Mobile Base System
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The Mobile Base System is a movable work platform on the International Space Station that allows the Canadarm2 robotic arm and astronauts to travel along the station’s truss for assembly, maintenance, and payload handling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mobile Base System canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2372641 — 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: Mobile Base System Context triple: [Mobile Servicing System, component, Mobile Base System]
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A.
Mobile
Mobile is a historic port city on Alabama’s Gulf Coast known for its shipbuilding, cultural heritage, and hosting one of the oldest Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States.
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B.
Mobile City Council
The Mobile City Council is the legislative body responsible for creating laws, setting policies, and overseeing municipal governance for the city of Mobile, Alabama.
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C.
Mobile Fleet
The Mobile Fleet was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s principal carrier battle group during World War II, responsible for major offensive operations in the Pacific.
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D.
Mobile metropolitan area
The Mobile metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in southwestern Alabama centered on the city of Mobile and its surrounding counties.
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E.
Mobile Networks
Mobile Networks is a Nokia business segment focused on providing mobile telecommunications infrastructure, technologies, and services for wireless network operators.
- 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: Mobile Base System Target entity description: The Mobile Base System is a movable work platform on the International Space Station that allows the Canadarm2 robotic arm and astronauts to travel along the station’s truss for assembly, maintenance, and payload handling.
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A.
Mobile
Mobile is a historic port city on Alabama’s Gulf Coast known for its shipbuilding, cultural heritage, and hosting one of the oldest Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States.
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B.
Mobile City Council
The Mobile City Council is the legislative body responsible for creating laws, setting policies, and overseeing municipal governance for the city of Mobile, Alabama.
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C.
Mobile Fleet
The Mobile Fleet was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s principal carrier battle group during World War II, responsible for major offensive operations in the Pacific.
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D.
Mobile metropolitan area
The Mobile metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in southwestern Alabama centered on the city of Mobile and its surrounding counties.
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E.
Mobile Networks
Mobile Networks is a Nokia business segment focused on providing mobile telecommunications infrastructure, technologies, and services for wireless network operators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station component
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mobile work platform ⓘ space station external payload facility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MBS
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Mobile Servicing System ⓘ
surface form:
Mobile Servicing System Mobile Base
|
| canTranslateAlong | Integrated Truss Structure ⓘ |
| componentOf | Mobile Servicing System ⓘ |
| control |
astronauts on ISS
ⓘ
ground-based robotics controllers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| designedFor | long-duration operation in space environment ⓘ |
| developedUnder | NASA–CSA cooperation ⓘ |
| enables |
efficient relocation of Canadarm2
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external maintenance tasks ⓘ external payload servicing ⓘ robotic access to multiple truss segments ⓘ |
| function |
provide movable work platform for Canadarm2
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provide movable work platform for astronauts ⓘ support ISS assembly operations ⓘ support ISS maintenance operations ⓘ support payload handling on ISS exterior ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crew work sites
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data connections for attached payloads ⓘ multiple work sites for robotic arm attachment ⓘ payload attachment points ⓘ power connections for attached payloads ⓘ video connections for attached payloads ⓘ |
| installedOnISS | 2002-06 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2002-06-05 ⓘ |
| launchedOnMission | STS-111 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| length | approximately 5 meters ⓘ |
| locatedOn | ISS truss structure ⓘ |
| manufacturer | MDA ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 4500 kilograms ⓘ |
| mountedOn | Mobile Transporter ⓘ |
| operator |
Canadian Space Agency
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NASA ⓘ |
| orbitingBody | Earth ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station ⓘ |
| partOfProgram |
International Space Station program
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surface form:
International Space Station Program
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| powerSupply | ISS electrical power system ⓘ |
| supportsModule |
Canadarm2
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Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Canadarm2
ⓘ
Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ⓘ |
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: Mobile Base System Description of subject: The Mobile Base System is a movable work platform on the International Space Station that allows the Canadarm2 robotic arm and astronauts to travel along the station’s truss for assembly, maintenance, and payload handling.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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