Starbase
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Starbase is SpaceX’s large rocket development and launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas, used for testing and launching its next-generation Starship vehicles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starbase canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8055255 — 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: Starbase Context triple: [Suborbital Pad A, locatedIn, Starbase]
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A.
Starbase Yorktown
Starbase Yorktown is a massive, futuristic Federation space station and starbase that serves as a key setting and strategic hub in the film "Star Trek Beyond."
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B.
Port of Borg
The Port of Borg is a key commercial seaport in eastern Norway that handles regional cargo traffic and supports industrial and maritime activities in the area.
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C.
Trantor
Trantor is the vast, planet-wide city that serves as the capital of the Galactic Empire in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe.
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D.
Clavius Base
Clavius Base is a production company associated with the film "That Thing You Do!" and other entertainment projects.
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E.
Kaeson Station
Kaeson Station is a notable stop on Pyongyang’s metro system, known for its grand socialist-realist decor and proximity to the Arch of Triumph.
- 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: Starbase Target entity description: Starbase is SpaceX’s large rocket development and launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas, used for testing and launching its next-generation Starship vehicles.
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A.
Starbase Yorktown
Starbase Yorktown is a massive, futuristic Federation space station and starbase that serves as a key setting and strategic hub in the film "Star Trek Beyond."
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B.
Port of Borg
The Port of Borg is a key commercial seaport in eastern Norway that handles regional cargo traffic and supports industrial and maritime activities in the area.
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C.
Trantor
Trantor is the vast, planet-wide city that serves as the capital of the Galactic Empire in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe.
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D.
Clavius Base
Clavius Base is a production company associated with the film "That Thing You Do!" and other entertainment projects.
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E.
Kaeson Station
Kaeson Station is a notable stop on Pyongyang’s metro system, known for its grand socialist-realist decor and proximity to the Arch of Triumph.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SpaceX facility
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rocket launch site ⓘ spaceport ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| designedForVehicle |
Starship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Super Heavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalContext |
coastal wetlands
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wildlife refuge vicinity ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
catch tower
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engine test stands ⓘ ground support equipment ⓘ high bays ⓘ integration tower ⓘ launch mount ⓘ launch site ⓘ mid bays ⓘ orbital launch pad ⓘ production site ⓘ propellant storage tanks ⓘ suborbital pads ⓘ tank farm ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | over Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boca Chica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cameron County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| near |
Brownsville, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearSettlement | Boca Chica Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalAnnouncementDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| originalName | SpaceX South Texas Launch Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
Starship development
ⓘ
Starship launches ⓘ Starship testing ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Aviation Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Starbase, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamingAnnouncementDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
landing tests
ⓘ
orbital test flights ⓘ reentry tests ⓘ |
| supportsRocketFamily | Starship-Super Heavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cryogenic proof tests
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ground systems testing ⓘ orbital-class rocket launches ⓘ rocket integration ⓘ rocket manufacturing ⓘ static fire tests ⓘ suborbital test 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: Starbase Description of subject: Starbase is SpaceX’s large rocket development and launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas, used for testing and launching its next-generation Starship vehicles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.