Griffon
E491776
Griffon is a steel dive roller coaster designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, known for its floorless trains and dramatic vertical drops.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Griffon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5079277 — 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: Griffon Context triple: [Bolliger & Mabillard, notableWork, Griffon]
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A.
Greif
Greif is the NATO reporting name for the German World War II long-range heavy bomber Heinkel He 177.
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B.
Hawk
The Hawk is a bird of prey commonly symbolizing keen vision, strength, and agility, and serves as the mascot for various schools and sports teams.
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C.
Kestrel
Kestrel is a pressure-fed, liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by SpaceX for the second stage of its early Falcon 1 launch vehicle.
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D.
Kestrel
Kestrel is a cross-platform, high-performance web server built into ASP.NET Core for hosting and serving web applications.
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E.
Aetos
Aetos is a settlement known for its nearby pilgrimage site, attracting religious visitors and cultural interest.
- 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: Griffon Target entity description: Griffon is a steel dive roller coaster designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, known for its floorless trains and dramatic vertical drops.
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A.
Greif
Greif is the NATO reporting name for the German World War II long-range heavy bomber Heinkel He 177.
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B.
Hawk
The Hawk is a bird of prey commonly symbolizing keen vision, strength, and agility, and serves as the mascot for various schools and sports teams.
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C.
Kestrel
Kestrel is a pressure-fed, liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by SpaceX for the second stage of its early Falcon 1 launch vehicle.
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D.
Kestrel
Kestrel is a cross-platform, high-performance web server built into ASP.NET Core for hosting and serving web applications.
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E.
Aetos
Aetos is a settlement known for its nearby pilgrimage site, attracting religious visitors and cultural interest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dive coaster
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steel roller coaster ⓘ |
| angleOfFirstDrop | 90 degrees ⓘ |
| capacityPerHour | 1225 riders ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfManufacturer | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designer | Bolliger & Mabillard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dropHeight | 205 ft ⓘ |
| dropType | vertical drop ⓘ |
| element |
final helix
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first vertical drop into Immelmann inversion ⓘ second vertical drop ⓘ splashdown pool ⓘ |
| feature |
Immelmann inversion
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dive coaster holding brake ⓘ floorless seating over the track edge ⓘ overbanked turn ⓘ splashdown element ⓘ vertical drop ⓘ |
| gForce | 4 ⓘ |
| height | 205 ft ⓘ |
| inversionCount | 2 ⓘ |
| liftType | chain lift hill ⓘ |
| location | Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | 71 mph ⓘ |
| model | Dive Coaster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first floorless dive coasters
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dramatic vertical drops over a lagoon ⓘ wide 10-across seating configuration ⓘ |
| openingYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| park | Busch Gardens Williamsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| queueType | themed queue line ⓘ |
| restraintManufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restraintType | over-the-shoulder restraints ⓘ |
| rideCategory | thrill ride ⓘ |
| rowCountPerTrain | 3 ⓘ |
| seatsPerRow | 10 ⓘ |
| seatsPerTrain | 30 ⓘ |
| sectionOfPark | France section ⓘ |
| status | operating ⓘ |
| theme | French village / Griffon mythological creature ⓘ |
| trackLayout | custom layout ⓘ |
| trackLength | 3070 ft ⓘ |
| trackType | steel ⓘ |
| trainCount | 3 ⓘ |
| trainType | floorless trains ⓘ |
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: Griffon Description of subject: Griffon is a steel dive roller coaster designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, known for its floorless trains and dramatic vertical drops.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Busch Gardens Williamsburg