Spirit
E374036
NATO reporting name
aircraft reporting name
fixed-wing aircraft
long-range bomber
military aircraft
stealth bomber
strategic bomber
Spirit is the NATO reporting name for the Northrop Grumman B-2, a long-range stealth strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirit canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3612928 — 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: Spirit Context triple: [B-2 Spirit, NATOReportingName, Spirit]
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A.
Spirit
Spirit is a central philosophical concept in Hegelian thought, denoting the dynamic, self-developing reality of human consciousness, culture, and freedom.
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B.
Spirit
Spirit is a 2001 album by the Japanese rock band Teatro, showcasing their melodic style and theatrical influences.
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C.
Spirit
Spirit is a professional women’s soccer team competing in the National Women’s Soccer League and based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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D.
Spirit
Spirit is a 1996 studio album by Willie Nelson that features a stripped-down, acoustic sound with strong influences from traditional country and Western swing.
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E.
Spirit in Motion
Spirit in Motion is the inspirational motto of the Paralympic Games, expressing the energy, courage, and determination of Paralympic athletes.
- 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: Spirit Target entity description: Spirit is the NATO reporting name for the Northrop Grumman B-2, a long-range stealth strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force.
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A.
Spirit
Spirit is a 1996 studio album by Willie Nelson that features a stripped-down, acoustic sound with strong influences from traditional country and Western swing.
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B.
Spirit
Spirit is a central philosophical concept in Hegelian thought, denoting the dynamic, self-developing reality of human consciousness, culture, and freedom.
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C.
Spirit
Spirit is a 2001 album by the Japanese rock band Teatro, showcasing their melodic style and theatrical influences.
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D.
Spirit
Spirit is a professional women’s soccer team competing in the National Women’s Soccer League and based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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E.
Spirit in Motion
Spirit in Motion is the inspirational motto of the Paralympic Games, expressing the energy, courage, and determination of Paralympic athletes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NATO reporting name
ⓘ
aircraft reporting name ⓘ fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ long-range bomber ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ stealth bomber ⓘ strategic bomber ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | bomber ⓘ |
| allianceStandard | NATO reporting name system ⓘ |
| basedAt |
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
ⓘ
surface form:
Whiteman Air Force Base
|
| belongsToProgram | United States stealth aircraft program ⓘ |
| canCarry |
conventional bombs
ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ precision-guided munitions ⓘ |
| configuration | subsonic flying wing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewComposition | pilot and mission commander ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Boeing
ⓘ
Northrop ⓘ Vought ⓘ |
| designedFor | penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1997 ⓘ |
| feature |
flying wing design
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long-range intercontinental capability ⓘ low observable stealth technology ⓘ reduced radar cross-section ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1989 ⓘ |
| introducedAs | stealth strategic bomber ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Spirit self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 21 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| primaryMission | nuclear deterrence ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| refersTo |
B-2 Spirit
ⓘ
surface form:
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
|
| role |
conventional bombing
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nuclear strike ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ |
| secondaryMission | conventional precision strike ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Air Force Global Strike Command
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surface form:
United States Air Force Global Strike Command
|
| status | in service ⓘ |
| successor |
B-21 Raider
ⓘ
surface form:
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
|
| usedInConflict |
Iraq War
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Kosovo War ⓘ Libya intervention 2011 ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ |
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: Spirit Description of subject: Spirit is the NATO reporting name for the Northrop Grumman B-2, a long-range stealth strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit