submarine Proteus
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The submarine Proteus is a futuristic miniaturized vessel from the 1966 science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage," used to navigate inside the human body on a perilous medical mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| submarine Proteus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1799898 — 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: submarine Proteus Context triple: [Fantastic Voyage, featuresVehicle, submarine Proteus]
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A.
Dreadnought-class submarine
The Dreadnought-class submarine is a new generation of British nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed to replace the Royal Navy’s Vanguard class as the backbone of the UK’s sea-based nuclear deterrent.
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B.
Astute-class submarine
The Astute-class submarine is a fleet of advanced nuclear-powered attack submarines built for the Royal Navy, known for their stealth, endurance, and sophisticated weapons and sensor systems.
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C.
Victoria-class submarine
The Victoria-class submarine is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines originally built for the Royal Navy as the Upholder class and later modernized and operated by the Royal Canadian Navy for coastal defense, surveillance, and training.
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D.
U-505 submarine
The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
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E.
bathyscaphe Trieste
The bathyscaphe Trieste was a deep-diving research submersible that in 1960 carried Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh on the first crewed descent to the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans.
- 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: submarine Proteus Target entity description: The submarine Proteus is a futuristic miniaturized vessel from the 1966 science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage," used to navigate inside the human body on a perilous medical mission.
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A.
Dreadnought-class submarine
The Dreadnought-class submarine is a new generation of British nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed to replace the Royal Navy’s Vanguard class as the backbone of the UK’s sea-based nuclear deterrent.
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B.
Astute-class submarine
The Astute-class submarine is a fleet of advanced nuclear-powered attack submarines built for the Royal Navy, known for their stealth, endurance, and sophisticated weapons and sensor systems.
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C.
Victoria-class submarine
The Victoria-class submarine is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines originally built for the Royal Navy as the Upholder class and later modernized and operated by the Royal Canadian Navy for coastal defense, surveillance, and training.
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D.
U-505 submarine
The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
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E.
bathyscaphe Trieste
The bathyscaphe Trieste was a deep-diving research submersible that in 1960 carried Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh on the first crewed descent to the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional vehicle
ⓘ
futuristic vessel ⓘ miniaturized submarine ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Fantastic Voyage ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Fantastic Voyage ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
exploration of inner space
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medical science and technology ⓘ |
| capability |
internal navigation through bloodstream
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miniaturization ⓘ navigation through human organs ⓘ |
| controlSystem | manual controls with viewing screens ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | 5 ⓘ |
| crewRole |
navigator
ⓘ
pilot ⓘ scientist ⓘ security agent ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic example of miniaturized exploration vehicle in science fiction ⓘ |
| designedFor | microscopic scale operation ⓘ |
| environment | internal human body ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | exists only in the story world of Fantastic Voyage ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| inspiredMerchandise |
collectible replicas
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model kits ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| missionObjective | remove blood clot from scientist’s brain ⓘ |
| missionType | life‑saving operation ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central setting for much of the film’s action ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse |
Fantastic Voyage universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Fantastic Voyage
|
| navigationSystem | internal body charts and instruments ⓘ |
| notableCrewMember |
Captain Owens
ⓘ
linked to:
Captain Bill Owens
Cora Peterson ⓘ Dr. Duval ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Peter Duval
General Carter’s operative ⓘ Grant ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States military (fictional)
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linked to:
United States Armed Forces
|
| primaryFunction | medical mission inside human body ⓘ |
| propulsionType | futuristic jet or turbine propulsion ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | advanced Cold War era science fiction technology ⓘ |
| threat |
blood cells and antibodies
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immune system attack ⓘ mechanical damage inside body ⓘ turbulent blood flow ⓘ |
| timeLimit | 60 minutes before de‑miniaturization ⓘ |
| visualDesignFeature |
large transparent canopy
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rear engine section ⓘ sleek white hull ⓘ |
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: submarine Proteus Description of subject: The submarine Proteus is a futuristic miniaturized vessel from the 1966 science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage," used to navigate inside the human body on a perilous medical mission.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.