Type 14
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Type 14 is the original, classic generation of the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, a stylish rear-engined coupe and convertible produced from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Type 14 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9987074 — 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: Type 14 Context triple: [Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, introducedAs, Type 14]
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A.
Type 12
Type 12 is a Japanese truck-launched, long-range anti-ship cruise missile developed for the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
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B.
S-Type
S-Type is a Scottish hip-hop and electronic music producer known for his work with the LuckyMe collective and his synth-driven, cinematic beat style.
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C.
K-14
K-14 is a state highway in Kansas that runs through Ellsworth County, serving as part of the regional transportation network in central Kansas.
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D.
TS14
TS14 is a UK postcode district covering the town of Guisborough and its surrounding area in North Yorkshire, England.
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E.
R-14
R-14 was a Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile developed during the Cold War and known in the West by its NATO reporting name SS-5 Skean.
- 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: Type 14 Target entity description: Type 14 is the original, classic generation of the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, a stylish rear-engined coupe and convertible produced from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.
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A.
Type 12
Type 12 is a Japanese truck-launched, long-range anti-ship cruise missile developed for the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
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B.
S-Type
S-Type is a Scottish hip-hop and electronic music producer known for his work with the LuckyMe collective and his synth-driven, cinematic beat style.
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C.
K-14
K-14 is a state highway in Kansas that runs through Ellsworth County, serving as part of the regional transportation network in central Kansas.
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D.
TS14
TS14 is a UK postcode district covering the town of Guisborough and its surrounding area in North Yorkshire, England.
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E.
R-14
R-14 was a Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile developed during the Cold War and known in the West by its NATO reporting name SS-5 Skean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
ⓘ
convertible ⓘ sports coupe ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Type 14 ⓘ |
| assembly | Osnabrück, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door convertible
ⓘ
2-door coupe ⓘ |
| brakeType | drum brakes (early models) ⓘ |
| category | classic car ⓘ |
| chassis | Volkswagen Beetle-based chassis ⓘ |
| class | compact car ⓘ |
| coachbuilder | Karmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborationBetween |
Ghia
NERFINISHED
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Karmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertibleIntroduced | 1957 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| designer | Carrozzeria Ghia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| driveType | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| enginePosition | rear-mounted engine ⓘ |
| engineType | air-cooled flat-four engine ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| introducedAs | coupe in 1955 ⓘ |
| layout | rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Volkswagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | stylish alternative to the Volkswagen Beetle ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Volkswagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment | affordable sports car ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Italian-designed styling
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hand-finished bodywork ⓘ |
| notableFor | combining Beetle mechanicals with a stylish body ⓘ |
| platform | Volkswagen Type 1 platform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | none (first Karmann Ghia generation) ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1974 ⓘ |
| productionSpan | mid-1950s to mid-1970s ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1955 ⓘ |
| productionType | mass-produced ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Volkswagen Beetle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylingInfluence | Italian design houses of the 1950s ⓘ |
| successor |
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volkswagen Scirocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topConfiguration |
fixed roof (coupe)
ⓘ
folding soft top (convertible) ⓘ |
| transmission | 4-speed manual transmission ⓘ |
| wheelbase | approximately 2400 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: Type 14 Description of subject: Type 14 is the original, classic generation of the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, a stylish rear-engined coupe and convertible produced from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.