Darius
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Darius is a classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game series by Taito, known for its branching stage paths, distinctive aquatic-themed enemy designs, and multi-screen arcade cabinets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Darius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8413488 — 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: Darius Context triple: [Gradius, inspired, Darius]
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A.
Darius
Darius is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically associated with several kings of ancient Persia and still used internationally today.
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B.
Darius I of Persia
Darius I of Persia was a powerful Achaemenid king (reigned 522–486 BCE) known for expanding and organizing the Persian Empire, promoting administrative reforms, and supporting major building projects across his realm.
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C.
King Darius
King Darius is the Persian ruler in the biblical Book of Daniel who reluctantly condemns Daniel to the lions’ den after being bound by his own irrevocable decree.
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D.
Darius (son of Xerxes I)
Darius, son of Xerxes I, was an Achaemenid Persian prince involved in the imperial succession struggles of the 5th century BCE.
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E.
Darius II of Persia
Darius II of Persia was a king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 423 to 404 BCE, overseeing a period of internal strife and involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
- 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: Darius Target entity description: Darius is a classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game series by Taito, known for its branching stage paths, distinctive aquatic-themed enemy designs, and multi-screen arcade cabinets.
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A.
Darius
Darius is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically associated with several kings of ancient Persia and still used internationally today.
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B.
Darius I of Persia
Darius I of Persia was a powerful Achaemenid king (reigned 522–486 BCE) known for expanding and organizing the Persian Empire, promoting administrative reforms, and supporting major building projects across his realm.
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C.
King Darius
King Darius is the Persian ruler in the biblical Book of Daniel who reluctantly condemns Daniel to the lions’ den after being bound by his own irrevocable decree.
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D.
Darius (son of Xerxes I)
Darius, son of Xerxes I, was an Achaemenid Persian prince involved in the imperial succession struggles of the 5th century BCE.
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E.
Darius II of Persia
Darius II of Persia was a king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 423 to 404 BCE, overseeing a period of internal strife and involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arcade game franchise
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shoot 'em up game series ⓘ video game series ⓘ |
| arcadeHardwareDeveloper | Taito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| developer | Taito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyFaction | Belser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEnemyTheme | mechanical sea creatures ⓘ |
| firstReleasePlatform | arcade ⓘ |
| franchiseOwner | Taito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameplayMode |
multiplayer
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single-player ⓘ |
| gameplayPerspective | side view ⓘ |
| genre | side-scrolling shoot 'em up ⓘ |
| hasBossNamingTheme | sea creatures ⓘ |
| hasCompilationRelease |
Darius Cozmic Collection
NERFINISHED
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Darius Cozmic Revelation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainShip | Silver Hawk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Darius Force
NERFINISHED
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Darius II NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius Twin NERFINISHED ⓘ Dariusburst NERFINISHED ⓘ Dariusburst: Another Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours NERFINISHED ⓘ G-Darius NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagaia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterEntriesFeature | 3D graphics ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
aquatic-themed enemy designs
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branching stage paths ⓘ large boss battles ⓘ multi-screen arcade cabinets ⓘ multiple endings ⓘ power-up system ⓘ sci-fi space setting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
branching route structure with zone map
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influential horizontal shoot 'em up design ⓘ |
| originalArcadeCabinetType | triple-screen cabinet ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| platform |
Nintendo Switch
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PC Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation 4 ⓘ PlayStation Portable NERFINISHED ⓘ Sega Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Nintendo Entertainment System NERFINISHED ⓘ TurboGrafx-16 NERFINISHED ⓘ arcade ⓘ |
| publisher | Taito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | outer space ⓘ |
| soundDesignBy | Zuntata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle | 2D sprite-based graphics ⓘ |
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: Darius Description of subject: Darius is a classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game series by Taito, known for its branching stage paths, distinctive aquatic-themed enemy designs, and multi-screen arcade cabinets.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.