Lurker
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The Lurker is a Zerg ground unit in StarCraft: Brood War known for burrowing to unleash devastating line-based spines against enemy forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lurker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642286 — 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: Lurker Context triple: [StarCraft: Brood War, notableUnit, Lurker]
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A.
Lurk
Lurk is a highly acclaimed Chinese espionage television drama series known for its intricate plotting and nuanced portrayal of undercover agents during the Chinese Civil War era.
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B.
Prowler
Prowler is a wooden roller coaster at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its fast, terrain-hugging layout through wooded areas.
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C.
Niney the Observer
Niney the Observer is a pioneering Jamaican reggae and dub producer and engineer known for his influential 1970s work with artists like Dennis Brown and his innovative, heavy roots sound.
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D.
Shriever
Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
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E.
Wanderer
Wanderer is Sterling Hayden’s autobiographical memoir, renowned for its candid reflections on his Hollywood career, seafaring life, and political disillusionment.
- 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: Lurker Target entity description: The Lurker is a Zerg ground unit in StarCraft: Brood War known for burrowing to unleash devastating line-based spines against enemy forces.
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A.
Lurk
Lurk is a highly acclaimed Chinese espionage television drama series known for its intricate plotting and nuanced portrayal of undercover agents during the Chinese Civil War era.
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B.
Prowler
Prowler is a wooden roller coaster at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its fast, terrain-hugging layout through wooded areas.
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C.
Niney the Observer
Niney the Observer is a pioneering Jamaican reggae and dub producer and engineer known for his influential 1970s work with artists like Dennis Brown and his innovative, heavy roots sound.
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D.
Shriever
Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
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E.
Wanderer
Wanderer is Sterling Hayden’s autobiographical memoir, renowned for its candid reflections on his Hollywood career, seafaring life, and political disillusionment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
StarCraft: Brood War unit
ⓘ
Zerg ground unit ⓘ |
| appearsInGameMode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
single-player campaign ⓘ |
| attackType |
line-based spines
ⓘ
ranged ground attack ⓘ |
| canBurrow | true ⓘ |
| cannotAttack | air units ⓘ |
| cannotAttackWhenUnburrowed | true ⓘ |
| category |
siege unit
ⓘ
stealth unit ⓘ |
| counteredBy |
air units
ⓘ
detection units ⓘ long-range siege units ⓘ |
| damagePattern | linear splash ⓘ |
| designedBy | Blizzard Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detectionRequiredToSeeWhenBurrowed | true ⓘ |
| expansionOf | StarCraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faction | Zerg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game | StarCraft: Brood War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBurrowedState | true ⓘ |
| hasUnburrowedState | true ⓘ |
| introducedIn | StarCraft: Brood War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCloakedWhenBurrowed | true ⓘ |
| morphsFrom | Hydralisk ⓘ |
| movementType | ground ⓘ |
| notableAbility | burrowed line-spine attack ⓘ |
| primaryDamageType | spines ⓘ |
| race | Zerg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresBurrowToAttack | true ⓘ |
| requiresPlayerRace | Zerg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresResource |
minerals
ⓘ
vespene gas ⓘ |
| requiresSupply | Overlord ⓘ |
| requiresUpgradeToMorph | Lurker Aspect ⓘ |
| role |
ambush unit
ⓘ
area denial unit ⓘ splash damage dealer ⓘ |
| strongAgainst |
Protoss Zealots
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terran infantry ⓘ clustered ground units ⓘ |
| targets | ground units ⓘ |
| techTreeRequirement |
Hydralisk Den
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lair ⓘ |
| universe | StarCraft universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upgradeResearchedAt | Hydralisk Den 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: Lurker Description of subject: The Lurker is a Zerg ground unit in StarCraft: Brood War known for burrowing to unleash devastating line-based spines against enemy forces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.