Trident I C4
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Trident I C4 is an earlier-generation U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile that preceded and paved the way for the more advanced Trident II D5 system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGM-96 Trident I | 5 |
| Trident I C4 canonical | 2 |
| UGM-96 Trident I C4 | 2 |
| Trident C-4 | 1 |
| Trident I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3654213 — 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: Trident I C4 Context triple: [Trident II D5, predecessor, Trident I C4]
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A.
Trident 1C
Trident 1C is an early production variant of the British Hawker Siddeley Trident narrow-body jet airliner, used primarily for short- to medium-haul passenger services.
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B.
Trident II D5 missile
The Trident II D5 missile is a submarine-launched, nuclear-capable ballistic missile used by the U.S. and U.K. navies as a key component of their strategic deterrent forces.
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C.
Minuteman III
Minuteman III is an American intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has served as a key land-based component of the United States' nuclear deterrent since the 1970s.
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D.
Trident 2E
Trident 2E is a stretched, higher-capacity variant of the Hawker Siddeley Trident airliner designed to improve range and passenger load.
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E.
Trident nuclear missile system
The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
- 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: Trident I C4 Target entity description: Trident I C4 is an earlier-generation U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile that preceded and paved the way for the more advanced Trident II D5 system.
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A.
Trident 1C
Trident 1C is an early production variant of the British Hawker Siddeley Trident narrow-body jet airliner, used primarily for short- to medium-haul passenger services.
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B.
Trident II D5 missile
The Trident II D5 missile is a submarine-launched, nuclear-capable ballistic missile used by the U.S. and U.K. navies as a key component of their strategic deterrent forces.
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C.
Minuteman III
Minuteman III is an American intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has served as a key land-based component of the United States' nuclear deterrent since the 1970s.
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D.
Trident 2E
Trident 2E is a stretched, higher-capacity variant of the Hawker Siddeley Trident airliner designed to improve range and passenger load.
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E.
Trident nuclear missile system
The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SLBM
ⓘ
submarine-launched ballistic missile ⓘ |
| compatibleSubmarineClass |
Lafayette-class submarine
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
James Madison-class submarine ⓘ Lafayette-class submarine ⓘ Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio-class submarine
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deploymentMode | submerged launch ⓘ |
| designation | UGM-96A ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Lockheed Martin
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
|
| diameter | about 1.8 meters ⓘ |
| era | late Cold War ⓘ |
| generation | first-generation Trident system ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| introduced | late 1970s ⓘ |
| launchEnvironment | submarine underwater launch tubes ⓘ |
| launchMethod | underwater cold launch ⓘ |
| launchPlatformType | ballistic missile submarine ⓘ |
| length | about 10.2 meters ⓘ |
| maximumRange |
approximately 4000 nautical miles
ⓘ
approximately 7400 kilometers ⓘ |
| natoReportingName |
Trident I C4
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Trident C-4
|
| numberOfStages | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. strategic nuclear forces ⓘ |
| pavedWayFor |
Trident II D5 missile
ⓘ
surface form:
Trident II D5 system
|
| payload | multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles ⓘ |
| predecessor | UGM-73 Poseidon ⓘ |
| propellantType | solid fuel ⓘ |
| rangeClass | intercontinental ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Trident II D5 missile
ⓘ
surface form:
Trident II D5
|
| retired | 2005 ⓘ |
| role | strategic nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1979 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Trident II D5 missile
ⓘ
surface form:
Trident II D5
|
| usedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| usedInDoctrine | nuclear triad sea-based leg ⓘ |
| usedOnPlatform |
Lafayette-class submarine
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
James Madison-class submarine ⓘ Lafayette-class submarine ⓘ Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio-class submarine
|
| warheadModel |
W76 thermonuclear warhead
ⓘ
surface form:
W76
|
| warheadType | MIRV ⓘ |
| warheadYield | approximately 100 kilotons TNT ⓘ |
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: Trident I C4 Description of subject: Trident I C4 is an earlier-generation U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile that preceded and paved the way for the more advanced Trident II D5 system.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Trident II D5
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I
subject surface form:
Trident I
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I
subject surface form:
Ohio-class SSBN
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I C4
subject surface form:
Ohio-class submarine
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I
this entity surface form:
Trident C-4
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I
this entity surface form:
UGM-96 Trident I C4