No. 17
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No. 17 is a prominent NASCAR stock car number historically fielded by Roush Fenway Racing and associated with several of the team’s most successful drivers and seasons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No. 17 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2715199 — 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: No. 17 Context triple: [Roush Fenway Racing, notableCarNumber, No. 17]
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A.
Do 17E
The Do 17E was an early bomber variant of the German Dornier Do 17 "Flying Pencil," used by the Luftwaffe in the late 1930s.
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B.
Norm the Niner
Norm the Niner is the pickaxe-wielding, gold rush–themed mascot of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, symbolizing the school's "49ers" identity and pioneering spirit.
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C.
Do 17Z
The Do 17Z was the most widely produced and refined bomber version of Germany’s Dornier Do 17 “Flying Pencil,” used extensively by the Luftwaffe in the early years of World War II.
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D.
The Big Dance
The Big Dance is the widely used nickname for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top team in U.S. college basketball.
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E.
Do 17M
The Do 17M was a German Dornier Do 17 "Flying Pencil" bomber variant developed in the late 1930s with improved performance and payload capacity for Luftwaffe operations.
- 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: No. 17 Target entity description: No. 17 is a prominent NASCAR stock car number historically fielded by Roush Fenway Racing and associated with several of the team’s most successful drivers and seasons.
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A.
Do 17E
The Do 17E was an early bomber variant of the German Dornier Do 17 "Flying Pencil," used by the Luftwaffe in the late 1930s.
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B.
Norm the Niner
Norm the Niner is the pickaxe-wielding, gold rush–themed mascot of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, symbolizing the school's "49ers" identity and pioneering spirit.
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C.
Do 17Z
The Do 17Z was the most widely produced and refined bomber version of Germany’s Dornier Do 17 “Flying Pencil,” used extensively by the Luftwaffe in the early years of World War II.
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D.
The Big Dance
The Big Dance is the widely used nickname for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top team in U.S. college basketball.
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E.
Do 17M
The Do 17M was a German Dornier Do 17 "Flying Pencil" bomber variant developed in the late 1930s with improved performance and payload capacity for Luftwaffe operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASCAR Cup Series car number
ⓘ
stock car racing entry ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roush Fenway Racing
ⓘ
linked to:
NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing
|
| associatedWithDriver |
Chad Little
ⓘ
Chris Buescher ⓘ Darrell Waltrip ⓘ Matt Kenseth ⓘ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ⓘ |
| associatedWithSponsor | various primary sponsors over time ⓘ |
| category |
NASCAR car numbers
ⓘ
Roush Fenway Racing entries ⓘ |
| chassisType | purpose-built stock car ⓘ |
| competesIn | NASCAR Cup Series ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier NASCAR series ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| engineType | NASCAR-spec V8 engine ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | early 2000s ⓘ |
| fieldedBy |
Roush Fenway Racing
ⓘ
linked to:
NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing
|
| governingBody | NASCAR ⓘ |
| hasBase | Concord, North Carolina ⓘ |
| hasCarNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| hasCarType | Ford stock car ⓘ |
| hasChassisManufacturer |
Ford
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Motor Company
|
| hasCompetitionFormat |
oval tracks
ⓘ
road courses ⓘ |
| hasCrewChief | various crew chiefs over time ⓘ |
| hasGarage | Roush Fenway Racing shop ⓘ |
| hasManufacturerHistory |
Ford Fusion
ⓘ
Ford Mustang ⓘ Ford Taurus ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryColor |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consistent performance in NASCAR Cup Series
ⓘ
long-term continuity with Roush Fenway Racing ⓘ |
| mostCloselyAssociatedDriver | Matt Kenseth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with championship-winning seasons
ⓘ
multiple NASCAR Cup Series victories ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Roush Fenway Racing crew ⓘ |
| participatesIn | NASCAR points championships ⓘ |
| safetyRegulatedBy | NASCAR rules ⓘ |
| sport | stock car racing ⓘ |
| teamOwner |
Jack Roush
ⓘ
Roush Fenway Racing ⓘ
linked to:
NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing
|
| usesMake |
Ford
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Motor Company
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: No. 17 Description of subject: No. 17 is a prominent NASCAR stock car number historically fielded by Roush Fenway Racing and associated with several of the team’s most successful drivers and seasons.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing