GPS
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GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based navigation system that provides precise location and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GPS canonical | 45 |
| Global Positioning System | 21 |
| A-GPS | 2 |
| GPS III satellites | 1 |
| GPS/INS | 1 |
| IS-GPS-200 | 1 |
| IS-GPS-705 | 1 |
| NavIC | 1 |
| Navstar GPS | 1 |
| global positioning system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T209384 — 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: GPS Context triple: [Tomahawk cruise missile, guidanceSystem, GPS]
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A.
WGS84
WGS84 is the global geodetic reference system and standard coordinate framework used for GPS and most modern mapping applications.
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B.
Atlas
Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
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C.
GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
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D.
GU
GU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Global Telecommunication System
The Global Telecommunication System is an international network for the real-time exchange of meteorological and related data that underpins global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
- 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: GPS Target entity description: GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based navigation system that provides precise location and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide.
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A.
WGS84
WGS84 is the global geodetic reference system and standard coordinate framework used for GPS and most modern mapping applications.
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B.
Atlas
Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
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C.
GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
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D.
GU
GU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Global Telecommunication System
The Global Telecommunication System is an international network for the real-time exchange of meteorological and related data that underpins global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Global Navigation Satellite System
ⓘ
Satellite Navigation System ⓘ |
| abbreviation | GPS self-link ⓘ |
| accuracyCivilianTypical | About 5 to 10 meters ⓘ |
| accuracyMilitaryTypical | Higher than civilian accuracy ⓘ |
| basedOn | Satellite Constellation ⓘ |
| canBeAugmentedBy |
Differential GPS
ⓘ
EGNOS ⓘ Real-time Kinematic Positioning ⓘ WAAS ⓘ |
| civilSignal | C/A Code ⓘ |
| competesWith |
BeiDou
ⓘ
GLONASS ⓘ Galileo ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| coverageArea | Global ⓘ |
| declaredFullyOperationalBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| fullName |
GPS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Global Positioning System
|
| fullOperationalCapability | 1995 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Department of Defense directives
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense Policy
|
| governedByStandard |
GPS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IS-GPS-200
GPS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IS-GPS-705
IS-GPS-800 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Control Segment
ⓘ
Space Segment ⓘ User Segment ⓘ |
| initialOperationalCapability | 1993 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Global Navigation Satellite System Infrastructure ⓘ |
| militarySignal |
M-Code
ⓘ
P(Y) Code ⓘ |
| minimumOperationalSatellites | 24 ⓘ |
| numberOfOrbitalPlanes | 6 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Space Force ⓘ |
| orbitalType | Medium Earth Orbit ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Government
|
| primaryUse |
Navigation
ⓘ
Positioning ⓘ Timing ⓘ |
| provides |
Precise Time
ⓘ
Three-dimensional Position ⓘ Velocity Information ⓘ |
| providesServiceTo |
Civilian Users
ⓘ
Commercial Users ⓘ Military Users ⓘ |
| requires | Line of Sight to Satellites ⓘ |
| selectiveAvailabilityDisabledOn | 2000-05-01 ⓘ |
| signalFrequencyBand |
L1
ⓘ
L2 ⓘ L5 ⓘ |
| signalType | Spread Spectrum ⓘ |
| subjectToErrorSource |
Ionospheric Delay
ⓘ
Multipath Interference ⓘ Orbital Ephemeris Error ⓘ Satellite Clock Error ⓘ Tropospheric Delay ⓘ |
| supportsApplication |
Aviation Navigation
ⓘ
Geodesy ⓘ Land Navigation ⓘ Maritime Navigation ⓘ Power Grid Synchronization ⓘ Precision Agriculture ⓘ Scientific Research ⓘ Search and Rescue Operations ⓘ Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Location ⓘ
surface form:
Smartphone Location Services
Surveying ⓘ Telecommunications Timing ⓘ Vehicle Navigation Systems ⓘ |
| typicalConstellationSize | 24 to 32 satellites ⓘ |
| typicalOrbitalAltitude | 20200 kilometers ⓘ |
| usesMedium | Radio Signals ⓘ |
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: GPS Description of subject: GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based navigation system that provides precise location and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
M982 Excalibur
this entity surface form:
A-GPS
this entity surface form:
A-GPS
this entity surface form:
Global Positioning System
this entity surface form:
Global Positioning System
this entity surface form:
GPS/INS
this entity surface form:
Global Positioning System