M14 rifle
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The M14 rifle is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle that served as the standard-issue U.S. military service rifle in the late 1950s and 1960s and remains in limited use for ceremonial and designated marksman roles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M14 rifle canonical | 4 |
| M14 EBR | 1 |
| M21 sniper rifle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2227062 — 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: M14 rifle Context triple: [Tomb Guard, weapon, M14 rifle]
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A.
M16 rifle
The M16 rifle is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm NATO, gas-operated assault rifle that has been a standard-issue infantry weapon for the U.S. military and many allied forces since the Vietnam War era.
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B.
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle
The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle is a British variant of the FN FAL battle rifle, widely used by the UK and Commonwealth forces during the Cold War era.
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C.
HK417 battle rifle
The HK417 battle rifle is a German-designed, gas-operated, selective-fire rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, known for its reliability, accuracy, and use by military and special forces units worldwide.
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D.
M4 carbine
The M4 carbine is a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle widely used by modern military forces, particularly the U.S. armed forces.
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E.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
- 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: M14 rifle Target entity description: The M14 rifle is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle that served as the standard-issue U.S. military service rifle in the late 1950s and 1960s and remains in limited use for ceremonial and designated marksman roles.
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A.
M16 rifle
The M16 rifle is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm NATO, gas-operated assault rifle that has been a standard-issue infantry weapon for the U.S. military and many allied forces since the Vietnam War era.
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B.
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle
The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle is a British variant of the FN FAL battle rifle, widely used by the UK and Commonwealth forces during the Cold War era.
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C.
HK417 battle rifle
The HK417 battle rifle is a German-designed, gas-operated, selective-fire rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, known for its reliability, accuracy, and use by military and special forces units worldwide.
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D.
M4 carbine
The M4 carbine is a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle widely used by modern military forces, particularly the U.S. armed forces.
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E.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle rifle
ⓘ
selective-fire rifle ⓘ |
| action |
gas-operated
ⓘ
rotating bolt ⓘ |
| barrelLength | 559 mm ⓘ |
| caliber | 7.62 mm ⓘ |
| cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| derivedFrom |
M1 Garand rifles
ⓘ
surface form:
M1 Garand
|
| designer |
United States Ordnance Department
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Ordnance Department
|
| feedSystem |
20-round detachable box magazine
ⓘ
5-round detachable box magazine ⓘ |
| fireModes |
fully automatic
ⓘ
semi-automatic ⓘ |
| gasSystemType | short-stroke gas piston ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
M14 rifle
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
M14 EBR
M14 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
M21 sniper rifle
M25 sniper weapon system ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Harrington & Richardson
ⓘ
Springfield Armory ⓘ
surface form:
Springfield Armory (U.S. government)
TRW ⓘ
surface form:
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW)
Winchester ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 4.5 kg unloaded ⓘ |
| material | steel receiver ⓘ |
| muzzleVelocity | approximately 850 m/s ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 1,300,000 ⓘ |
| overallLength | approximately 1,118 mm ⓘ |
| primaryRole | infantry service rifle ⓘ |
| productionEnd | early 1960s ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1959 ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | approximately 700–750 rounds per minute (cyclic) ⓘ |
| replaced |
Browning Automatic Rifle
ⓘ
M1 Carbine ⓘ M1 Garand rifles ⓘ
surface form:
M1 Garand
M3 submachine gun ⓘ |
| secondaryRole |
ceremonial rifle
ⓘ
designated marksman rifle ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1959 ⓘ |
| sightType | iron sights ⓘ |
| standardServiceRifleOf | United States Armed Forces ⓘ |
| standardServiceRiflePeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ |
| stockMaterial |
fiberglass (later variants)
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
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United States Army ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Iraq War
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Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ |
| wasReplacedBy | M16 rifle ⓘ |
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: M14 rifle Description of subject: The M14 rifle is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle that served as the standard-issue U.S. military service rifle in the late 1950s and 1960s and remains in limited use for ceremonial and designated marksman roles.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
M1 Garand
this entity surface form:
M21 sniper rifle
this entity surface form:
M14 EBR