Grail
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Grail is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet 9K32 Strela-2, a man-portable, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile system widely used since the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7057002 — 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: Grail Context triple: [SA-7 Grail, NATOReportingName, Grail]
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A.
Grail
Grail is a biotechnology company focused on developing blood-based tests for early cancer detection using advanced genomic sequencing and data science.
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B.
Yvain
Yvain is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, best known as the hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion."
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C.
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object in Christian and Arthurian tradition, often depicted as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later sought as a symbol of divine grace and ultimate truth.
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D.
The Keeper of the Grail
The Keeper of the Grail is a musical cue from the Indiana Jones film scores, associated with the mystical guardianship of the Holy Grail.
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E.
The Excalibur
The Excalibur is the knight-themed mascot representing Trent University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- 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: Grail Target entity description: Grail is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet 9K32 Strela-2, a man-portable, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile system widely used since the 1960s.
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A.
Grail
Grail is a biotechnology company focused on developing blood-based tests for early cancer detection using advanced genomic sequencing and data science.
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B.
Yvain
Yvain is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, best known as the hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion."
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C.
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object in Christian and Arthurian tradition, often depicted as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later sought as a symbol of divine grace and ultimate truth.
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D.
The Keeper of the Grail
The Keeper of the Grail is a musical cue from the Indiana Jones film scores, associated with the mystical guardianship of the Holy Grail.
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E.
The Excalibur
The Excalibur is the knight-themed mascot representing Trent University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NATO reporting name ⓘ |
| appliesToWeaponType |
man-portable air-defense system
ⓘ
shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile system ⓘ |
| associatedMissile | 9M32 missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfSystem | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deploymentModeOfSystem | shoulder-launched ⓘ |
| developedByCountryOfSystem | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraOfUse |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
post–Cold War period ⓘ |
| guidanceSeekerTypeOfSystem | passive infrared seeker ⓘ |
| guidanceTypeOfSystem | infrared homing ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorSystem |
9K34 Strela-3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
9K38 Igla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchPlatformOfSystem | man-portable launcher ⓘ |
| mobilityOfSystem | man-portable ⓘ |
| propulsionTypeOfSystem | solid-fuel rocket ⓘ |
| refersTo |
9K32 Strela-2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet 9K32 Strela-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleOfSystem | short-range air defense ⓘ |
| systemDesignationCategory | SA-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systemEnteredService | 1960s ⓘ |
| systemFamily | Strela MANPADS family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systemGuidanceDomain | infrared spectrum ⓘ |
| systemLaunchMethod | shoulder-fired ⓘ |
| systemNATOReportingNameFor | SA-7 Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systemNotableCharacteristic | one of the earliest widely used MANPADS ⓘ |
| systemOperationalRangeCategory | short range ⓘ |
| systemOperationalStatus | still in use in some countries ⓘ |
| systemPrimaryUse | air defense for ground forces ⓘ |
| systemProliferationStatus | widely proliferated ⓘ |
| systemThreatType | airborne targets ⓘ |
| systemType | first-generation MANPADS ⓘ |
| targets |
helicopters
ⓘ
low-flying aircraft ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Soviet Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warsaw Pact forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Pact member states ⓘ export customers of the Soviet Union ⓘ various non-state armed groups ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ various African conflicts ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1960s ⓘ |
| warheadTypeOfSystem | high-explosive fragmentation ⓘ |
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: Grail Description of subject: Grail is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet 9K32 Strela-2, a man-portable, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile system widely used since the 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
SA-7 Grail