R129
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R129 is the fourth-generation Mercedes-Benz SL roadster, renowned for its advanced safety features, refined engineering, and iconic 1990s luxury grand-touring design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R129 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2977907 — 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: R129 Context triple: [Mercedes-Benz SL, generation, R129]
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A.
R91
R91 is the hull number of the French Navy's flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the country's first nuclear-powered surface vessel.
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B.
R-17
R-17 is the Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missile better known in the West by its NATO reporting name "Scud-B."
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C.
R103
R103 is a regional road in South Africa that serves as an alternative route to the N3, connecting towns such as Ladysmith along the KwaZulu-Natal corridor.
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D.
R11
R11 is the internal station code used by the New York City Subway for the Grand Central–42nd Street complex in Midtown Manhattan.
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E.
R-4
The R-4 is a World War II–era Sikorsky helicopter recognized as the first mass-produced helicopter and the first to be used operationally by the U.S. military.
- 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: R129 Target entity description: R129 is the fourth-generation Mercedes-Benz SL roadster, renowned for its advanced safety features, refined engineering, and iconic 1990s luxury grand-touring design.
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A.
R91
R91 is the hull number of the French Navy's flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the country's first nuclear-powered surface vessel.
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B.
R-17
R-17 is the Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missile better known in the West by its NATO reporting name "Scud-B."
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C.
R103
R103 is a regional road in South Africa that serves as an alternative route to the N3, connecting towns such as Ladysmith along the KwaZulu-Natal corridor.
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D.
R11
R11 is the internal station code used by the New York City Subway for the Grand Central–42nd Street complex in Midtown Manhattan.
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E.
R-4
The R-4 is a World War II–era Sikorsky helicopter recognized as the first mass-produced helicopter and the first to be used operationally by the U.S. military.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class generation
ⓘ
grand tourer ⓘ luxury roadster ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Bremen
ⓘ
surface form:
Bremen, Germany
|
| bodyStyle | 2-door roadster ⓘ |
| brakeType | disc brakes on all wheels ⓘ |
| chassisCode | R129 ⓘ |
| class | SL-Class ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| designer |
Bruno Sacco
ⓘ
Peter Pfeiffer ⓘ |
| designEra | 1990s automotive design icon ⓘ |
| doorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| engineTypeAvailable |
V12 petrol engine
ⓘ
V6 petrol engine ⓘ V8 petrol engine ⓘ inline-6 petrol engine ⓘ |
| facelift |
1995 model year update
ⓘ
1998 model year update ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| introducedAt | 1989 Geneva Motor Show ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Mercedes-Benz SL ⓘ |
| marketPosition | flagship Mercedes-Benz roadster of the 1990s ⓘ |
| marketSegment | luxury grand tourer ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
advanced safety systems for its time
ⓘ
automatic roll-over protection bar ⓘ detachable hardtop ⓘ electrically operated soft top ⓘ integrated pop-up roll bar ⓘ multi-link rear suspension ⓘ seat-integrated seatbelts ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
500 SL
ⓘ
600 SL ⓘ SL 500 ⓘ Mercedes-Benz SL 600 ⓘ
surface form:
SL 600
|
| platform | dedicated SL platform ⓘ |
| predecessor | R107 ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 2001 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1989 ⓘ |
| relatedModel |
Mercedes-Benz W124
ⓘ
Mercedes-Benz W140 (as flagship) ⓘ
surface form:
Mercedes-Benz W140
|
| safetyInnovation | first production car with automatic roll bar deployment ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 2 ⓘ |
| successor | R230 ⓘ |
| transmissionAvailable |
automatic transmission
ⓘ
manual transmission ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: R129 Description of subject: R129 is the fourth-generation Mercedes-Benz SL roadster, renowned for its advanced safety features, refined engineering, and iconic 1990s luxury grand-touring design.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mercedes-Benz SL