Madden NFL video game series
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The Madden NFL video game series is a long-running, officially licensed American football franchise published by EA Sports that simulates National Football League play and has become a cornerstone of sports gaming culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madden NFL | 4 |
| Madden NFL video game series canonical | 4 |
| Madden NFL series | 3 |
| Madden Championship Series | 1 |
| Madden NFL annual releases | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3038205 — 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)
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Target entity: Madden NFL video game series Context triple: [John Madden, knownFor, Madden NFL video game series]
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A.
Madden
Madden is a Scottish surname most prominently associated with actor Richard Madden, known for his roles in "Game of Thrones" and various film and television productions.
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B.
NFL Mobile
NFL Mobile is a smartphone application that provides live NFL games, scores, news, and video content to football fans on mobile devices.
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C.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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D.
FIFA
FIFA is the international governing body of association football, responsible for organizing major global tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and overseeing the sport’s rules and international governance.
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E.
NFL Live
NFL Live is an ESPN television program that provides news, analysis, and discussion about the National Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Madden NFL video game series Target entity description: The Madden NFL video game series is a long-running, officially licensed American football franchise published by EA Sports that simulates National Football League play and has become a cornerstone of sports gaming culture.
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A.
Madden
Madden is a Scottish surname most prominently associated with actor Richard Madden, known for his roles in "Game of Thrones" and various film and television productions.
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B.
NFL Mobile
NFL Mobile is a smartphone application that provides live NFL games, scores, news, and video content to football fans on mobile devices.
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C.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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D.
FIFA
FIFA is the international governing body of association football, responsible for organizing major global tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and overseeing the sport’s rules and international governance.
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E.
NFL Live
NFL Live is an ESPN television program that provides news, analysis, and discussion about the National Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sports video game franchise
ⓘ
video game series ⓘ |
| basedOn | National Football League ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact |
cornerstone of sports gaming culture
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influential in esports and competitive gaming ⓘ |
| developer | Electronic Arts ⓘ |
| firstReleaseName | John Madden Football ⓘ |
| genre | American football simulation ⓘ |
| hasAnnualRelease | true ⓘ |
| hasGameMode |
career mode
ⓘ
online leagues ⓘ training and skills drills ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Exhibition mode
ⓘ
Franchise mode ⓘ Madden Ultimate Team ⓘ Online multiplayer ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Madden NFL Arcade
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NFL Mobile ⓘ
surface form:
Madden NFL Mobile
|
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licensedBy | National Football League ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Madden ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
commentary from sports broadcasters
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playbook-style play calling ⓘ real NFL players ⓘ real NFL teams ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of real NFL playbooks
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player ratings system ⓘ realistic NFL gameplay simulation ⓘ |
| notablePersonAssociated |
EA Tiburon
ⓘ
John Madden ⓘ |
| platform |
Nintendo consoles
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PC ⓘ PlayStation ⓘ PlayStation 2 ⓘ Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ
surface form:
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4 ⓘ PlayStation 5 ⓘ Xbox ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ Xbox One ⓘ Xbox Series X/S ⓘ mobile devices ⓘ |
| publisher | EA Sports ⓘ |
| publisherImprintOf | Electronic Arts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | American football ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
NFL fans
ⓘ
sports video game players ⓘ |
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: Madden NFL video game series Description of subject: The Madden NFL video game series is a long-running, officially licensed American football franchise published by EA Sports that simulates National Football League play and has become a cornerstone of sports gaming culture.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL
this entity surface form:
Madden Championship Series
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL series
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL series
subject surface form:
John Madden
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL
subject surface form:
John Madden
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL annual releases
subject surface form:
John Madden
this entity surface form:
Madden NFL