AVUM
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AVUM is the liquid-propellant upper stage of the European Vega small-lift launch vehicle, responsible for precise orbital insertion and mission completion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AVUM canonical | 2 |
| AVUM+ (AVUM Plus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3894383 — 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: AVUM Context triple: [Vega launch vehicle programme, upperStage, AVUM]
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ÁVH
ÁVH was the secret police and state security organization of communist Hungary, notorious for its role in political repression and surveillance during the early Cold War era.
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B.
Vuse
Vuse is an electronic cigarette and vaping product brand owned by British American Tobacco, known for its range of nicotine e-liquids and devices.
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C.
UMA
UMA is the acronym for the Arab Maghreb Union, a regional organization aimed at promoting economic and political cooperation among North African countries.
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D.
UMA
UMA is a regional public university in Augusta, Maine, offering a range of undergraduate and professional programs with a focus on accessibility and nontraditional students.
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E.
AVV
AVV is the IATA airport code for Avalon Airport, a regional airport serving the Geelong and Melbourne areas in Victoria, Australia.
- 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: AVUM Target entity description: AVUM is the liquid-propellant upper stage of the European Vega small-lift launch vehicle, responsible for precise orbital insertion and mission completion.
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A.
ÁVH
ÁVH was the secret police and state security organization of communist Hungary, notorious for its role in political repression and surveillance during the early Cold War era.
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B.
Vuse
Vuse is an electronic cigarette and vaping product brand owned by British American Tobacco, known for its range of nicotine e-liquids and devices.
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C.
UMA
UMA is the acronym for the Arab Maghreb Union, a regional organization aimed at promoting economic and political cooperation among North African countries.
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D.
UMA
UMA is a regional public university in Augusta, Maine, offering a range of undergraduate and professional programs with a focus on accessibility and nontraditional students.
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E.
AVV
AVV is the IATA airport code for Avalon Airport, a regional airport serving the Geelong and Melbourne areas in Victoria, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rocket stage
ⓘ
spacecraft propulsion module ⓘ upper stage ⓘ |
| belongsToProgram | Vega program ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Europe ⓘ |
| engineType | pressure-fed engine ⓘ |
| fuel | unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | avionics module integrated in stage ⓘ |
| launchPadUsedWith | ELA-1 ⓘ |
| launchSiteUsedWith | Guiana Space Centre ⓘ |
| launchVehicleFamily | Vega family ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Avio
ⓘ
linked to:
Avio S.p.A.
|
| missionCapability |
deployment of multiple payloads
ⓘ
injection into Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ injection into low Earth orbit ⓘ multiple engine restarts ⓘ precise orbit circularization ⓘ |
| operator |
Arianespace
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ |
| oxidizer | nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| partOf |
Vega
ⓘ
Vega launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to:
Vega launch vehicle programme
Vega small-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to:
Vega launch vehicle programme
|
| propellant |
UDMH
ⓘ
nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-propellant ⓘ |
| restartCapability | up to 5 burns (approximate design) ⓘ |
| role |
mission completion stage
ⓘ
upper stage for precise orbital insertion ⓘ |
| separationFrom | Zefiro 9 ⓘ |
| stageNumber | fourth stage of Vega ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successor |
AVUM+ (AVUM Plus)
ⓘ
linked to:
AVUM
|
| thrustVacuum | approximately 2.45 kilonewtons ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Earth observation satellite launches
ⓘ
scientific satellite launches ⓘ technology demonstration missions ⓘ |
| usedOnVehicle |
Vega
ⓘ
Vega VV series missions ⓘ |
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: AVUM Description of subject: AVUM is the liquid-propellant upper stage of the European Vega small-lift launch vehicle, responsible for precise orbital insertion and mission completion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.