Polyphony Digital
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Polyphony Digital is a Japanese video game development studio best known for creating the Gran Turismo racing simulation series for PlayStation consoles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polyphony Digital canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10878234 — 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: Polyphony Digital Context triple: [Gran Turismo 5, developer, Polyphony Digital]
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A.
Hudson Soft
Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company best known for creating popular franchises like Bomberman and co-developing early entries in the Mario Party series.
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B.
Konami
Konami is a major Japanese entertainment company best known for developing and publishing popular video game franchises such as Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.
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C.
Atlus
Atlus is a Japanese video game developer and publisher best known for creating the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona role-playing game series.
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D.
Scorpio Studios
Scorpio Studios was a London-based recording studio known for hosting sessions by prominent rock bands in the 1970s.
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E.
Geno Studio
Geno Studio is a Japanese animation studio known for producing anime series and contributing to high-profile anthology projects.
- 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: Polyphony Digital Target entity description: Polyphony Digital is a Japanese video game development studio best known for creating the Gran Turismo racing simulation series for PlayStation consoles.
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A.
Hudson Soft
Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company best known for creating popular franchises like Bomberman and co-developing early entries in the Mario Party series.
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B.
Konami
Konami is a major Japanese entertainment company best known for developing and publishing popular video game franchises such as Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.
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C.
Atlus
Atlus is a Japanese video game developer and publisher best known for creating the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona role-playing game series.
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D.
Scorpio Studios
Scorpio Studios was a London-based recording studio known for hosting sessions by prominent rock bands in the 1970s.
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E.
Geno Studio
Geno Studio is a Japanese animation studio known for producing anime series and contributing to high-profile anthology projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | video game developer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Mazda
NERFINISHED
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Nissan NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Bull Racing NERFINISHED ⓘ Toyota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| developedGame |
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
NERFINISHED
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Gran Turismo 6 Prologue NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo Concept NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo HD Concept NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo PSP NERFINISHED ⓘ Tourist Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionChannel | Sony Interactive Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerOf | Kazunori Yamauchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus | console video games ⓘ |
| formerParentCompany | Sony Computer Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kazunori Yamauchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
driving simulation
ⓘ
racing simulation ⓘ |
| hasFranchise | Gran Turismo series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite |
https://www.gran-turismo.com/
ⓘ
https://www.polyphony.co.jp/ ⓘ |
| industry |
software development
ⓘ
video games ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Kazunori Yamauchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed car modeling
ⓘ
highly realistic car physics ⓘ large licensed car rosters ⓘ real-world track recreations ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tokyo ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gran Turismo
NERFINISHED
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Gran Turismo 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Turismo Sport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Sony Interactive Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | PlayStation Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformSpecialization |
PlayStation
NERFINISHED
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PlayStation 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | home consoles ⓘ |
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: Polyphony Digital Description of subject: Polyphony Digital is a Japanese video game development studio best known for creating the Gran Turismo racing simulation series for PlayStation consoles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.