Beretta M12
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The Beretta M12 is a compact 9×19mm submachine gun developed in Italy in the 1950s, widely used by military and police forces around the world.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beretta M12 canonical | 1 |
| Beretta M12S | 1 |
| Beretta PM12S | 1 |
| Beretta PM12S2 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4646948 — 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: Beretta M12 Context triple: [Beretta, notableProduct, Beretta M12]
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A.
Beretta 1301
The Beretta 1301 is a modern semi-automatic shotgun popular for tactical, law enforcement, and competitive shooting due to its reliability, fast cycling, and lightweight design.
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B.
Beretta 686
The Beretta 686 is a popular Italian over-under double-barreled shotgun widely used for hunting and sport shooting.
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C.
Beretta 687
The Beretta 687 is a high-quality Italian over-under shotgun renowned for its reliability, craftsmanship, and popularity among sport shooters and hunters.
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D.
Beretta M1951 pistol
The Beretta M1951 pistol is an Italian semi-automatic service handgun developed in the mid-20th century, notable for its single-stack 9×19mm design and widespread military and police use in Italy and the Middle East.
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E.
Beretta APX
The Beretta APX is a modern, striker-fired, polymer-framed semi-automatic pistol designed for military, law enforcement, and civilian use.
- 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: Beretta M12 Target entity description: The Beretta M12 is a compact 9×19mm submachine gun developed in Italy in the 1950s, widely used by military and police forces around the world.
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A.
Beretta 1301
The Beretta 1301 is a modern semi-automatic shotgun popular for tactical, law enforcement, and competitive shooting due to its reliability, fast cycling, and lightweight design.
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B.
Beretta 686
The Beretta 686 is a popular Italian over-under double-barreled shotgun widely used for hunting and sport shooting.
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C.
Beretta 687
The Beretta 687 is a high-quality Italian over-under shotgun renowned for its reliability, craftsmanship, and popularity among sport shooters and hunters.
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D.
Beretta M1951 pistol
The Beretta M1951 pistol is an Italian semi-automatic service handgun developed in the mid-20th century, notable for its single-stack 9×19mm design and widespread military and police use in Italy and the Middle East.
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E.
Beretta APX
The Beretta APX is a modern, striker-fired, polymer-framed semi-automatic pistol designed for military, law enforcement, and civilian use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
firearm
ⓘ
submachine gun ⓘ |
| action | blowback ⓘ |
| barrelLength | approximately 200 mm ⓘ |
| caliber | 9 mm ⓘ |
| cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum ⓘ |
| category | compact submachine gun ⓘ |
| chambering | 9×19mm NATO ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| designer | Beretta ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| feedSystem | detachable box magazine ⓘ |
| firingMode | selective fire ⓘ |
| grip | pistol grip ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Beretta M12S
ⓘ
linked to:
Beretta M12
Beretta PM12S ⓘ
linked to:
Beretta M12
Beretta PM12S2 ⓘ
linked to:
Beretta M12
|
| intendedUse |
close-quarters combat
ⓘ
military ⓘ police ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1960s ⓘ |
| magazineCapacity |
20 rounds
ⓘ
32 rounds ⓘ 40 rounds ⓘ 50 rounds ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta
ⓘ
linked to:
Beretta
|
| notableFeature |
compact design
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folding stock ⓘ high magazine capacity ⓘ |
| operatingPrinciple | open bolt ⓘ |
| overallLength |
approximately 418 mm stock folded
ⓘ
approximately 645 mm stock extended ⓘ |
| productionStatus | in service in various countries ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | about 550–600 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| safety |
grip safety
ⓘ
manual safety ⓘ |
| sightType | iron sights ⓘ |
| stockType | folding metal stock ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Italian Armed Forces
ⓘ
Italian police forces ⓘ law enforcement agencies worldwide ⓘ military forces worldwide ⓘ |
| usedInRole |
personal defense weapon
ⓘ
police patrol weapon ⓘ vehicle crew weapon ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 3.48 kg unloaded ⓘ |
| yearOfDesign | 1950s ⓘ |
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: Beretta M12 Description of subject: The Beretta M12 is a compact 9×19mm submachine gun developed in Italy in the 1950s, widely used by military and police forces around the world.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Beretta M12
linked to: Beretta M12
linked to: Beretta M12