Cobra
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The "Cobra" is the Northrop YF-17, a lightweight American prototype fighter aircraft that served as the design basis for the F/A-18 Hornet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cobra canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10030421 — 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: Cobra Context triple: [Northrop YF-17, nickname, Cobra]
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A.
Cobra
Cobra is a 1986 American action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as a tough, rule-breaking cop battling a violent crime cult.
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B.
Cobra
Cobra is a fictional terrorist organization and the primary antagonist faction in the G.I. Joe franchise.
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C.
Viper
Viper is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America known for its classic out-and-back layout and airtime-focused ride experience.
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D.
Viper
Viper is an informal nickname used by pilots for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a highly maneuverable multirole fighter aircraft.
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E.
Viper
Viper is a graceful and skilled green snake kung fu master from the Kung Fu Panda film series, known for her agility, kindness, and combat prowess as a member of the Furious Five.
- 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: Cobra Target entity description: The "Cobra" is the Northrop YF-17, a lightweight American prototype fighter aircraft that served as the design basis for the F/A-18 Hornet.
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A.
Cobra
Cobra is a 1986 American action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as a tough, rule-breaking cop battling a violent crime cult.
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B.
Cobra
Cobra is a fictional terrorist organization and the primary antagonist faction in the G.I. Joe franchise.
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C.
Viper
Viper is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America known for its classic out-and-back layout and airtime-focused ride experience.
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D.
Viper
Viper is an informal nickname used by pilots for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a highly maneuverable multirole fighter aircraft.
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E.
Viper
Viper is a graceful and skilled green snake kung fu master from the Kung Fu Panda film series, known for her agility, kindness, and combat prowess as a member of the Furious Five.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lightweight fighter
ⓘ
prototype fighter aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation |
YF-17A
ⓘ
linked to:
Northrop YF-17
|
| airIntakeType | side‑mounted intakes ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Cobra ⓘ |
| armamentCapability |
air‑to‑air missiles
ⓘ
internal cannon ⓘ |
| category |
experimental military aircraft
ⓘ
jet fighter prototype ⓘ |
| competitionWith |
General Dynamics YF-16
ⓘ
linked to:
F-16 Fighting Falcon
|
| constructionMaterial |
aluminum alloy
ⓘ
composite materials ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Northrop design team led by Henry J. “Hank” Chouteau ⓘ |
| designedForMission |
air superiority
ⓘ
ground attack (in derivative designs) ⓘ |
| developedForProgram | Lightweight Fighter program ⓘ |
| developmentEra | 1970s ⓘ |
| engineModel | General Electric YJ101 ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredService | never entered operational service ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1974-06-09 ⓘ |
| influencedDesignOf |
F/A-18A/B Hornet
ⓘ
linked to:
F/A-18 Hornet
F/A-18C/D Hornet ⓘ
linked to:
F/A-18 Hornet
|
| landingGearType | tricycle retractable landing gear ⓘ |
| length | approximately 56 ft ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Northrop ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over Mach 1.6 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfPrototypesBuilt | 2 ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| programOutcome | lost competition to General Dynamics YF-16 ⓘ |
| programSponsor |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| programType | technology demonstrator ⓘ |
| role | fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| status | prototype only ⓘ |
| successor | F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | twin vertical stabilizers ⓘ |
| testLocation | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| usedAsDesignBasisFor |
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
ⓘ
linked to:
F/A-18 Hornet
|
| wingConfiguration | leading‑edge extensions ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 35 ft ⓘ |
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: Cobra Description of subject: The "Cobra" is the Northrop YF-17, a lightweight American prototype fighter aircraft that served as the design basis for the F/A-18 Hornet.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Cobra