Test Able
E50509
Test Able was the first of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946 to study the effects of atomic bombs on naval ships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Test Able canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397140 — 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: Test Able Context triple: [Operation Crossroads, hasPart, Test Able]
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A.
Testify
"Testify" is a popular song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, known for its politically charged lyrics and aggressive sound.
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B.
Test Track
Test Track is a high-speed automotive-themed attraction at EPCOT where guests experience a simulated vehicle testing facility.
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C.
Surefire
"Surefire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, featured on his album "The Human Condition."
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D.
Sherbert test
The Sherbert test is a U.S. constitutional law standard that evaluates whether government actions improperly burden an individual's free exercise of religion by requiring a compelling interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
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E.
BASE experiment
The BASE experiment is a high-precision physics experiment at CERN that measures the properties of protons and antiprotons to test fundamental symmetries such as CPT invariance.
- 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: Test Able Target entity description: Test Able was the first of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946 to study the effects of atomic bombs on naval ships.
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A.
Testify
"Testify" is a popular song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, known for its politically charged lyrics and aggressive sound.
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B.
Test Track
Test Track is a high-speed automotive-themed attraction at EPCOT where guests experience a simulated vehicle testing facility.
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C.
Surefire
"Surefire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, featured on his album "The Human Condition."
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D.
Sherbert test
The Sherbert test is a U.S. constitutional law standard that evaluates whether government actions improperly burden an individual's free exercise of religion by requiring a compelling interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
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E.
BASE experiment
The BASE experiment is a high-precision physics experiment at CERN that measures the properties of protons and antiprotons to test fundamental symmetries such as CPT invariance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atomic bomb test
ⓘ
nuclear weapons test ⓘ |
| conductedBy |
Manhattan Project personnel
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1946-07-01 ⓘ |
| deliveryMethod | air-dropped bomb ⓘ |
| detonationHeight | approximately 520 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War period ⓘ |
| followedBy | Test Baker ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to understanding of nuclear weapons effects on military hardware
ⓘ
provided data on blast and thermal effects on naval vessels ⓘ |
| location |
Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| numberOfTargetShips | over 90 ships ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Operation Crossroads
ⓘ
post–World War II nuclear testing program of the United States ⓘ |
| purpose | to study the effects of atomic bombs on naval ships ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | first test of Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| targetType |
captured enemy vessels
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decommissioned warships ⓘ naval ships ⓘ |
| testSeriesPurpose | evaluation of ship survivability to nuclear explosions ⓘ |
| testType | airburst nuclear test ⓘ |
| weaponTypeTested | plutonium implosion-type bomb ⓘ |
| year | 1946 ⓘ |
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: Test Able Description of subject: Test Able was the first of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946 to study the effects of atomic bombs on naval ships.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.