yacht Disco Volante
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The yacht Disco Volante is the luxurious, high-tech vessel used as a mobile base by the villain Emilio Largo in the James Bond film "Thunderball."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| yacht Disco Volante canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5199983 — 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: yacht Disco Volante Context triple: [Emilio Largo, transport, yacht Disco Volante]
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A.
AC45 catamaran
The AC45 catamaran is a high-performance, wing-sailed racing yacht class designed for fast, competitive sailing in the America's Cup World Series.
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B.
Granma yacht
The Granma yacht is the vessel that carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, marking the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
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C.
Eclipse (yacht)
Eclipse is a luxury superyacht, once the world’s largest, renowned for its opulence, advanced security features, and association with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
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D.
Octopus (yacht)
Octopus is a famous 126-meter luxury megayacht, formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, known for its extensive exploration capabilities and lavish amenities.
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E.
RV Calypso
RV Calypso was Jacques Cousteau’s famous oceanographic research vessel, renowned for pioneering undersea exploration and marine science.
- 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: yacht Disco Volante Target entity description: The yacht Disco Volante is the luxurious, high-tech vessel used as a mobile base by the villain Emilio Largo in the James Bond film "Thunderball."
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A.
AC45 catamaran
The AC45 catamaran is a high-performance, wing-sailed racing yacht class designed for fast, competitive sailing in the America's Cup World Series.
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B.
Granma yacht
The Granma yacht is the vessel that carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, marking the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
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C.
Eclipse (yacht)
Eclipse is a luxury superyacht, once the world’s largest, renowned for its opulence, advanced security features, and association with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
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D.
Octopus (yacht)
Octopus is a famous 126-meter luxury megayacht, formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, known for its extensive exploration capabilities and lavish amenities.
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E.
RV Calypso
RV Calypso was Jacques Cousteau’s famous oceanographic research vessel, renowned for pioneering undersea exploration and marine science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional vehicle
ⓘ
fictional yacht ⓘ |
| affiliation |
SPECTRE
ⓘ
linked to:
Spectre
|
| antagonisticTo | James Bond ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Thunderball (1965 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thunderball
|
| appearsInFranchise |
James Bond film series
ⓘ
linked to:
James Bond (film)
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Domino Derval
ⓘ
James Bond ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Thunderball (1961 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
James Bond novel "Thunderball"
|
| commandedBy | Emilio Largo ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalRegistration | Panama ⓘ |
| creator | Ian Fleming ⓘ |
| depictedAs | symbol of SPECTRE’s wealth and power ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | James Bond universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Thunderball (1961 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
James Bond novel "Thunderball"
|
| firstFilmAppearance |
Thunderball (1965 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thunderball
|
| franchiseElementType | Bond villain vehicle ⓘ |
| functionInPlot | transporting stolen nuclear warheads ⓘ |
| genre | spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasOnboardFeature |
detachable hull section
ⓘ
hidden control room ⓘ hydrofoil section ⓘ underwater access facilities ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Flying Saucer ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | destroyed at the end of Thunderball (film) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ability to separate into sections
ⓘ
concealed weaponry ⓘ high-tech equipment ⓘ luxurious fittings ⓘ modular design ⓘ |
| notableFor | climactic battle setting in Thunderball ⓘ |
| operatedByOrganization |
SPECTRE
ⓘ
linked to:
Spectre
|
| portrayedAs |
luxury yacht
ⓘ
secret operations base ⓘ |
| productionBasis | inspired by real-life yachts and hydrofoils ⓘ |
| roleInWork | mobile base for the villain ⓘ |
| sceneLocation |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Nassau area ⓘ |
| usedByCharacter | Emilio Largo ⓘ |
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: yacht Disco Volante Description of subject: The yacht Disco Volante is the luxurious, high-tech vessel used as a mobile base by the villain Emilio Largo in the James Bond film "Thunderball."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.