N72EX
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N72EX was the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter involved in the January 26, 2020 crash in Calabasas, California that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| N72EX canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7829227 — 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: N72EX Context triple: [January 26, 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash, registration, N72EX]
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A.
Nokia N72
The Nokia N72 is a mid-2000s Symbian-based smartphone known for its multimedia features, including a 2-megapixel camera and music playback, packaged in a stylish candybar design.
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B.
N7
N7 is the IATA airline designator assigned to Nordic Regional Airlines, a Finnish regional carrier.
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C.
Nokia 7 series
The Nokia 7 series is a mid-range Android smartphone line known for its clean software, solid build quality, and Zeiss-branded cameras, produced under the Nokia brand by HMD Global.
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D.
Nokia N77
The Nokia N77 is a mid-2000s Nokia smartphone notable for its integrated DVB-H mobile TV capabilities and multimedia features within the Nseries lineup.
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E.
N57
N57 is a major Dutch roadway that runs across the Brouwersdam and other Delta Works structures, connecting coastal regions in the southwest of the Netherlands.
- 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: N72EX Target entity description: N72EX was the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter involved in the January 26, 2020 crash in Calabasas, California that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others.
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A.
Nokia N72
The Nokia N72 is a mid-2000s Symbian-based smartphone known for its multimedia features, including a 2-megapixel camera and music playback, packaged in a stylish candybar design.
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B.
N7
N7 is the IATA airline designator assigned to Nordic Regional Airlines, a Finnish regional carrier.
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C.
Nokia 7 series
The Nokia 7 series is a mid-range Android smartphone line known for its clean software, solid build quality, and Zeiss-branded cameras, produced under the Nokia brand by HMD Global.
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D.
Nokia N77
The Nokia N77 is a mid-2000s Nokia smartphone notable for its integrated DVB-H mobile TV capabilities and multimedia features within the Nseries lineup.
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E.
N57
N57 is a major Dutch roadway that runs across the Brouwersdam and other Delta Works structures, connecting coastal regions in the southwest of the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sikorsky S-76B
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helicopter ⓘ |
| accidentCauseFindingAuthority | NTSB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accidentCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accidentCounty | Los Angeles County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accidentInvestigator | National Transportation Safety Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accidentState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accidentSummary | controlled flight into terrain in instrument meteorological conditions ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | twin-engine helicopter ⓘ |
| aircraftModelSeries | Sikorsky S-76 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | transport helicopter ⓘ |
| aircraftType | Sikorsky S-76B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | civil aviation ⓘ |
| callsign | N72EX ⓘ |
| countryOfRegistration | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crashCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crashDate | 2020-01-26 ⓘ |
| crashLocation |
Calabasas, California
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crashState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewFatalities | 1 ⓘ |
| departureAirport | John Wayne Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| departureCity | Santa Ana, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | January 26, 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash ⓘ |
| fatalities | 9 ⓘ |
| flightPurpose | transport to youth basketball game ⓘ |
| intendedDestination | Camarillo Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedDestinationCity | Camarillo, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Calabasas helicopter crash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sikorsky Aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePassenger |
Gianna Bryant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kobe Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVictim |
Gianna Bryant
NERFINISHED
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Kobe Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Island Express Helicopters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengerFatalities | 8 ⓘ |
| propulsionType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| registration | N72EX ⓘ |
| registrationStatus | destroyed in accident ⓘ |
| regulator | Federal Aviation Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailNumber | N72EX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VIP transport
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charter flights ⓘ |
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: N72EX Description of subject: N72EX was the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter involved in the January 26, 2020 crash in Calabasas, California that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.