVehicle ⓘ |
| color | green ⓘ |
| controlMethod | playerControlsMarioInsideShoe ⓘ |
| developerAssociated | Nintendo R&D4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Mario franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameplayRole |
defensivePowerUp
ⓘ
platformingAid ⓘ |
| grantsAbility |
safeStompingOnEnemies
ⓘ
safeStompingOnHazards ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Goomba’s Shoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Stiletto (Super Mario 3D Land) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredLaterItems | shoeLikePowerUpsInMarioSeries ⓘ |
| introducedByCompany | Nintendo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| isTypeOf | wind-up shoe ⓘ |
| JapaneseNameMeaning | Goomba’s Shoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostWhen |
MarioTakesDamage
ⓘ
timerExpiresInSomeGames ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconicStatusAmongMarioFans
ⓘ
rareAppearanceInOriginalGame ⓘ |
| originallyUsedByEnemy | Goomba GENERATED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | playerCharacterWhileInUse ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Super Mario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformAvailability |
Nintendo 3DS
NERFINISHED
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Nintendo Entertainment System NERFINISHED ⓘ Nintendo Switch NERFINISHED ⓘ Wii U NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectsFrom |
Piranha Plants
NERFINISHED
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certainHazards ⓘ spikes ⓘ |
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByCharacter |
Luigi
NERFINISHED
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Mario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kuribo no Kutsu Description of subject: Kuribo no Kutsu is a special power-up item from the Super Mario series that lets Mario ride in a green wind-up shoe to stomp safely on enemies and hazards.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kuribo’s Shoe