Ford Model 48
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The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ford Model 48 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6243521 — 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: Ford Model 48 Context triple: [Ford Model B (1932), successor, Ford Model 48]
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A.
A-Model Ford
A-Model Ford is the common name for Ford's late-1920s Model A automobile, a popular successor to the Model T known for its improved performance and modern styling.
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B.
Ford Model N
The Ford Model N was an early, affordable four-cylinder car produced by Ford Motor Company in the mid-1900s that helped establish the brand’s reputation before its later mass-market successes.
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C.
Ford Model R
The Ford Model R was an early 1907 upgrade of Ford’s popular Model N, featuring a more refined body and additional equipment as a mid-priced runabout.
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D.
Studebaker Lark
The Studebaker Lark was a compact car produced by the Studebaker Corporation in the late 1950s and 1960s, notable for its space-efficient design and role in the company’s final years of automobile production.
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E.
Studebaker Dictator
The Studebaker Dictator was a late-1920s to 1930s mid-priced automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation, known for its controversial name and role as one of the company’s mainline models before being renamed due to political sensitivities.
- 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: Ford Model 48 Target entity description: The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
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A.
A-Model Ford
A-Model Ford is the common name for Ford's late-1920s Model A automobile, a popular successor to the Model T known for its improved performance and modern styling.
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B.
Ford Model N
The Ford Model N was an early, affordable four-cylinder car produced by Ford Motor Company in the mid-1900s that helped establish the brand’s reputation before its later mass-market successes.
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C.
Ford Model R
The Ford Model R was an early 1907 upgrade of Ford’s popular Model N, featuring a more refined body and additional equipment as a mid-priced runabout.
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D.
Studebaker Lark
The Studebaker Lark was a compact car produced by the Studebaker Corporation in the late 1950s and 1960s, notable for its space-efficient design and role in the company’s final years of automobile production.
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E.
Studebaker Dictator
The Studebaker Dictator was a late-1920s to 1930s mid-priced automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation, known for its controversial name and role as one of the company’s mainline models before being renamed due to political sensitivities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
ⓘ
full-size car ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| bodyConstruction | steel body-on-frame construction ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door coupe
ⓘ
2-door sedan ⓘ 4-door sedan ⓘ convertible ⓘ station wagon ⓘ |
| brakeType | mechanical drum brakes ⓘ |
| category | 1930s automobiles ⓘ |
| class | full-size ⓘ |
| cylinderConfiguration | V8 ⓘ |
| designer | Ford Motor Company engineering staff ⓘ |
| displacement |
221 cu in
ⓘ
3.6 L ⓘ |
| doorConfiguration | front-hinged doors ⓘ |
| driveType | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| enginePlacement | front-mounted engine ⓘ |
| engineType |
Ford Flathead V8
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford flathead V8
|
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| historicalRole | helped establish Ford V8 as affordable mass-market engine option ⓘ |
| influenced | later Ford V8 passenger cars ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| marketSegment | mass-market automobile ⓘ |
| modelYear |
1935 model year
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1936 model year ⓘ |
| notableFeature | affordable V8-powered car ⓘ |
| positionInRange | mainstream Ford passenger car line ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ford Model 40 ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| relatedModel |
Ford DeLuxe line
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford automobile
|
| successInMarket | popular in North America ⓘ |
| successor | Ford Model 68 ⓘ |
| transmission | 3-speed manual transmission ⓘ |
| wheelbase |
112 in
ⓘ
2845 mm ⓘ |
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: Ford Model 48 Description of subject: The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.