USK
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USK is the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body responsible for age rating and classifying video games and other interactive media.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USK canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10067875 — 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: USK Context triple: [PlayStation Network, contentRatingSystem, USK]
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A.
USY
USY (United Synagogue Youth) is the Conservative Jewish youth movement in North America that engages teens in Jewish learning, leadership, community, and Israel-focused activities.
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B.
Usk
Usk is a small historic town in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, known for its medieval castle and picturesque setting on the River Usk.
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C.
ÚS
ÚS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, the country's highest authority for constitutional review and protection of fundamental rights.
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D.
Us3
Us3 is a British jazz-rap group best known for blending hip-hop with sampled Blue Note jazz recordings, particularly on their hit single "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)."
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E.
UKG
UKG is a U.S.-based technology company specializing in human capital management and workforce management solutions.
- 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: USK Target entity description: USK is the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body responsible for age rating and classifying video games and other interactive media.
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A.
USY
USY (United Synagogue Youth) is the Conservative Jewish youth movement in North America that engages teens in Jewish learning, leadership, community, and Israel-focused activities.
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B.
Usk
Usk is a small historic town in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, known for its medieval castle and picturesque setting on the River Usk.
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C.
ÚS
ÚS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, the country's highest authority for constitutional review and protection of fundamental rights.
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D.
Us3
Us3 is a British jazz-rap group best known for blending hip-hop with sampled Blue Note jazz recordings, particularly on their hit single "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)."
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E.
UKG
UKG is a U.S.-based technology company specializing in human capital management and workforce management solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
content rating organization
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non-profit organization ⓘ self-regulatory organization ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activity |
advising industry on youth protection
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assignment of age labels ⓘ review of game content ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
digital game releases
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downloadable games ⓘ online distribution platforms ⓘ physical game releases ⓘ |
| contentCriteria |
discrimination
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drug use ⓘ fear and horror elements ⓘ online interaction risks ⓘ sexual content ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
PEGI
NERFINISHED
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international rating bodies ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
protection of minors from harmful content
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youth protection in media ⓘ |
| fullName | Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | standardized age ratings for games in Germany ⓘ |
| hasAgeRatingSystem |
USK 0
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USK 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ USK 16 ⓘ USK 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ USK 6 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| industry |
interactive media
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video games ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalStatus | recognized age rating body under German law ⓘ |
| purpose |
age rating of video games
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classification of interactive media ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| regulates |
computer games
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console games ⓘ interactive entertainment software ⓘ mobile games ⓘ online games ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| typeOfRating | age-based classification ⓘ |
| worksWith |
German authorities
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German game developers ⓘ German game publishers ⓘ |
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: USK Description of subject: USK is the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body responsible for age rating and classifying video games and other interactive media.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.