R-12
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R-12 was a Soviet medium-range ballistic missile deployed during the Cold War and known in NATO reporting as the SS-4 Sandal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R-12 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9240967 — 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: R-12 Context triple: [SS-4 Sandal, SovietDesignation, R-12]
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A.
R-4
The R-4 is a World War II–era Sikorsky helicopter recognized as the first mass-produced helicopter and the first to be used operationally by the U.S. military.
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B.
R-46
R-46 is a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1970s for the IND/BMT divisions and known for its stainless-steel body and long service life.
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C.
R32
The R32 is a high-performance, all-wheel-drive variant of the Volkswagen Golf Mk4 featuring a powerful VR6 engine and sport-tuned components.
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D.
R-17
R-17 is the Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missile better known in the West by its NATO reporting name "Scud-B."
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E.
R-11
R-11 is a Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile that formed the basis for the later Scud missile family.
- 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: R-12 Target entity description: R-12 was a Soviet medium-range ballistic missile deployed during the Cold War and known in NATO reporting as the SS-4 Sandal.
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A.
R-4
The R-4 is a World War II–era Sikorsky helicopter recognized as the first mass-produced helicopter and the first to be used operationally by the U.S. military.
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B.
R-46
R-46 is a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1970s for the IND/BMT divisions and known for its stainless-steel body and long service life.
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C.
R32
The R32 is a high-performance, all-wheel-drive variant of the Volkswagen Golf Mk4 featuring a powerful VR6 engine and sport-tuned components.
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D.
R-17
R-17 is the Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missile better known in the West by its NATO reporting name "Scud-B."
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E.
R-11
R-11 is a Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile that formed the basis for the later Scud missile family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | medium-range ballistic missile ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deployedIn |
Cuba
ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deploymentMode |
silo-based
ⓘ
surface-based ⓘ |
| era |
Cold War era
ⓘ
linked to:
Cold War
|
| fuelType | kerosene ⓘ |
| generation | first-generation Soviet MRBM ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
central to 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis escalation
ⓘ
key element of early Soviet nuclear forces ⓘ |
| launchPlatform | fixed launch site ⓘ |
| launchPreparationTime | relatively long compared to solid-fuel missiles ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Soviet defense industry ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | SS-4 Sandal ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ |
| oxidizerType | nitric acid ⓘ |
| propellantType | liquid-fueled ⓘ |
| range |
approximately 1300 miles
ⓘ
approximately 2000 km ⓘ |
| retirementPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| role | strategic nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | late 1950s ⓘ |
| stageCount | single-stage ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| treatyImpact | affected by arms control agreements ⓘ |
| usedBy | Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| warheadType | nuclear warhead capable ⓘ |
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: R-12 Description of subject: R-12 was a Soviet medium-range ballistic missile deployed during the Cold War and known in NATO reporting as the SS-4 Sandal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
SS-4 Sandal MRBM