Inklings
E492975
Inklings are the squid-like, ink-shooting humanoid characters that serve as the primary playable species in Nintendo’s Splatoon video game series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Inklings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5080021 — 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: Inklings Context triple: [Splatoon, mainSpecies, Inklings]
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A.
Inklings
The Inklings were an informal literary discussion group at the University of Oxford in the mid-20th century, whose members—including figures like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis—shared and critiqued works of imaginative fiction.
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B.
Essingeleden
Essingeleden is a major motorway in Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the city’s ring road and serving as a key route for through traffic around the central islands.
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C.
Cilvaringz
Cilvaringz is a Dutch-Moroccan rapper and producer closely affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan, known for his work within their extended musical collective.
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D.
Court of Birds
Court of Birds is a picturesque, Spanish-style courtyard within the historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, known for its ornate architecture, tranquil ambiance, and decorative bird-themed features.
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E.
Sparnacien
Sparnacien is the French demonym for an inhabitant of the town of Épernay in the Champagne region.
- 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: Inklings Target entity description: Inklings are the squid-like, ink-shooting humanoid characters that serve as the primary playable species in Nintendo’s Splatoon video game series.
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A.
Inklings
The Inklings were an informal literary discussion group at the University of Oxford in the mid-20th century, whose members—including figures like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis—shared and critiqued works of imaginative fiction.
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B.
Essingeleden
Essingeleden is a major motorway in Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the city’s ring road and serving as a key route for through traffic around the central islands.
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C.
Cilvaringz
Cilvaringz is a Dutch-Moroccan rapper and producer closely affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan, known for his work within their extended musical collective.
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D.
Court of Birds
Court of Birds is a picturesque, Spanish-style courtyard within the historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, known for its ornate architecture, tranquil ambiance, and decorative bird-themed features.
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E.
Sparnacien
Sparnacien is the French demonym for an inhabitant of the town of Épernay in the Champagne region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional species
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video game character type ⓘ |
| ability |
hide in ink
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shoot ink ⓘ swim through ink of their own color ⓘ transform between humanoid and squid form ⓘ |
| anatomy |
humanoid body
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squid-like tentacle hair ⓘ |
| appearsInVideoGame |
Splatoon
NERFINISHED
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Splatoon 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Splatoon 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator |
Hisashi Nogami
NERFINISHED
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Nintendo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| customizationOption |
clothing
ⓘ
eye color ⓘ gender presentation ⓘ hairstyle ⓘ headgear ⓘ shoes ⓘ skin tone ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Splatoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 2015-05-28 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInGame | Splatoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Splatoon series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameGenreContext | third-person shooter ⓘ |
| homeSetting | Inkopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inkColorChangesPerMatch | true ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Inkling language ⓘ |
| notableGameModeParticipation |
Ranked Battles
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Salmon Run NERFINISHED ⓘ Turf War ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Inkopolis Plaza
NERFINISHED
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Inkopolis Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playableIn | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryColorMechanic | team-colored ink ⓘ |
| roleInGame |
participant in Turf War battles
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primary playable species ⓘ |
| speciesType | cephalopod ⓘ |
| usesWeaponType |
Brella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charger ⓘ Dualies ⓘ Roller ⓘ Shooter ⓘ Slosher ⓘ Splatana NERFINISHED ⓘ Splatling NERFINISHED ⓘ Stringer ⓘ |
| weakness | cannot swim in water ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Inklings Description of subject: Inklings are the squid-like, ink-shooting humanoid characters that serve as the primary playable species in Nintendo’s Splatoon video game series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.