Desert One
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Desert One was the remote Iranian desert staging area used by U.S. forces during the failed 1980 Operation Eagle Claw mission to rescue American hostages in Tehran.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Desert One canonical | 1 |
| Desert One operation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7242548 — 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: Desert One Context triple: [Operation Eagle Claw, location, Desert One]
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A.
Kabul Mission
The Kabul Mission was a World War I-era Indian nationalist and German-backed diplomatic effort in Afghanistan aimed at securing support to undermine British rule in India.
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B.
Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 Cold War espionage and submarine thriller film, based on Alistair MacLean’s novel, known for its Arctic setting and intrigue involving a downed reconnaissance satellite.
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C.
Thirteen Days
Thirteen Days is a historical drama film depicting the tense political and military standoff of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from inside the Kennedy administration.
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D.
The Lost Missile
The Lost Missile is a 1958 American science fiction film about a deadly missile threatening Earth and the desperate efforts to stop it.
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E.
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May is a 1964 political thriller film about an attempted military coup in the United States, based on the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II.
- 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: Desert One Target entity description: Desert One was the remote Iranian desert staging area used by U.S. forces during the failed 1980 Operation Eagle Claw mission to rescue American hostages in Tehran.
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A.
Kabul Mission
The Kabul Mission was a World War I-era Indian nationalist and German-backed diplomatic effort in Afghanistan aimed at securing support to undermine British rule in India.
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B.
Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 Cold War espionage and submarine thriller film, based on Alistair MacLean’s novel, known for its Arctic setting and intrigue involving a downed reconnaissance satellite.
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C.
Thirteen Days
Thirteen Days is a historical drama film depicting the tense political and military standoff of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from inside the Kennedy administration.
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D.
The Lost Missile
The Lost Missile is a 1958 American science fiction film about a deadly missile threatening Earth and the desperate efforts to stop it.
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E.
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May is a 1964 political thriller film about an attempted military coup in the United States, based on the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military staging area
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site of military operation ⓘ |
| causeOfAbort |
dust and sandstorm conditions
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helicopter mechanical failures ⓘ |
| causeOfAccident | collision between RH-53D helicopter and EC-130 transport aircraft ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent |
1980-04-24
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1980-04-25 ⓘ |
| distanceFromTehran |
approximately 200 nautical miles
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approximately 320 kilometers ⓘ |
| eventOutcome |
U.S. casualties
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loss of U.S. aircraft ⓘ mission aborted ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Desert One landing zone
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Desert One staging area NERFINISHED ⓘ Task Force 158 landing site ⓘ |
| hasRemains | wreckage of U.S. aircraft left on site ⓘ |
| impact | highlighted need for improved U.S. joint special operations capability ⓘ |
| involvedConflict | Iran hostage crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedMilitaryBranch |
United States Air Force
NERFINISHED
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United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Delta Force
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Army Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Marine helicopter crews ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iranian desert
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Kerman Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aborted Operation Eagle Claw
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fatal ground collision between U.S. aircraft ⓘ site of failed U.S. hostage rescue attempt in Iran ⓘ |
| numberOfUSFatalities | 8 ⓘ |
| partOf | Operation Eagle Claw plan ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Iran hostage crisis
NERFINISHED
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Operation Eagle Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ |
| strategicRole | initial landing and refueling point for rescue force ⓘ |
| terrainType | remote desert ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. special operations forces
NERFINISHED
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United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Operation Eagle Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aircraft rendezvous
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forward staging for Tehran hostage rescue ⓘ helicopter refueling ⓘ hostage rescue mission staging ⓘ |
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: Desert One Description of subject: Desert One was the remote Iranian desert staging area used by U.S. forces during the failed 1980 Operation Eagle Claw mission to rescue American hostages in Tehran.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Desert One operation