SOAR
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SOAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known for its specialized nighttime and low-level aviation missions in support of special operations forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SOAR canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1363536 — 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: SOAR Context triple: [160th SOAR, abbreviation, SOAR]
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A.
SoR
SoR is the commonly used abbreviation for the Society of Rheology, a professional organization dedicated to the study of the flow and deformation of matter.
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B.
SOE
SOE was a secret British World War II organization responsible for espionage, sabotage, and supporting resistance movements in enemy-occupied territories.
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C.
SOX
SOX is the commonly used abbreviation for the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a U.S. federal law enacted to enhance corporate governance and financial reporting accountability.
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D.
SO
SO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Somalia for international identification and data standards.
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E.
SO
SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
- 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: SOAR Target entity description: SOAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known for its specialized nighttime and low-level aviation missions in support of special operations forces.
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A.
SoR
SoR is the commonly used abbreviation for the Society of Rheology, a professional organization dedicated to the study of the flow and deformation of matter.
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B.
SOE
SOE was a secret British World War II organization responsible for espionage, sabotage, and supporting resistance movements in enemy-occupied territories.
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C.
SOX
SOX is the commonly used abbreviation for the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a U.S. federal law enacted to enhance corporate governance and financial reporting accountability.
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D.
SO
SO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Somalia for international identification and data standards.
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E.
SO
SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation regiment
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ special operations unit ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ⓘ |
| affiliation |
U.S. Special Operations Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Special Operations Command
|
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| alsoKnownAs |
160th SOAR
ⓘ
Night Stalkers ⓘ |
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| category |
United States Army Aviation Branch
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army aviation regiments
special operations aviation units ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Special Operations Aviation Command
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fullName | 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ⓘ |
| garrison | Fort Campbell, Kentucky ⓘ |
| motto |
Night Stalkers
ⓘ
surface form:
Night Stalkers Don't Quit
|
| nickname | Night Stalkers ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Operation Enduring Freedom
ⓘ
Operation Gothic Serpent ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ Operation Just Cause ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment |
hostile and denied territory
ⓘ
night operations ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Special Operations Command
|
| primaryMission | to provide aviation support to special operations forces ⓘ |
| role |
aerial insertion and extraction of special operations forces
ⓘ
aerial reconnaissance for special operations forces ⓘ close air support for special operations forces ⓘ helicopter assault support ⓘ low-level aviation missions ⓘ nighttime aviation operations ⓘ special operations aviation ⓘ |
| size | regiment ⓘ |
| specialization |
long-range infiltration and exfiltration
ⓘ
low-level flight ⓘ night-vision goggle operations ⓘ precision helicopter operations ⓘ |
| supports |
75th Ranger Regiment
ⓘ
Joint Special Operations Command ⓘ Naval Special Warfare Command ⓘ United States Special Forces ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Special Forces
|
| trainingFocus |
advanced helicopter tactics
ⓘ
night-vision goggle flight ⓘ terrain-following flight ⓘ |
| typeOfAircraftOperated |
AH-6 Little Bird
ⓘ
MH-47 Chinook ⓘ AH-6 Little Bird ⓘ
surface form:
MH-6 Little Bird
MH-60 Black Hawk ⓘ |
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: SOAR Description of subject: SOAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known for its specialized nighttime and low-level aviation missions in support of special operations forces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.