Adidas Telstar Durlast
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The Adidas Telstar Durlast is a classic black-and-white paneled football produced by Adidas, best known for its iconic use as the match ball in major 1970s international tournaments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adidas Telstar | 4 |
| Adidas Telstar Durlast canonical | 2 |
| Telstar (football) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T419135 — 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: Adidas Telstar Durlast Context triple: [1974 FIFA World Cup, officialMatchBall, Adidas Telstar Durlast]
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A.
Adidas
Adidas is a global sportswear and equipment company known for its iconic three-stripe branding and production of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories.
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B.
Puma
Puma is a major German sportswear and athletic footwear brand known for its performance-oriented shoes, apparel, and collaborations with high-profile athletes and designers.
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C.
Swoosh
Swoosh is the iconic curved checkmark symbol that serves as the primary brand logo of Nike, representing speed, motion, and athletic performance.
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D.
Dr. Martens
Dr. Martens is a British footwear and clothing brand best known for its durable leather boots with air-cushioned soles, which have become iconic in various subcultures worldwide.
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E.
Reebok
Reebok is a global athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its sportswear, fitness-focused products, and collaborations in running, training, and lifestyle markets.
- 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: Adidas Telstar Durlast Target entity description: The Adidas Telstar Durlast is a classic black-and-white paneled football produced by Adidas, best known for its iconic use as the match ball in major 1970s international tournaments.
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A.
Adidas
Adidas is a global sportswear and equipment company known for its iconic three-stripe branding and production of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories.
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B.
Puma
Puma is a major German sportswear and athletic footwear brand known for its performance-oriented shoes, apparel, and collaborations with high-profile athletes and designers.
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C.
Swoosh
Swoosh is the iconic curved checkmark symbol that serves as the primary brand logo of Nike, representing speed, motion, and athletic performance.
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D.
Dr. Martens
Dr. Martens is a British footwear and clothing brand best known for its durable leather boots with air-cushioned soles, which have become iconic in various subcultures worldwide.
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E.
Reebok
Reebok is a global athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its sportswear, fitness-focused products, and collaborations in running, training, and lifestyle markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football
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football ⓘ sports equipment ⓘ |
| brand |
Adidas Telstar Durlast
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Adidas Telstar
|
| category |
Teamgeist
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surface form:
FIFA World Cup match balls
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| coating | Durlast polyurethane coating ⓘ |
| color | black and white ⓘ |
| designFeature |
32-panel construction
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hexagon and pentagon panels ⓘ truncated icosahedron panel design ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature | Durlast surface treatment for durability ⓘ |
| feature |
high visibility for black-and-white television broadcasts
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improved water resistance compared to earlier leather balls ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most recognizable football designs in history ⓘ |
| influenced | later standard design of footballs with 32 black-and-white panels ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Adidas ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Adidas ⓘ |
| material | leather ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named after the Telstar communications satellite ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic black-and-white paneled appearance
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use in major international football tournaments in the 1970s ⓘ |
| purpose |
international tournament play
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professional match play ⓘ |
| role |
official match ball of the 1970 FIFA World Cup
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official match ball of the 1974 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| usedInTournament |
1970 FIFA World Cup
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1974 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| variantOf |
Adidas Telstar Durlast
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Adidas Telstar
|
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: Adidas Telstar Durlast Description of subject: The Adidas Telstar Durlast is a classic black-and-white paneled football produced by Adidas, best known for its iconic use as the match ball in major 1970s international tournaments.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adidas Telstar
this entity surface form:
Adidas Telstar
this entity surface form:
Adidas Telstar
this entity surface form:
Adidas Telstar
this entity surface form:
Telstar (football)