Thor
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Thor is an early U.S. intermediate-range ballistic missile that became a widely used space launch vehicle family for placing satellites into orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11426370 — 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: Thor Context triple: [Space Launch Complex 3, launchVehicle, Thor]
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A.
Thor
Thor is a Marvel superhero film based on the Norse god of thunder, following the powerful but arrogant warrior as he is exiled to Earth and learns humility while defending both his realm and humanity.
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B.
Thor
Thor is the Norse god of thunder, storms, and strength, famed for wielding the hammer Mjölnir and appearing widely in mythology and modern popular culture.
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C.
Team Thor
Team Thor is a comedic side-group in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featured in mockumentary-style shorts that humorously depict Thor and his human roommate during the events of major MCU films.
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D.
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 Marvel Studios superhero film that blends action and comedy as Thor battles to prevent the apocalyptic destruction of Asgard.
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E.
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder is a 2022 Marvel Studios superhero film that continues Thor’s story with a blend of cosmic adventure, comedy, and the introduction of Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor.
- 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: Thor Target entity description: Thor is an early U.S. intermediate-range ballistic missile that became a widely used space launch vehicle family for placing satellites into orbit.
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A.
Thor
Thor is a Marvel superhero film based on the Norse god of thunder, following the powerful but arrogant warrior as he is exiled to Earth and learns humility while defending both his realm and humanity.
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B.
Thor
Thor is the Norse god of thunder, storms, and strength, famed for wielding the hammer Mjölnir and appearing widely in mythology and modern popular culture.
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C.
Team Thor
Team Thor is a comedic side-group in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featured in mockumentary-style shorts that humorously depict Thor and his human roommate during the events of major MCU films.
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D.
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 Marvel Studios superhero film that blends action and comedy as Thor battles to prevent the apocalyptic destruction of Asgard.
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E.
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder is a 2022 Marvel Studios superhero film that continues Thor’s story with a blend of cosmic adventure, comedy, and the introduction of Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intermediate-range ballistic missile
ⓘ
space launch vehicle family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| deployedInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deployedUnderAgreement | Project Emily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deploymentMode | ground-based ⓘ |
| derivativeFamily |
Delta launch vehicle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thor-Able NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor-Agena NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor-Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diameter | about 2.44 meters ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1958 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1957-01-25 ⓘ |
| fuelType | kerosene ⓘ |
| guidanceType | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 50,000 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 19.8 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missileRangeType | intermediate-range ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thor (Norse god of thunder) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
basis for the Delta launch vehicle family
ⓘ
first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force ⓘ |
| operator |
Royal Air Force
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United States Air Force ⓘ |
| oxidizerType | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ |
| range | about 2400 kilometers ⓘ |
| retiredAsMissile | 1963 ⓘ |
| stageCountAsLauncher |
2
ⓘ
3 ⓘ |
| stageCountAsMissile | 1 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| usedAsLaunchVehicleUntil | 1970s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ballistic missile role
ⓘ
placing satellites into orbit ⓘ satellite launch ⓘ |
| usedInProgram |
Corona reconnaissance satellite program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Explorer scientific satellite program ⓘ Pioneer lunar and planetary missions NERFINISHED ⓘ Project Discoverer NERFINISHED ⓘ TIROS weather satellite program NERFINISHED ⓘ Transit navigation satellite program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warheadType | nuclear warhead ⓘ |
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: Thor Description of subject: Thor is an early U.S. intermediate-range ballistic missile that became a widely used space launch vehicle family for placing satellites into orbit.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Philip Anthony Hopkins