Raiden
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Raiden is a central Mortal Kombat character, the thunder god and protector of Earthrealm known for his lightning powers and iconic hat.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raiden canonical | 3 |
| Raiden (Mortal Kombat, 2021 film) | 1 |
| Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8412908 — 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: Raiden Context triple: [Mortal Kombat, notableCharacter, Raiden]
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A.
Iori
The Iori is a river in the South Caucasus that flows through eastern Georgia and parts of Azerbaijan before joining the Kura River.
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B.
Cayde-6
Cayde-6 is a fan-favorite, wisecracking Hunter Vanguard and Exo character from the Destiny video game series.
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C.
Talon
Talon is the bald eagle mascot of Major League Soccer club D.C. United, known for representing the team's fierce and patriotic spirit.
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D.
Talon
Talon is a surname most prominently associated with Patrice Talon, the businessman and President of Benin.
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E.
Ryu
Ryu is the iconic martial artist and primary protagonist of Capcom’s Street Fighter series, known for his disciplined fighting style and signature Hadouken attack.
- 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: Raiden Target entity description: Raiden is a central Mortal Kombat character, the thunder god and protector of Earthrealm known for his lightning powers and iconic hat.
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A.
Iori
The Iori is a river in the South Caucasus that flows through eastern Georgia and parts of Azerbaijan before joining the Kura River.
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B.
Cayde-6
Cayde-6 is a fan-favorite, wisecracking Hunter Vanguard and Exo character from the Destiny video game series.
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C.
Talon
Talon is the bald eagle mascot of Major League Soccer club D.C. United, known for representing the team's fierce and patriotic spirit.
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D.
Talon
Talon is a surname most prominently associated with Patrice Talon, the businessman and President of Benin.
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E.
Ryu
Ryu is the iconic martial artist and primary protagonist of Capcom’s Street Fighter series, known for his disciplined fighting style and signature Hadouken attack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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video game character ⓘ |
| alignment | usually heroic ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)
NERFINISHED
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Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 1 (2023 video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat II NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat X NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat: Armageddon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat: Deception NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Raijin from Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| creator |
Ed Boon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Tobias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemy |
Netherrealm forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quan Chi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shang Tsung NERFINISHED ⓘ Shao Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinnok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightingStyle | primarily lightning-based attacks ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Mortal Kombat (1992 video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Mortal Kombat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameDeveloper | NetherRealm Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeRealm | Earthrealm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArc | sacrifices immortality to protect Earthrealm in some timelines ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
conical hat
ⓘ
glowing eyes ⓘ |
| notableRelationship |
ally of Kung Lao
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mentor of Liu Kang ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper | Midway Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Christopher Lambert
NERFINISHED
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James Remar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadanobu Asano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powers |
control of lightning
ⓘ
energy projection ⓘ flight ⓘ immortality ⓘ teleportation ⓘ weather manipulation ⓘ |
| role | protector of Earthrealm ⓘ |
| signatureMove |
Electric fly
NERFINISHED
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Lightning bolt ⓘ Teleport ⓘ Torpedo (flying attack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | Elder God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| team | Earthrealm warriors ⓘ |
| title |
God of Thunder
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Thunder God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Mortal Kombat universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceActor |
Clancy Brown
NERFINISHED
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Richard Epcar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon |
lightning
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staff ⓘ |
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: Raiden Description of subject: Raiden is a central Mortal Kombat character, the thunder god and protector of Earthrealm known for his lightning powers and iconic hat.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
subject surface form:
Scorpion (Mortal Kombat, 2021 film)
this entity surface form:
Raiden (Mortal Kombat, 2021 film)