Ford Model 40
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The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford Model 40 canonical | 3 |
| 1934 Ford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6243529 — 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 40 Context triple: [Ford Model B (1932), relatedTo, Ford Model 40]
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A.
Ford Model 48
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 40 Target entity description: The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
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A.
Ford Model 48
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | automobile model ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1933 Ford
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1934 Ford ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Model 40
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| assemblyLocation |
Dearborn, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
various Ford plants in the United States ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door coupe
ⓘ
2-door sedan ⓘ 4-door sedan ⓘ cabriolet ⓘ panel truck ⓘ phaeton ⓘ roadster ⓘ station wagon ⓘ |
| category |
1930s automobiles
ⓘ
Ford automobiles ⓘ
linked to:
Ford automobile
rear-wheel-drive vehicles ⓘ |
| chassisType | body-on-frame ⓘ |
| class | full-size car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| designer | Ford Motor Company design team ⓘ |
| doorConfiguration |
2-door
ⓘ
4-door ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | V8 ⓘ |
| engineType | Ford flathead V8 ⓘ |
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early classic of American automotive history
ⓘ
popular with early hot rodders ⓘ |
| influenced | development of later Ford V8 models ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| marketSegment | mass-market automobile ⓘ |
| modelYear |
1933
ⓘ
1934 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
improved V8 engine performance
ⓘ
integrated radiator grille and hood line ⓘ streamlined fenders and grille design ⓘ suicide-style front doors on some body styles ⓘ updated styling over 1932 Ford ⓘ |
| predecessor |
1932 Ford
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Model 18
Ford Model 18 ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| productionEra |
Great Depression era
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
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| productionStartYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| successor | Ford Model 48 ⓘ |
| transmission | 3-speed manual ⓘ |
| usedFor |
family transportation
ⓘ
hot rodding and custom builds ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 112 inches ⓘ |
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 40 Description of subject: The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ford Model 40