V‑42 stiletto dagger
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The V‑42 stiletto dagger is a World War II–era fighting knife originally issued to the U.S. and Canadian First Special Service Force, renowned for its narrow double-edged blade designed for close-quarters combat.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FSSF V‑42 dagger | 1 |
| V‑42 stiletto dagger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4794215 — 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: V‑42 stiletto dagger Context triple: [Special Forces shoulder sleeve insignia, feature, V‑42 stiletto dagger]
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A.
Switchblade
"Switchblade" is a crime novella by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch as he reopens a cold case involving a murdered Vietnam War veteran.
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B.
Kirpan
The Kirpan is a ceremonial curved sword or dagger carried by initiated Sikhs as a symbol of their duty to uphold justice and protect the weak.
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C.
Barrow-blade
Barrow-blade is an enchanted sword from the Barrow-downs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notable for being carried by Samwise Gamgee during the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
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D.
Chain Sword
Chain Sword is a retractable, chain-linked blade weapon used by the Jaeger Gipsy Danger in the Pacific Rim universe for close-quarters combat against kaiju.
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E.
Navajas
Navajas is a knife-throwing assassin portrayed by Danny Trejo in the action film "Desperado."
- 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: V‑42 stiletto dagger Target entity description: The V‑42 stiletto dagger is a World War II–era fighting knife originally issued to the U.S. and Canadian First Special Service Force, renowned for its narrow double-edged blade designed for close-quarters combat.
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A.
Switchblade
"Switchblade" is a crime novella by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch as he reopens a cold case involving a murdered Vietnam War veteran.
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B.
Kirpan
The Kirpan is a ceremonial curved sword or dagger carried by initiated Sikhs as a symbol of their duty to uphold justice and protect the weak.
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C.
Barrow-blade
Barrow-blade is an enchanted sword from the Barrow-downs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notable for being carried by Samwise Gamgee during the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
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D.
Chain Sword
Chain Sword is a retractable, chain-linked blade weapon used by the Jaeger Gipsy Danger in the Pacific Rim universe for close-quarters combat against kaiju.
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E.
Navajas
Navajas is a knife-throwing assassin portrayed by Danny Trejo in the action film "Desperado."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dagger
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fighting knife ⓘ military weapon ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FSSF V‑42 dagger
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linked to:
V‑42 stiletto dagger
|
| associatedWith |
commando units
ⓘ
special forces ⓘ |
| bladeCharacteristic | narrow blade ⓘ |
| bladeShape | stiletto ⓘ |
| bladeType | double-edged ⓘ |
| combatRole | close combat sidearm ⓘ |
| conflictUsedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor |
close-quarters combat
ⓘ
covert combat operations ⓘ special operations ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
designed for thrusting attacks
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double-edged spear-point blade ⓘ sharp tapered point ⓘ slim profile ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
fighting
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silent killing ⓘ |
| issuedTo |
Canadian First Special Service Force personnel
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U.S. First Special Service Force personnel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the First Special Service Force
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effectiveness in close-quarters fighting ⓘ |
| primaryUser | First Special Service Force ⓘ |
| weaponClass | edged weapon ⓘ |
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: V‑42 stiletto dagger Description of subject: The V‑42 stiletto dagger is a World War II–era fighting knife originally issued to the U.S. and Canadian First Special Service Force, renowned for its narrow double-edged blade designed for close-quarters combat.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: V‑42 stiletto dagger