Launch Star
E370309
Launch Star is a star-shaped device in the Super Mario Galaxy series that propels characters across long distances through space when activated.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Launch Star canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3558305 — 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: Launch Star Context triple: [Luma, canTransformInto, Launch Star]
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A.
Navigate Your Stars
Navigate Your Stars is a reflective essay and commencement speech by Jesmyn Ward that offers personal stories and motivational guidance on perseverance, education, and finding one’s path in life.
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B.
Follow a Star
"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
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C.
Solo Star
Solo Star is the debut studio album by American singer Solange Knowles, blending R&B and pop influences to introduce her as a solo artist.
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D.
Launch Operations Center
The Launch Operations Center, later renamed the Kennedy Space Center, is NASA’s primary launch complex for human spaceflight and major robotic missions on Florida’s Space Coast.
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E.
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based init daemon developed for Linux systems to manage services and system startup and shutdown.
- 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: Launch Star Target entity description: Launch Star is a star-shaped device in the Super Mario Galaxy series that propels characters across long distances through space when activated.
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A.
Navigate Your Stars
Navigate Your Stars is a reflective essay and commencement speech by Jesmyn Ward that offers personal stories and motivational guidance on perseverance, education, and finding one’s path in life.
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B.
Follow a Star
"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
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C.
Solo Star
Solo Star is the debut studio album by American singer Solange Knowles, blending R&B and pop influences to introduce her as a solo artist.
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D.
Launch Operations Center
The Launch Operations Center, later renamed the Kennedy Space Center, is NASA’s primary launch complex for human spaceflight and major robotic missions on Florida’s Space Coast.
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E.
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based init daemon developed for Linux systems to manage services and system startup and shutdown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional device
ⓘ
game mechanic ⓘ |
| activationMethod |
activated by spinning in Super Mario Galaxy
ⓘ
activated when a character jumps into it ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
ⓘ
Super Mario 3D World ⓘ Super Mario Galaxy ⓘ Super Mario Galaxy 2 ⓘ |
| appearsInMode | 3D platforming levels ⓘ |
| category | transportation device in video games ⓘ |
| colorVariant |
green Launch Star
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red Launch Star ⓘ yellow Launch Star ⓘ |
| controlContext |
Wii motion controls in Super Mario Galaxy
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traditional controller input in later games ⓘ |
| destinationType |
distant platforms
ⓘ
other galaxies ⓘ other planets ⓘ |
| developerOfWork | Nintendo ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Sling Star by longer travel distance
ⓘ
Warp Pipe network ⓘ
surface form:
Warp Pipe
Warp Star ⓘ |
| franchise |
Super Mario series
ⓘ
surface form:
Super Mario
|
| gameplayRole |
level progression tool
ⓘ
long-distance transportation node ⓘ |
| medium | video game ⓘ |
| movementType |
ballistic flight arc
ⓘ
scripted trajectory ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
propel characters across long distances
ⓘ
transport characters through space ⓘ |
| relatedMechanic |
Pull Star
ⓘ
Sling Star ⓘ |
| requires | player interaction to activate ⓘ |
| shape | star-shaped ⓘ |
| universe |
Mushroom Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Mushroom Kingdom universe
|
| usedBy |
Luigi
ⓘ
Mario ⓘ Rosalina ⓘ |
| visualEffect | trail of sparkling light ⓘ |
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: Launch Star Description of subject: Launch Star is a star-shaped device in the Super Mario Galaxy series that propels characters across long distances through space when activated.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.