Ghostrider
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Ghostrider is the nickname for a heavily armed variant of the U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship used for close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghostrider canonical | 1 |
| Ghostriders | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8641420 — 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: Ghostrider Context triple: [AC-130 gunship, nickname, Ghostrider]
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A.
GhostRider
GhostRider is a large, wooden roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm known for its intense, high-speed layout and classic out-and-back design.
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B.
Night Stalker
Night Stalker is a short-lived 2005 American supernatural crime drama television series, loosely inspired by the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in which Gabrielle Union co-starred.
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C.
Ghost Riders in the Sky
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" is a classic American cowboy-themed country and western song, famous for its haunting melody and vivid, supernatural imagery of ghostly riders chasing cattle across the sky.
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D.
The Galloping Ghost
The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American film serial starring football legend Red Grange in an action-packed sports and crime story.
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E.
Scott Evil
Scott Evil is the awkward, resentful son of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers film series, often serving as a comedic foil to his over-the-top supervillain father.
- 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: Ghostrider Target entity description: Ghostrider is the nickname for a heavily armed variant of the U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship used for close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance.
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A.
GhostRider
GhostRider is a large, wooden roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm known for its intense, high-speed layout and classic out-and-back design.
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B.
Night Stalker
Night Stalker is a short-lived 2005 American supernatural crime drama television series, loosely inspired by the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in which Gabrielle Union co-starred.
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C.
Ghost Riders in the Sky
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" is a classic American cowboy-themed country and western song, famous for its haunting melody and vivid, supernatural imagery of ghostly riders chasing cattle across the sky.
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D.
The Galloping Ghost
The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American film serial starring football legend Red Grange in an action-packed sports and crime story.
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E.
Scott Evil
Scott Evil is the awkward, resentful son of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers film series, often serving as a comedic foil to his over-the-top supervillain father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gunship
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military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | AC-130 gunship variant ⓘ |
| airframe |
C-130J Super Hercules
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
|
| armament |
105 mm M102 howitzer
ⓘ
linked to:
M102 105 mm howitzer
30 mm GAU-23/A cannon ⓘ AGM-114 Hellfire missile ⓘ
linked to:
AGM-114 Hellfire
AGM-176 Griffin missile ⓘ GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb ⓘ GBU-53/B StormBreaker ⓘ precision-guided munitions ⓘ |
| avionics |
advanced sensor suite
ⓘ
data link systems ⓘ electro-optical sensors ⓘ infrared sensors ⓘ synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| basedOn |
C-130 Hercules
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
MC-130J Commando II ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries |
AC-130
ⓘ
linked to:
AC-130 gunship
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| configuration | side-firing gunship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| crew | about 7 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
long-endurance missions
ⓘ
persistent fire support ⓘ precision engagement of ground targets ⓘ |
| engineCount | 4 ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Air Force Special Operations Command
|
| feature |
all-weather capability
ⓘ
night operations capability ⓘ precision strike capability ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| missionProfile | orbiting target area while engaging ground targets ⓘ |
| nicknameOf |
AC-130J
ⓘ
linked to:
AC-130 gunship
|
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprop engine
ⓘ
linked to:
Rolls-Royce AE 2100
|
| primaryMission |
provide close air support to ground troops
ⓘ
support special operations forces ⓘ |
| role |
air interdiction
ⓘ
armed reconnaissance ⓘ close air support ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
AFSOC
ⓘ
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command ⓘ
linked to:
Air Force Special Operations Command
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| successorOf | earlier AC-130 variants ⓘ |
| usedIn |
counterinsurgency operations
ⓘ
counterterrorism operations ⓘ special operations missions ⓘ |
| user |
United States Air Force Special Operations Command
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linked to:
Air Force Special Operations Command
|
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: Ghostrider Description of subject: Ghostrider is the nickname for a heavily armed variant of the U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship used for close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ghostrider