VMS Eve
E202742
VMS Eve is Virgin Galactic’s custom-built twin-fuselage carrier aircraft designed to air-launch the company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplanes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VMS Eve canonical | 4 |
| WhiteKnightTwo VMS Eve | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1804623 — 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: VMS Eve Context triple: [Virgin Galactic, usesCarrierAircraft, VMS Eve]
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A.
EVE Online
EVE Online is a massively multiplayer online game set in a persistent sci-fi universe where players pilot starships, engage in complex economics, politics, and warfare, and shape the game’s sandbox world.
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B.
VMS
VMS is a regional public transport association in the Chemnitz area of Germany that coordinates and manages integrated fares and services across multiple transit operators.
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C.
EDDB
EDDB is the ICAO airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the main international airport serving Germany’s capital region.
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D.
Platform of Venus
The Platform of Venus is a pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial structure at Chichén Itzá, likely associated with astronomical observations and rituals linked to the planet Venus.
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E.
Proteus
Proteus is the nickname of Charles Proteus Steinmetz, a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in alternating current (AC) power systems.
- 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: VMS Eve Target entity description: VMS Eve is Virgin Galactic’s custom-built twin-fuselage carrier aircraft designed to air-launch the company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplanes.
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A.
EVE Online
EVE Online is a massively multiplayer online game set in a persistent sci-fi universe where players pilot starships, engage in complex economics, politics, and warfare, and shape the game’s sandbox world.
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B.
VMS
VMS is a regional public transport association in the Chemnitz area of Germany that coordinates and manages integrated fares and services across multiple transit operators.
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C.
EDDB
EDDB is the ICAO airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the main international airport serving Germany’s capital region.
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D.
Platform of Venus
The Platform of Venus is a pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial structure at Chichén Itzá, likely associated with astronomical observations and rituals linked to the planet Venus.
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E.
Proteus
Proteus is the nickname of Charles Proteus Steinmetz, a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in alternating current (AC) power systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virgin Galactic vehicle
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carrier aircraft ⓘ mothership aircraft ⓘ twin-fuselage aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | jet-powered aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeFamily | WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ |
| airLaunches | SpaceShipTwo ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
WhiteKnightTwo VMS Eve
ⓘ
linked to:
VMS Eve
|
| baseOfOperations |
Mojave Air and Space Port
ⓘ
Spaceport America ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-fuselage ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | composite materials ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewCapacity | two pilots ⓘ |
| designedBy | Burt Rutan ⓘ |
| designedFor | reusable suborbital spaceflight operations ⓘ |
| designer | Scaled Composites ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 2008-12-21 ⓘ |
| firstFlightLocation | Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ |
| fleetRole | mothership for SpaceShipTwo fleet ⓘ |
| fuselageCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Eve ⓘ |
| launchAltitudeForSpaceShipTwo |
approximately 15 km
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approximately 50,000 ft ⓘ |
| launchesFrom | runway ⓘ |
| launchesVehicle |
VSS Unity
ⓘ
other SpaceShipTwo-class vehicles ⓘ |
| launchMethod | captive carry and air-drop ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 24 m
ⓘ
approximately 79 ft ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Scaled Composites ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Eve Branson
ⓘ
mother of Richard Branson ⓘ |
| operator | Virgin Galactic ⓘ |
| partOf | Virgin Galactic fleet ⓘ |
| powerplant | twin turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryMission | air-launch SpaceShipTwo to suborbital flight profile ⓘ |
| program | Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism program ⓘ |
| programAffiliation |
Virgin Galactic commercial spaceflight program
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgin Galactic
|
| registration | N348MS ⓘ |
| role | suborbital spaceplane carrier ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | twin boom ⓘ |
| tailNumberPrefix | N3 ⓘ |
| testProgramLocation | Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| usesRunwayLanding | true ⓘ |
| usesRunwayTakeoff | true ⓘ |
| wingspan |
approximately 140 ft
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approximately 42.7 m ⓘ |
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: VMS Eve Description of subject: VMS Eve is Virgin Galactic’s custom-built twin-fuselage carrier aircraft designed to air-launch the company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplanes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: VMS Eve