VAZ-2101
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The VAZ-2101 is a Soviet-era compact sedan produced by AvtoVAZ (marketed as the Lada 1200 and its variants), based on the Fiat 124 and widely known as one of the most iconic and ubiquitous cars in the Eastern Bloc.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lada 1200 | 4 |
| VAZ-2101 canonical | 2 |
| Lada | 1 |
| Lada 2101 | 1 |
| Lada Classic series | 1 |
| Lada classic series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4659132 — 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: VAZ-2101 Context triple: [Fiat 124, licenseBuiltAs, VAZ-2101]
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A.
Lada Togliatti
Lada Togliatti is a professional ice hockey team from Togliatti, Russia, historically known as one of the prominent clubs in Russian and former International Hockey League competition.
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B.
Soviet MGB
The Soviet MGB was the Soviet Union’s post–World War II state security and intelligence agency, responsible for internal security, secret police functions, and counterintelligence before being reorganized into the KGB.
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C.
Niva
Niva was a prominent Russian literary and illustrated weekly magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for publishing fiction, poetry, and cultural commentary.
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D.
Fiat 600
The Fiat 600 is a compact, rear-engined city car introduced in the mid-1950s that became one of Italy’s most iconic and influential postwar economy vehicles.
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E.
Qashqai
Qashqai is a Turkic language variety spoken primarily by the Qashqai people in southwestern Iran, closely related to Azerbaijani.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: VAZ-2101 Target entity description: The VAZ-2101 is a Soviet-era compact sedan produced by AvtoVAZ (marketed as the Lada 1200 and its variants), based on the Fiat 124 and widely known as one of the most iconic and ubiquitous cars in the Eastern Bloc.
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A.
Lada Togliatti
Lada Togliatti is a professional ice hockey team from Togliatti, Russia, historically known as one of the prominent clubs in Russian and former International Hockey League competition.
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B.
Soviet MGB
The Soviet MGB was the Soviet Union’s post–World War II state security and intelligence agency, responsible for internal security, secret police functions, and counterintelligence before being reorganized into the KGB.
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C.
Niva
Niva was a prominent Russian literary and illustrated weekly magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for publishing fiction, poetry, and cultural commentary.
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D.
Fiat 600
The Fiat 600 is a compact, rear-engined city car introduced in the mid-1950s that became one of Italy’s most iconic and influential postwar economy vehicles.
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E.
Qashqai
Qashqai is a Turkic language variety spoken primarily by the Qashqai people in southwestern Iran, closely related to Azerbaijani.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
ⓘ
compact car ⓘ passenger car ⓘ sedan ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lada 1200
ⓘ
linked to:
VAZ-2101
Zhiguli ⓘ |
| assembly |
Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Soviet Union
ⓘ
linked to:
Tolyatti
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| basedOn | Fiat 124 ⓘ |
| bodyStyle | 4-door sedan ⓘ |
| brakeTypeFront | disc brakes ⓘ |
| brakeTypeRear | drum brakes ⓘ |
| class | small family car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic car of the Soviet era
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symbol of mass motorization in the USSR ⓘ |
| curbWeight | 955 kg ⓘ |
| designer | Fiat ⓘ |
| drivetrain | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-four ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement |
1198 cc
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1294 cc ⓘ |
| exportName |
Lada 1200
ⓘ
linked to:
VAZ-2101
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| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| height | 1382 mm ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| length | 4073 mm ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
AvtoVAZ
ⓘ
linked to:
AvtoVAZ automobile plant
|
| marketedAs |
Lada 1200
ⓘ
linked to:
VAZ-2101
|
| marketedIn |
Eastern Bloc
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ |
| marketSegment | budget family car ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most common cars in the Soviet Union
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being widely used in Eastern Bloc countries ⓘ robustness and simplicity ⓘ |
| platform | VAZ-2101 platform ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 60 hp ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
VAZ-2102
ⓘ
VAZ-2103 ⓘ VAZ-2106 ⓘ |
| successor | VAZ-2105 ⓘ |
| suspensionFront | independent front suspension ⓘ |
| suspensionRear | live rear axle with coil springs ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 140 km/h ⓘ |
| transmission | 4-speed manual ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 2424 mm ⓘ |
| width | 1611 mm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: VAZ-2101 Description of subject: The VAZ-2101 is a Soviet-era compact sedan produced by AvtoVAZ (marketed as the Lada 1200 and its variants), based on the Fiat 124 and widely known as one of the most iconic and ubiquitous cars in the Eastern Bloc.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.