Sidewinder
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Sidewinder is a widely used short-range, infrared-guided air-to-air missile developed by the United States and adopted by numerous air forces around the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sidewinder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8536361 — 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: Sidewinder Context triple: [AIM-9 Sidewinder, natoReportingName, Sidewinder]
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A.
The Sidewinder
"The Sidewinder" is a landmark 1964 hard bop jazz album by trumpeter Lee Morgan, celebrated for its catchy title track that became an unexpected crossover hit and a defining Blue Note release.
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B.
Stinger
Stinger is the anthropomorphic green hornet mascot of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, known for his energetic presence at games and team events.
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C.
Thunderhawk
Thunderhawk is a suspended looping steel roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure amusement park in Muskegon, Michigan.
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D.
Eagle Talon
The Eagle Talon is a sporty compact coupe produced in the 1990s, known for its turbocharged performance and all-wheel-drive options as part of the Diamond-Star Motors collaboration.
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E.
SkyHawk
SkyHawk is Seagate’s specialized line of hard disk drives designed for surveillance systems, optimized for continuous 24/7 video recording and high reliability.
- 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: Sidewinder Target entity description: Sidewinder is a widely used short-range, infrared-guided air-to-air missile developed by the United States and adopted by numerous air forces around the world.
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A.
The Sidewinder
"The Sidewinder" is a landmark 1964 hard bop jazz album by trumpeter Lee Morgan, celebrated for its catchy title track that became an unexpected crossover hit and a defining Blue Note release.
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B.
Stinger
Stinger is the anthropomorphic green hornet mascot of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, known for his energetic presence at games and team events.
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C.
Thunderhawk
Thunderhawk is a suspended looping steel roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure amusement park in Muskegon, Michigan.
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D.
Eagle Talon
The Eagle Talon is a sporty compact coupe produced in the 1990s, known for its turbocharged performance and all-wheel-drive options as part of the Diamond-Star Motors collaboration.
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E.
SkyHawk
SkyHawk is Seagate’s specialized line of hard disk drives designed for surveillance systems, optimized for continuous 24/7 video recording and high reliability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-to-air missile
ⓘ
short-range missile ⓘ |
| conflict |
Falklands War
ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer |
Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 127 millimeters ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
United States Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuzing |
contact fuze
ⓘ
proximity fuze ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | infrared homing seeker ⓘ |
| guidanceType | passive infrared ⓘ |
| introducedBy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
General Electric
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raytheon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | around Mach 2.5 ⓘ |
| natoDesignation | AIM-9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
all-aspect capability in AIM-9L and later variants
ⓘ
off-boresight targeting capability in later variants ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
AIM-9B
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
AIM-9D NERFINISHED ⓘ AIM-9G NERFINISHED ⓘ AIM-9L NERFINISHED ⓘ AIM-9M NERFINISHED ⓘ AIM-9X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
attack aircraft
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| propellant | solid-fuel rocket motor ⓘ |
| rangeClass | short range ⓘ |
| role |
air-to-air combat
ⓘ
dogfight missile ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1956 ⓘ |
| typicalEngagementRange | up to about 18 kilometers ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ NATO air forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| warheadType | high-explosive fragmentation ⓘ |
| warheadWeight | approximately 9 kilograms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sidewinder Description of subject: Sidewinder is a widely used short-range, infrared-guided air-to-air missile developed by the United States and adopted by numerous air forces around the world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
AIM-9 Sidewinder