Questra
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Questra is the Adidas-designed football used as the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, noted for its advanced materials and distinctive space-themed design.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Questra canonical | 1 |
| Questra Apollo | 1 |
| Questra Olympia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2713203 — 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: Questra Context triple: [1994 FIFA World Cup, officialMatchBall, Questra]
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A.
Medeus
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B.
Carlion
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C.
T’Pau
T’Pau is a highly respected Vulcan matriarch and diplomat in the Star Trek universe, known for presiding over key Vulcan rituals and embodying traditional Vulcan logic and authority.
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D.
Spock’s Beard
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E.
Jaska
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- 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: Questra Target entity description: Questra is the Adidas-designed football used as the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, noted for its advanced materials and distinctive space-themed design.
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A.
Medeus
Medeus is a character known as one of the children of Jason, sharing in the mythological legacy surrounding the hero’s family.
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B.
Carlion
Carlion is a legendary location in Arthurian romance literature, often depicted as one of the principal courts or cities associated with King Arthur and his knights.
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C.
T’Pau
T’Pau is a highly respected Vulcan matriarch and diplomat in the Star Trek universe, known for presiding over key Vulcan rituals and embodying traditional Vulcan logic and authority.
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D.
Spock’s Beard
Spock’s Beard is an American progressive rock band known for its complex compositions, melodic sensibilities, and significant role in the 1990s and 2000s prog revival.
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E.
Jaska
Jaska is a Finnish diminutive form of the male given name Jaakko, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Adidas World Cup match ball
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association football ⓘ football (soccer) ball ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Adidas Questra ⓘ |
| ballConstruction | 32-panel design ⓘ |
| brand |
Adidas
ⓘ
surface form:
Adidas Equipment
|
| color |
black design elements
ⓘ
dark blue decorative elements ⓘ white base color ⓘ |
| competition | 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| countryOfManufacturer | Germany ⓘ |
| designer | Adidas ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIFA ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
black and white panels
ⓘ
comets ⓘ planets ⓘ stars ⓘ |
| hasDesignTheme | space ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Questra
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Questra Apollo
Questra Europa ⓘ Questra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Questra Olympia
|
| introducedInTournament | 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Adidas ⓘ |
| material |
multiple foam layers
ⓘ
polyurethane outer layer ⓘ synthetic materials ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced foam-based construction for its time
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space-themed graphics inspired by the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing ⓘ |
| officialMatchBallOf | 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| panelType | truncated icosahedron panel configuration ⓘ |
| predecessor | Adidas Etrusco Unico ⓘ |
| property |
enhanced softness
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greater swerve ⓘ higher shooting speed ⓘ improved water resistance ⓘ increased responsiveness ⓘ |
| regulationSize | Size 5 ⓘ |
| sport | football ⓘ |
| successor | Adidas Tricolore ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
consumer replica market
ⓘ
professional football ⓘ |
| usedFor | association football matches ⓘ |
| usedIn |
1994 FIFA World Cup
ⓘ
surface form:
1994 FIFA World Cup final
1996 Olympic football tournament (variant: Questra Olympia) ⓘ Spanish La Liga matches in the mid-1990s (variant: Questra Apollo) ⓘ UEFA Euro 1996 ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA Euro 1996 (variant: Questra Europa)
United States-hosted matches of the 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
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: Questra Description of subject: Questra is the Adidas-designed football used as the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, noted for its advanced materials and distinctive space-themed design.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Questra Olympia
this entity surface form:
Questra Apollo