Project Alberta
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Project Alberta was the World War II effort responsible for the final assembly, testing, and delivery of the atomic bombs used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Project Alberta canonical | 3 |
| Project A | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T396007 — 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: Project Alberta Context triple: [Project Y, relatedProgram, Project Alberta]
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A.
Project Alpha
Project Alpha was a famous early-1980s hoax experiment in which teenage magicians, backed by skeptic James Randi, infiltrated a parapsychology lab to expose its poor scientific controls and challenge claims of psychic phenomena.
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Project 211
Project 211 is a Chinese government initiative launched to strengthen about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century by prioritizing them for additional funding and development.
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C.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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Project C (Confrontation)
Project C (Confrontation) was the coordinated series of nonviolent direct actions in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 that aimed to provoke confrontation and draw national attention to segregation and racial injustice.
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Alberta
Alberta is a western Canadian province known for its vast prairies, Rocky Mountains, and significant natural resource industries.
- 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: Project Alberta Target entity description: Project Alberta was the World War II effort responsible for the final assembly, testing, and delivery of the atomic bombs used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.
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A.
Project Alpha
Project Alpha was a famous early-1980s hoax experiment in which teenage magicians, backed by skeptic James Randi, infiltrated a parapsychology lab to expose its poor scientific controls and challenge claims of psychic phenomena.
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B.
Project 211
Project 211 is a Chinese government initiative launched to strengthen about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century by prioritizing them for additional funding and development.
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C.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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D.
Project C (Confrontation)
Project C (Confrontation) was the coordinated series of nonviolent direct actions in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 that aimed to provoke confrontation and draw national attention to segregation and racial injustice.
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E.
Alberta
Alberta is a western Canadian province known for its vast prairies, Rocky Mountains, and significant natural resource industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Manhattan Project subproject
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military project ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Project A
ⓘ
linked to:
Project Alberta
|
| associatedWithMission |
Bockscar Nagasaki mission
ⓘ
Enola Gay Hiroshima mission ⓘ |
| associatedWithUnit | 509th Composite Group ⓘ |
| chiefOfStaff |
Norman F. Ramsey Jr.
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linked to:
Norman Ramsey
|
| codeName |
Project A
ⓘ
linked to:
Project Alberta
|
| commandedBy | William S. Parsons ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolvedAfterEvent | end of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| fieldTestLocation | Tinian bomb assembly facilities ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
Los Alamos Laboratory Ordnance Division personnel
ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces personnel ⓘ United States Navy officers ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Navy commanders
|
| hadMember |
Bernard Waldman
ⓘ
Deak Parsons ⓘ Frederick L. Ashworth ⓘ Harold Agnew ⓘ Luis W. Alvarez ⓘ
linked to:
Luis Alvarez
|
| historicalSignificance | enabled first combat use of nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| location | Tinian ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
delivery of atomic bombs for combat missions
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final assembly of atomic bombs for combat use ⓘ testing of atomic bombs for combat use ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fat Man atomic bomb
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linked to:
Fat Man
Little Boy atomic bomb ⓘ
linked to:
Little Boy
|
| operatedAt |
North Field, Tinian
ⓘ
linked to:
Tinian
|
| parentOrganization |
Los Alamos Laboratory
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United States Army ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| partOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
bomb loading operations on B-29 aircraft
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development of bomb delivery procedures ⓘ in-flight monitoring of bomb performance ⓘ preparing Fat Man for the Nagasaki mission ⓘ preparing Little Boy for the Hiroshima mission ⓘ training of aircrews in bomb arming procedures ⓘ |
| startTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| testedDevice |
Fat Man–type implosion device
ⓘ
linked to:
Fat Man
Little Boy–type gun-assembly device ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| usedAircraft | B-29 Superfortress ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Project Alberta Description of subject: Project Alberta was the World War II effort responsible for the final assembly, testing, and delivery of the atomic bombs used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Project Alberta
linked to: Project Alberta
subject linked to:
Wendover Army Air Field, Utah