Sidestepper
E374440
Sidestepper is a crab-like enemy from the Mario series known for moving sideways and requiring multiple hits to be defeated in the classic arcade-style games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sidestepper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3626930 — 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: Sidestepper Context triple: [Mario Bros., enemyType, Sidestepper]
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A.
Freerider
Freerider is a famous big-wall free climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its difficulty and for being the line Alex Honnold soloed in the film "Free Solo."
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B.
Ricochet
Ricochet is a 1991 action thriller film in which John Lithgow plays a sadistic criminal seeking revenge on a cop who put him behind bars.
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C.
La Rampa
La Rampa is a famous, bustling avenue in Havana’s Vedado district known for its mid-20th-century architecture, nightlife, and cultural landmarks.
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D.
The Thrill
"The Thrill" is a soulful R&B track by Miguel from his album "Kaleidoscope Dream," known for its atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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E.
Rock 'n' Groove
Rock 'n' Groove is a reggae album by Bunny Wailer that showcases his distinctive blend of roots rhythms and danceable grooves.
- 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: Sidestepper Target entity description: Sidestepper is a crab-like enemy from the Mario series known for moving sideways and requiring multiple hits to be defeated in the classic arcade-style games.
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A.
Freerider
Freerider is a famous big-wall free climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its difficulty and for being the line Alex Honnold soloed in the film "Free Solo."
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B.
Ricochet
Ricochet is a 1991 action thriller film in which John Lithgow plays a sadistic criminal seeking revenge on a cop who put him behind bars.
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C.
La Rampa
La Rampa is a famous, bustling avenue in Havana’s Vedado district known for its mid-20th-century architecture, nightlife, and cultural landmarks.
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D.
The Thrill
"The Thrill" is a soulful R&B track by Miguel from his album "Kaleidoscope Dream," known for its atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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E.
Rock 'n' Groove
Rock 'n' Groove is a reggae album by Bunny Wailer that showcases his distinctive blend of roots rhythms and danceable grooves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crab-like creature
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ video game enemy ⓘ |
| alignment | antagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
ⓘ
surface form:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Mario Bros. minigame)
Mario Bros. ⓘ Mario Bros. ⓘ
surface form:
Mario Bros. Classic
Super Mario series ⓘ
surface form:
Mario series
Super Mario All-Stars ⓘ
surface form:
Super Mario All-Stars (Mario Bros. mode)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Mario Bros. battle game) ⓘ |
| appearsInGameMode | arcade mode ⓘ |
| appearsOnPlatform |
Game Boy Advance
ⓘ
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ |
| appearsWithCharacter |
Luigi
ⓘ
Mario ⓘ |
| attackMethod | contact damage ⓘ |
| behaviorOnFirstHit |
becomes enraged
ⓘ
changes color ⓘ moves faster ⓘ |
| colorVariant |
purple
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| creator | Nintendo ⓘ |
| defeatMethod |
hit from below platform
ⓘ
multiple hits required ⓘ |
| designedBy | Shigeru Miyamoto ⓘ |
| enemyType | arcade-style enemy ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| franchise |
Super Mario series
ⓘ
surface form:
Super Mario
|
| gameGenreOrigin | platformer ⓘ |
| gameplayGeneration | early arcade era ⓘ |
| gameplayRole |
enemy
ⓘ
obstacle ⓘ |
| hasAbility | reverse direction at platform edges ⓘ |
| hitPoints | 2 ⓘ |
| homePlatform | arcade ⓘ |
| movementAxis | horizontal ⓘ |
| movementStyle | sideways ⓘ |
| requiresActionFrom |
Luigi
ⓘ
Mario ⓘ |
| sharesGameWithEnemy |
Fighter Fly
ⓘ
Shellcreeper ⓘ |
| species | crab ⓘ |
| universe | Mario universe ⓘ |
| vulnerability | knocked over when platform is hit ⓘ |
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: Sidestepper Description of subject: Sidestepper is a crab-like enemy from the Mario series known for moving sideways and requiring multiple hits to be defeated in the classic arcade-style games.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.