Policenauts
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Policenauts is a 1994 cinematic, sci-fi adventure game by Hideo Kojima, noted for its anime-inspired presentation, mature storytelling, and blend of visual novel and point-and-click investigation gameplay.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Policenauts canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6960267 — 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: Policenauts Context triple: [Hideo Kojima, knownFor, Policenauts]
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A.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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B.
Snatcher
Snatcher is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game created by Hideo Kojima, known for its cinematic storytelling, Blade Runner-inspired setting, and cult classic status.
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C.
Occupatio
Occupatio is a theological work by the 10th-century Benedictine abbot and reformer Odo of Cluny.
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D.
Public Enemies
Public Enemies is a 2009 crime drama film directed by Michael Mann that chronicles the final years of notorious bank robber John Dillinger during the Great Depression.
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E.
Ripley’s Game
Ripley’s Game is a 2002 psychological thriller film, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, in which John Malkovich portrays the sophisticated and amoral con artist Tom Ripley.
- 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: Policenauts Target entity description: Policenauts is a 1994 cinematic, sci-fi adventure game by Hideo Kojima, noted for its anime-inspired presentation, mature storytelling, and blend of visual novel and point-and-click investigation gameplay.
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A.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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B.
Snatcher
Snatcher is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game created by Hideo Kojima, known for its cinematic storytelling, Blade Runner-inspired setting, and cult classic status.
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C.
Occupatio
Occupatio is a theological work by the 10th-century Benedictine abbot and reformer Odo of Cluny.
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D.
Public Enemies
Public Enemies is a 2009 crime drama film directed by Michael Mann that chronicles the final years of notorious bank robber John Dillinger during the Great Depression.
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E.
Ripley’s Game
Ripley’s Game is a 2002 psychological thriller film, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, in which John Malkovich portrays the sophisticated and amoral con artist Tom Ripley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
point-and-click adventure
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video game ⓘ visual novel ⓘ |
| artStyle | 2D anime-style graphics ⓘ |
| audio | full voice acting in Japanese ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Hideo Kojima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Konami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developerDivision | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Hideo Kojima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstReleasePlatform | PC-9821 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameplayElement |
dialogue choices
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investigation sequences ⓘ shooting segments ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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science fiction ⓘ visual novel ⓘ |
| hasCutscenes | animated cutscenes ⓘ |
| hasFanTranslation | English fan translation patch ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Lethal Weapon
NERFINISHED
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hard science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ed Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonathan Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mode | single-player ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anime-inspired art style
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blend of visual novel and point-and-click gameplay ⓘ cinematic presentation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Hideo Kojima games ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person ⓘ |
| platform |
3DO
NERFINISHED
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PC-9821 ⓘ PlayStation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sega Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jonathan Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Konami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherRegion | Japan-only official release ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Snatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| setting |
near future
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space colony Beyond Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
buddy cop relationship
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crime investigation ⓘ mature storytelling ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| writer | Hideo Kojima 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: Policenauts Description of subject: Policenauts is a 1994 cinematic, sci-fi adventure game by Hideo Kojima, noted for its anime-inspired presentation, mature storytelling, and blend of visual novel and point-and-click investigation gameplay.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.