Shot Pascal-B
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Shot Pascal-B was a 1957 underground nuclear test in the U.S. Operation Plumbbob series, notable for its unusually powerful explosion and the famous (though debated) story of a steel plate cap potentially being launched into space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shot Pascal-B canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17081327 — 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: Shot Pascal-B Context triple: [Operation Plumbbob, notableTest, Shot Pascal-B]
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Shot Pascal-A
Shot Pascal-A was a 1957 underground nuclear test in the U.S. Operation Plumbbob series, notable for its unusually powerful effects on its test shaft and the famous “manhole cover” escape-velocity myth.
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B.
Pisti
Pisti is a common Hungarian diminutive form of the male given name István, similar to "Steve" for "Stephen" in English.
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C.
Pacer
Pacer is the horse-themed mascot representing the University of South Carolina Aiken’s athletic teams.
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D.
Pacassi
Pacassi is a surname most notably associated with Nicolaus Pacassi, an 18th-century Austrian imperial architect of Italian origin.
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E.
Shot Ess
Shot Ess was one of the individual nuclear test detonations conducted by the United States as part of its mid-1950s Operation Teapot test series at the Nevada Test Site.
- 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: Shot Pascal-B Target entity description: Shot Pascal-B was a 1957 underground nuclear test in the U.S. Operation Plumbbob series, notable for its unusually powerful explosion and the famous (though debated) story of a steel plate cap potentially being launched into space.
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A.
Shot Pascal-A
Shot Pascal-A was a 1957 underground nuclear test in the U.S. Operation Plumbbob series, notable for its unusually powerful effects on its test shaft and the famous “manhole cover” escape-velocity myth.
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B.
Pisti
Pisti is a common Hungarian diminutive form of the male given name István, similar to "Steve" for "Stephen" in English.
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C.
Pacer
Pacer is the horse-themed mascot representing the University of South Carolina Aiken’s athletic teams.
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D.
Pacassi
Pacassi is a surname most notably associated with Nicolaus Pacassi, an 18th-century Austrian imperial architect of Italian origin.
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E.
Shot Ess
Shot Ess was one of the individual nuclear test detonations conducted by the United States as part of its mid-1950s Operation Teapot test series at the Nevada Test Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.