Nylon
E192833
Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers widely used as strong, lightweight fibers and plastics in textiles, engineering components, and consumer products.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nylon 6,6 | 2 |
| Dacron | 1 |
| MOLLE webbing | 1 |
| Nylon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717234 — 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: Nylon Context triple: [DuPont, developed, Nylon]
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A.
Acryllium
Acryllium is a genus of guineafowl known for its strikingly patterned plumage and native range in sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
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C.
Seaborn Cotton
Seaborn Cotton was a 17th-century New England Puritan minister and the son of prominent theologian John Cotton.
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D.
FDY
FDY is the ICAO airline designator assigned to Southern Airways Express, a U.S.-based regional commuter airline.
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E.
Tulle
Tulle is a historic town in central France, known as the capital of the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
- 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: Nylon Target entity description: Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers widely used as strong, lightweight fibers and plastics in textiles, engineering components, and consumer products.
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A.
Acryllium
Acryllium is a genus of guineafowl known for its strikingly patterned plumage and native range in sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
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C.
Seaborn Cotton
Seaborn Cotton was a 17th-century New England Puritan minister and the son of prominent theologian John Cotton.
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D.
FDY
FDY is the ICAO airline designator assigned to Southern Airways Express, a U.S.-based regional commuter airline.
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E.
Tulle
Tulle is a historic town in central France, known as the capital of the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering material
ⓘ
polyamide ⓘ synthetic fiber ⓘ synthetic polymer ⓘ |
| canBeRecycled | true ⓘ |
| canBeReinforcedWith | glass fibers ⓘ |
| chemicalClass | polyamide ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
automotive components
ⓘ
bearings ⓘ carpets ⓘ consumer goods ⓘ electrical connectors ⓘ engineering plastics ⓘ fishing lines ⓘ gears ⓘ industrial yarns ⓘ packaging films ⓘ parachutes ⓘ reinforced composites ⓘ ropes ⓘ sportswear ⓘ stockings ⓘ textile fibers ⓘ |
| hasBondType | amide bond ⓘ |
| hasFunctionalGroup | amide group ⓘ |
| hasGeneralFormula | (–NH–(CH2)x–NH–CO–(CH2)y–CO–)n ⓘ |
| hasMonomerType | amide-linked monomers ⓘ |
| hasNotableDeveloper |
Wallace H. Carothers
ⓘ
surface form:
Wallace Carothers
|
| hasPolymerizationType | condensation polymerization ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
abrasion resistance
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can absorb moisture ⓘ good chemical resistance ⓘ good elasticity ⓘ good fatigue resistance ⓘ good impact resistance ⓘ good thermal stability ⓘ good wear resistance ⓘ high tensile strength ⓘ lightweight ⓘ moldable ⓘ thermoplastic ⓘ |
| hasSubtype |
Nylon 11
ⓘ
Nylon 12 ⓘ Nylon 6 ⓘ Nylon 6,10 ⓘ Nylon 6,6 ⓘ |
| hasTypicalMonomer |
adipic acid
ⓘ
hexamethylenediamine ⓘ |
| isA | family of polymers ⓘ |
| processingMethod |
extrusion
ⓘ
injection molding ⓘ melt spinning ⓘ |
| wasFamouslyUsedFor | women's stockings ⓘ |
| wasFirstCommercializedBy | DuPont ⓘ |
| wasFirstCommercializedIn | 1930s ⓘ |
| wasFirstUsedCommerciallyFor | toothbrush bristles ⓘ |
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: Nylon Description of subject: Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers widely used as strong, lightweight fibers and plastics in textiles, engineering components, and consumer products.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MOLLE webbing
this entity surface form:
nylon 6,6