U.S. Model 1892 Springfield
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The U.S. Model 1892 Springfield is an American bolt-action military rifle based on the Krag–Jørgensen design, used by the United States Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Model 1892 Springfield canonical | 1 |
| U.S. Model 1896 Springfield | 1 |
| U.S. Model 1898 Springfield | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6342037 — 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: U.S. Model 1892 Springfield Context triple: [Krag–Jørgensen rifles, adoptedAs, U.S. Model 1892 Springfield]
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A.
Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket
The Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket was the primary percussion rifle used by Union forces during the American Civil War and one of the most widely produced and influential military firearms of its era.
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B.
M1903 Springfield rifle
The M1903 Springfield rifle is a bolt-action service rifle that was standard issue for the U.S. military in the early 20th century, seeing extensive use in World War I and World War II.
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C.
Remington rifle
The Remington rifle is a family of American-made, bolt-action and lever-action firearms widely used by military forces and civilians worldwide from the late 19th century onward.
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D.
Winchester Model 1873 rifle
The Winchester Model 1873 rifle is a famous lever-action repeating rifle, often called “The Gun that Won the West” for its widespread use in the American frontier era.
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E.
The Springfield Rifle
The Springfield Rifle was the nickname of Vic Raschi, a dominant right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees in the late 1940s and early 1950s known for his powerful fastball and key role on multiple World Series championship teams.
- 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: U.S. Model 1892 Springfield Target entity description: The U.S. Model 1892 Springfield is an American bolt-action military rifle based on the Krag–Jørgensen design, used by the United States Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket
The Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket was the primary percussion rifle used by Union forces during the American Civil War and one of the most widely produced and influential military firearms of its era.
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B.
M1903 Springfield rifle
The M1903 Springfield rifle is a bolt-action service rifle that was standard issue for the U.S. military in the early 20th century, seeing extensive use in World War I and World War II.
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C.
Remington rifle
The Remington rifle is a family of American-made, bolt-action and lever-action firearms widely used by military forces and civilians worldwide from the late 19th century onward.
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D.
Winchester Model 1873 rifle
The Winchester Model 1873 rifle is a famous lever-action repeating rifle, often called “The Gun that Won the West” for its widespread use in the American frontier era.
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E.
The Springfield Rifle
The Springfield Rifle was the nickname of Vic Raschi, a dominant right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees in the late 1940s and early 1950s known for his powerful fastball and key role on multiple World Series championship teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bolt-action rifle ⓘ |
| action | bolt action ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | U.S. Krag Model 1892 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Krag–Jørgensen rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caliber | .30 caliber ⓘ |
| cartridgeType | rimmed rifle cartridge ⓘ |
| category | Krag–Jørgensen variants ⓘ |
| chamberedFor | .30-40 Krag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Boxer Rebellion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippine–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designer |
Erik Jørgensen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ole Herman Johannes Krag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | black-powder to smokeless transition era ⓘ |
| feedSystem |
5-round magazine
ⓘ
side-loading box magazine ⓘ |
| firearmClass | shoulder-fired weapon ⓘ |
| firingMode | manual repeating ⓘ |
| intendedRole | infantry rifle ⓘ |
| magazineType | internal magazine ⓘ |
| material |
steel barrel
ⓘ
wooden stock ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
side-mounted magazine gate
ⓘ
single locking lug bolt ⓘ |
| originatingArmory | United States Springfield Armory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Army infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedAt | Springfield Armory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propellantType | smokeless powder cartridge ⓘ |
| replacedBy | M1903 Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1892 ⓘ |
| servicePeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| successor |
U.S. Model 1896 Springfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Model 1898 Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeDesignation | Model 1892 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard U.S. service rifle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Army
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ state militia units in the United States ⓘ |
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: U.S. Model 1892 Springfield Description of subject: The U.S. Model 1892 Springfield is an American bolt-action military rifle based on the Krag–Jørgensen design, used by the United States Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Model 1896 Springfield
this entity surface form:
U.S. Model 1898 Springfield