Operation Upshot–Knothole
E412148
Operation Upshot–Knothole was a 1953 series of U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site to evaluate new weapon designs and their military effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Upshot–Knothole canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4080570 — 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.
Target entity: Operation Upshot–Knothole Context triple: [United States nuclear weapons testing, hasPart, Operation Upshot–Knothole]
-
A.
Operation Tumbler–Snapper
Operation Tumbler–Snapper was a series of atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the United States at the Nevada Test Site in 1952 to study weapon effects and improve nuclear weapons design.
-
B.
Operation Quicksilver
Operation Quicksilver was a U.S. nuclear weapons test series conducted during the Cold War as part of the broader American nuclear testing program.
-
C.
Operation Whirlwind
Operation Whirlwind was the codename for the large-scale Soviet military intervention that crushed the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reasserted Soviet control over Hungary.
-
D.
Operation Piranha
Operation Piranha was a U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault and search-and-destroy operation conducted in September 1965 during the Vietnam War, aimed at rooting out Viet Cong forces in the Batangan Peninsula.
-
E.
Operation Nekka
Operation Nekka was a 1933 Japanese Kwantung Army military campaign that led to the occupation of Rehe (Jehol) province and further consolidated Japan’s control over northern China.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Operation Upshot–Knothole Target entity description: Operation Upshot–Knothole was a 1953 series of U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site to evaluate new weapon designs and their military effects.
-
A.
Operation Tumbler–Snapper
Operation Tumbler–Snapper was a series of atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the United States at the Nevada Test Site in 1952 to study weapon effects and improve nuclear weapons design.
-
B.
Operation Quicksilver
Operation Quicksilver was a U.S. nuclear weapons test series conducted during the Cold War as part of the broader American nuclear testing program.
-
C.
Operation Whirlwind
Operation Whirlwind was the codename for the large-scale Soviet military intervention that crushed the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reasserted Soviet control over Hungary.
-
D.
Operation Piranha
Operation Piranha was a U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault and search-and-destroy operation conducted in September 1965 during the Vietnam War, aimed at rooting out Viet Cong forces in the Batangan Peninsula.
-
E.
Operation Nekka
Operation Nekka was a 1933 Japanese Kwantung Army military campaign that led to the occupation of Rehe (Jehol) province and further consolidated Japan’s control over northern China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States military operation
ⓘ
nuclear artillery test ⓘ nuclear test series ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 1953-06-04 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Operation Castle ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage | filmed by U.S. government for analysis ⓘ |
| includesEvent | Upshot–Knothole Grable test ⓘ |
| involved |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Air Force
United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Marine Corps
United States Navy ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| locatedIn |
Nevada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| location | Nevada Test Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTest |
Annie
ⓘ
Badger ⓘ Climax ⓘ Dixie ⓘ Dog ⓘ Encore ⓘ Fox ⓘ George ⓘ Grable ⓘ Harry ⓘ Simon ⓘ |
| numberOfTests | 11 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Atomic Energy Commission
ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| partOf |
Operation Upshot–Knothole
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons testing ⓘ
surface form:
United States nuclear weapons testing program
|
| precededBy | Operation Ivy ⓘ |
| purpose |
evaluation of new nuclear weapon designs
ⓘ
study of military effects of nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| risk | radioactive fallout exposure to downwind populations ⓘ |
| startTime | 1953-03-17 ⓘ |
| testSiteFeature | Yucca Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testType |
artillery-fired nuclear test
ⓘ
atmospheric nuclear test ⓘ balloon shot ⓘ tower shot ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1953 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil defense training
ⓘ
military troop maneuvers ⓘ radiation effects research ⓘ weapons effects studies on structures ⓘ |
| yield | 15 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
| yieldRange | sub-kiloton to tens of kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Operation Upshot–Knothole Description of subject: Operation Upshot–Knothole was a 1953 series of U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site to evaluate new weapon designs and their military effects.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.