Buick Verano
E80431
The Buick Verano is a compact luxury sedan produced by General Motors under its Buick brand, positioned as an entry-level premium vehicle primarily for the North American and Chinese markets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buick Verano canonical | 4 |
| Buick Verano (first generation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T634012 — 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: Buick Verano Context triple: [Orion Assembly, produced, Buick Verano]
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A.
Pontiac Bonneville
The Pontiac Bonneville was a full-size, performance-oriented American car produced by General Motors’ Pontiac division, known for its upscale features and powerful V8 engines, especially popular from the late 1950s through the 1970s.
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B.
Oldsmobile Alero
The Oldsmobile Alero is a compact car produced by General Motors from 1999 to 2004 that served as the brand’s final new model before Oldsmobile was discontinued.
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C.
Oldsmobile Aurora
The Oldsmobile Aurora is a full-size luxury sports sedan produced by General Motors in the 1990s and early 2000s, known for its distinctive styling and advanced V8 powertrain.
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D.
Pontiac Grand Am
The Pontiac Grand Am is a compact and later mid-size car produced by General Motors’ Pontiac division, known for its sporty styling and popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Pontiac G8
The Pontiac G8 is a rear-wheel-drive performance sedan, based on the Australian Holden Commodore, that served as Pontiac’s modern V8-powered flagship before the brand was discontinued.
- 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: Buick Verano Target entity description: The Buick Verano is a compact luxury sedan produced by General Motors under its Buick brand, positioned as an entry-level premium vehicle primarily for the North American and Chinese markets.
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A.
Pontiac Bonneville
The Pontiac Bonneville was a full-size, performance-oriented American car produced by General Motors’ Pontiac division, known for its upscale features and powerful V8 engines, especially popular from the late 1950s through the 1970s.
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B.
Oldsmobile Alero
The Oldsmobile Alero is a compact car produced by General Motors from 1999 to 2004 that served as the brand’s final new model before Oldsmobile was discontinued.
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C.
Oldsmobile Aurora
The Oldsmobile Aurora is a full-size luxury sports sedan produced by General Motors in the 1990s and early 2000s, known for its distinctive styling and advanced V8 powertrain.
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D.
Pontiac Grand Am
The Pontiac Grand Am is a compact and later mid-size car produced by General Motors’ Pontiac division, known for its sporty styling and popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Pontiac G8
The Pontiac G8 is a rear-wheel-drive performance sedan, based on the Australian Holden Commodore, that served as Pontiac’s modern V8-powered flagship before the brand was discontinued.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
ⓘ
compact car ⓘ compact luxury sedan ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Lake Orion, Michigan
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Orion, Michigan, United States
|
| assemblyPlant | Orion Assembly ⓘ |
| bodyStyle | 4-door sedan ⓘ |
| brand | Buick ⓘ |
| class | compact car ⓘ |
| competitor |
Acura ILX
ⓘ
Audi A3 ⓘ Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class ⓘ |
| doorCount | 4 ⓘ |
| drivetrain | FWD ⓘ |
| engineOption |
2.0 L Ecotec LHU turbo I4
ⓘ
2.4 L Ecotec LE5 I4 ⓘ
surface form:
2.4 L Ecotec LAF I4
|
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| infotainmentSystem | Buick IntelliLink ⓘ |
| introducedAt |
North American International Auto Show
ⓘ
surface form:
2011 North American International Auto Show
|
| layout | front-engine, front-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Buick ⓘ |
| market |
China
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| marketPosition | below Buick Regal ⓘ |
| modelYearStart | 2012 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dual-zone automatic climate control
ⓘ
leather-appointed seating ⓘ quiet-tuned cabin ⓘ |
| parentCompany | General Motors ⓘ |
| platform | GM Delta II platform ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 2017 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 2010 ⓘ |
| relatedModel |
Chevrolet Cruze
ⓘ
Opel Astra ⓘ
surface form:
Opel Astra J
|
| safetyFeature |
front airbags
ⓘ
side curtain airbags ⓘ side-impact airbags ⓘ stability control ⓘ traction control ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 5 ⓘ |
| segment | entry-level premium ⓘ |
| successor |
Buick Regal
ⓘ
surface form:
Buick Regal Sportback
|
| transmissionOption |
6-speed automatic
ⓘ
6-speed manual ⓘ |
| trimLevel |
Base
ⓘ
Convenience ⓘ Leather ⓘ Premium ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 2685 mm ⓘ |
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: Buick Verano Description of subject: The Buick Verano is a compact luxury sedan produced by General Motors under its Buick brand, positioned as an entry-level premium vehicle primarily for the North American and Chinese markets.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Orion Assembly
this entity surface form:
Buick Verano (first generation)