AA
E161479
AA is a common cylindrical battery size widely used in household electronic devices such as remote controls, toys, and flashlights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AA canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1408516 — 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: AA Context triple: [Duracell, offersBatterySize, AA]
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A.
AA
AA is the two-letter IATA airline designator used to identify American Airlines in flight schedules, tickets, and aviation systems.
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B.
AA
AA was the common abbreviation for the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) during the Nazi era.
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C.
AAA
AAA was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency created to regulate agricultural production and stabilize farm prices during the Great Depression.
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D.
Aa
The Aa is a small river in the Dutch province of North Brabant that flows through agricultural and rural landscapes before joining larger waterways.
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E.
AAR
AAR is the American Association of Railroads' wheel arrangement classification system commonly used to describe locomotive axle configurations in North America.
- 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: AA Target entity description: AA is a common cylindrical battery size widely used in household electronic devices such as remote controls, toys, and flashlights.
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A.
AA
AA is the two-letter IATA airline designator used to identify American Airlines in flight schedules, tickets, and aviation systems.
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B.
AA
AA was the common abbreviation for the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) during the Nazi era.
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C.
AAA
AAA was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency created to regulate agricultural production and stabilize farm prices during the Great Depression.
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D.
Aa
The Aa is a small river in the Dutch province of North Brabant that flows through agricultural and rural landscapes before joining larger waterways.
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E.
AAR
AAR is the American Association of Railroads' wheel arrangement classification system commonly used to describe locomotive axle configurations in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battery size
ⓘ
electrochemical cell form factor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LR6
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Mignon ⓘ R6 ⓘ double A battery ⓘ |
| ANSIName |
15A for alkaline
ⓘ
15D for zinc–carbon ⓘ |
| commonChemistry |
alkaline
ⓘ
lithium iron disulfide ⓘ lithium-thionyl chloride (specialized) ⓘ nickel–cadmium ⓘ nickel–metal hydride ⓘ zinc–carbon ⓘ |
| diameter | 14.5 mm ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern | improper disposal can release heavy metals (for some chemistries) ⓘ |
| IECName |
LR6 for alkaline
ⓘ
R6 for zinc–carbon ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1900s ⓘ |
| isPrimaryTypeAvailable | true ⓘ |
| isRechargeableTypeAvailable | true ⓘ |
| length | 50.5 mm ⓘ |
| marketPopularity | one of the most commonly used battery sizes worldwide ⓘ |
| nominalVoltage |
1.2 V for NiCd rechargeable
ⓘ
1.2 V for NiMH rechargeable ⓘ 1.5 V for primary alkaline ⓘ 3.6 V for some lithium primary chemistries (non-standard format variants) ⓘ |
| polarity |
flat negative terminal at opposite end
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positive button terminal at one end ⓘ |
| rechargeableVariant |
NiCd AA cell
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NiMH AA cell ⓘ |
| recyclingRecommended | true ⓘ |
| relativeSize |
larger than AAA battery
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smaller than C battery ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ANSI
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IEC ⓘ
linked to:
International Electrotechnical Commission
|
| typicalUse |
flashlights
ⓘ
portable electronic devices ⓘ remote controls ⓘ toys ⓘ |
| usedIn |
clocks
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digital cameras ⓘ game controllers ⓘ portable radios ⓘ wireless computer mice ⓘ |
| widespreadUse | household electronics ⓘ |
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: AA Description of subject: AA is a common cylindrical battery size widely used in household electronic devices such as remote controls, toys, and flashlights.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.