Dragon
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Dragon is SpaceX’s reusable spacecraft designed to transport cargo and crew to and from orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11692361 — 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: Dragon Context triple: [SpaceX Dragon program, spacecraftFamily, Dragon]
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A.
Dragon
Dragon is the NATO reporting name for the Saab 35 Draken, a Swedish Cold War-era supersonic fighter aircraft known for its distinctive double-delta wing design.
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B.
Dragon
Dragon is a powerful, fire-breathing dragon character from the Shrek franchise who initially guards Princess Fiona’s tower and later becomes Donkey’s love interest.
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C.
Drac
The Drac is a river in southeastern France that flows through the Alps and is a significant tributary of the Isère.
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D.
Dragone
Dragone is an Italian surname most notably associated with Franco Dragone, the renowned theatre director known for his work with Cirque du Soleil and large-scale live productions.
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E.
Dragons
Dragons is a professional Welsh rugby union team based in Newport that competes in major regional and international club competitions.
- 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: Dragon Target entity description: Dragon is SpaceX’s reusable spacecraft designed to transport cargo and crew to and from orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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A.
Dragon
Dragon is the NATO reporting name for the Saab 35 Draken, a Swedish Cold War-era supersonic fighter aircraft known for its distinctive double-delta wing design.
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B.
Dragon
Dragon is a powerful, fire-breathing dragon character from the Shrek franchise who initially guards Princess Fiona’s tower and later becomes Donkey’s love interest.
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C.
Drac
The Drac is a river in southeastern France that flows through the Alps and is a significant tributary of the Isère.
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D.
Dragone
Dragone is an Italian surname most notably associated with Franco Dragone, the renowned theatre director known for his work with Cirque du Soleil and large-scale live productions.
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E.
Dragons
Dragons is a professional Welsh rugby union team based in Newport that competes in major regional and international club competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orbital spacecraft
ⓘ
spacecraft family ⓘ |
| abortSystem | SuperDraco thrusters on Crew Dragon ⓘ |
| attitudeControl | Draco thrusters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canBerthWith | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canDockWith | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canRendezvousWith | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cargoCapacityToISS | over 3,000 kg for early cargo variants ⓘ |
| cargoReturnCapability | returns cargo from ISS to Earth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | up to 7 for Crew Dragon ⓘ |
| developer | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2010 ⓘ |
| firstCommercialSpacecraftRecoveredFromOrbit | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 2010-12-08 ⓘ |
| firstISSVisitDate | 2012-05-25 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstISSVisitMission | COTS Demo Flight 2 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstLaunchVehicle | Falcon 9 Flight 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstOrbitalReentryAndRecovery | 2010-12-08 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasLifeSupport | true for crewed variant ⓘ |
| hasPressurizedSection | true ⓘ |
| hasUnpressurizedTrunk | true ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Cargo Dragon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crew Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Dragon 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dragon 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heatShieldMaterial | PICA-X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isReusable | true ⓘ |
| landingLocation |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingMode | splashdown ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Falcon Heavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
cargo resupply
ⓘ
crew transport ⓘ free-flying orbital missions ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first commercial spacecraft to dock with the ISS ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDestination | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
transport cargo to orbit
ⓘ
transport crew to orbit ⓘ |
| propulsionType | hypergolic propellant ⓘ |
| reentryCapability | orbital reentry ⓘ |
| reusabilityFeature | capsule reused on multiple missions ⓘ |
| usedForProgram |
Commercial Crew Program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Commercial Resupply Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesPropellant |
monomethylhydrazine
ⓘ
nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
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: Dragon Description of subject: Dragon is SpaceX’s reusable spacecraft designed to transport cargo and crew to and from orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.