Plexicushion
E158001
Plexicushion is a cushioned acrylic hardcourt surface used on professional tennis courts, notably at the Australian Open.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plexicushion canonical | 3 |
| Plexicushion Competition | 1 |
| Plexicushion Prestige | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1370624 — 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: Plexicushion Context triple: [Australian Open, surfaceMaterial, Plexicushion]
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A.
Cobija
Cobija is a small Bolivian city in the Amazon rainforest near the border with Brazil, known as an important regional center for trade and rubber production.
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B.
This Bed
"This Bed" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys featured on her 2009 album "The Element of Freedom."
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C.
Chair X
Chair X is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, occupied by a distinguished scholar responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
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D.
Ein Sof
Ein Sof is the Kabbalistic term for the infinite, unknowable aspect of God that precedes and transcends all creation and manifestation.
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E.
Chair Z
Chair Z is one of the designated seats of membership in the Royal Spanish Academy, traditionally assigned to a full academic responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
- 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: Plexicushion Target entity description: Plexicushion is a cushioned acrylic hardcourt surface used on professional tennis courts, notably at the Australian Open.
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A.
Cobija
Cobija is a small Bolivian city in the Amazon rainforest near the border with Brazil, known as an important regional center for trade and rubber production.
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B.
This Bed
"This Bed" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys featured on her 2009 album "The Element of Freedom."
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C.
Chair X
Chair X is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, occupied by a distinguished scholar responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
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D.
Ein Sof
Ein Sof is the Kabbalistic term for the infinite, unknowable aspect of God that precedes and transcends all creation and manifestation.
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E.
Chair Z
Chair Z is one of the designated seats of membership in the Royal Spanish Academy, traditionally assigned to a full academic responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
acrylic surface
ⓘ
hardcourt surface ⓘ tennis court surface ⓘ |
| appliedOn |
asphalt base
ⓘ
concrete base ⓘ |
| brandFamily | Plexipave ⓘ |
| category |
sports surface
ⓘ
tennis infrastructure ⓘ |
| certifiedBy | International Tennis Federation ⓘ |
| colorScheme |
blue court surface
ⓘ
green outer area ⓘ |
| designedFor |
consistent ball bounce
ⓘ
player comfort ⓘ reduced joint impact ⓘ |
| feature |
cushioning layers for shock absorption
ⓘ
multi-layer acrylic coating system ⓘ textured top coat for grip ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
cushioned
ⓘ
hardcourt ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Plexicushion Competition
ⓘ
linked to:
Plexicushion
Plexicushion Prestige ⓘ
linked to:
Plexicushion
Plexicushion Tournament ⓘ |
| introducedAtEvent |
2008 Australian Open
ⓘ
linked to:
Australian Open
|
| maintenance | requires resurfacing after years of use ⓘ |
| manufacturer | California Products Corporation ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
cushioned hardcourt system
ⓘ
high-performance tennis surface ⓘ |
| material | acrylic ⓘ |
| performanceClass | ITF Pace Category 3 (medium) ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Asia
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| replaced | Rebound Ace ⓘ |
| replacedAt | Australian Open ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| surfaceType | medium-paced hardcourt ⓘ |
| usedAt |
Australian Open
ⓘ
Melbourne Park tennis courts ⓘ
linked to:
Melbourne Park
|
| usedBy | ITF-sanctioned tournaments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
outdoor tennis courts
ⓘ
professional tennis courts ⓘ tournament courts ⓘ |
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: Plexicushion Description of subject: Plexicushion is a cushioned acrylic hardcourt surface used on professional tennis courts, notably at the Australian Open.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Plexicushion
linked to: Plexicushion