ThrustSSC
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ThrustSSC is a British jet-powered car that became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier, setting a world land speed record in 1997.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ThrustSSC canonical | 2 |
| ThrustSSC Programme Ltd | 1 |
| World Land Speed Record | 1 |
| world land speed record | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3961913 — 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: ThrustSSC Context triple: [Coventry Transport Museum, hasExhibit, ThrustSSC]
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A.
Mach 1
Mach 1 is a performance-oriented version of the Ford Mustang known for its enhanced power, handling, and distinctive styling cues.
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B.
Mach
Mach is a surname most famously associated with Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach, whose work on the physics of motion and critical views on Newtonian mechanics influenced both science and philosophy.
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C.
Mach
Mach is a pioneering microkernel-based operating system kernel architecture that introduced advanced concepts like message passing and modularity, influencing many modern OS designs.
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D.
Koenigsegg Agera R
The Koenigsegg Agera R is a Swedish-built hypercar renowned for its extreme performance, advanced engineering, and record-setting top speeds.
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E.
SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is a privately developed suborbital spaceplane that became the first non-governmental crewed spacecraft to reach space and safely return.
- 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: ThrustSSC Target entity description: ThrustSSC is a British jet-powered car that became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier, setting a world land speed record in 1997.
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A.
Mach 1
Mach 1 is a performance-oriented version of the Ford Mustang known for its enhanced power, handling, and distinctive styling cues.
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B.
Mach
Mach is a pioneering microkernel-based operating system kernel architecture that introduced advanced concepts like message passing and modularity, influencing many modern OS designs.
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C.
Mach
Mach is a surname most famously associated with Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach, whose work on the physics of motion and critical views on Newtonian mechanics influenced both science and philosophy.
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D.
Koenigsegg Agera R
The Koenigsegg Agera R is a Swedish-built hypercar renowned for its extreme performance, advanced engineering, and record-setting top speeds.
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E.
SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is a privately developed suborbital spaceplane that became the first non-governmental crewed spacecraft to reach space and safely return.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet-powered car
ⓘ
land speed record car ⓘ |
| brakingSystem |
airbrakes
ⓘ
parachutes ⓘ wheel brakes ⓘ |
| brokeSoundBarrier | true ⓘ |
| category | Category A – Special cars ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designer | Ron Ayers ⓘ |
| driver | Andy Green ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
ⓘ
surface form:
Rolls-Royce Spey 202
|
| engineType | Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ |
| fuelType | jet fuel ⓘ |
| hasTailFins | true ⓘ |
| height | 3.0 m ⓘ |
| length | 16.5 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
ThrustSSC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ThrustSSC Programme Ltd
|
| notableAchievement | first car to officially break the sound barrier ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfWheels | 4 ⓘ |
| operatingEnvironment | desert ⓘ |
| predecessor | Thrust2 ⓘ |
| primaryMaterial |
aluminium
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| projectDirector | Richard Noble ⓘ |
| projectStartYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| propulsion | jet propulsion ⓘ |
| recordConfirmedBy |
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile
ⓘ
surface form:
FIA
|
| recordDate | 1997-10-15 ⓘ |
| recordLocation |
Black Rock Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
|
| recordSpeed |
1227.985 km/h
ⓘ
763.035 mph ⓘ |
| recordType |
ThrustSSC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
World Land Speed Record
|
| soundBarrierMachNumber | Mach 1.02 ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Castrol
ⓘ
Cranfield University at Shrivenham ⓘ
surface form:
Cranfield University
GKN Aerospace ⓘ
surface form:
GKN
|
| successor | Bloodhound LSR ⓘ |
| supersonic | true ⓘ |
| teamName | ThrustSSC team ⓘ |
| testLocation |
Black Rock Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
|
| thrustPerEngine | 110 kN ⓘ |
| totalThrust | 223 kN ⓘ |
| weight | 10.5 tonnes ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 10.5 m ⓘ |
| wheelType | solid aluminium wheels ⓘ |
| width | 3.7 m ⓘ |
| worldRecordStatus | held absolute land speed record from 1997 ⓘ |
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: ThrustSSC Description of subject: ThrustSSC is a British jet-powered car that became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier, setting a world land speed record in 1997.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
world land speed record
this entity surface form:
ThrustSSC Programme Ltd
this entity surface form:
World Land Speed Record