Able
E50512
Able was the codename for the first of the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Able canonical | 4 |
| Able from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397150 — 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: Able Context triple: [Operation Crossroads, firstTestName, Able]
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A.
Elliott
Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
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B.
Otis
Otis is a globally recognized manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, known for pioneering vertical transportation technologies.
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C.
Gage
Gage is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including historical and contemporary figures.
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D.
Earle
Earle is the middle name of Gordon E. Moore, the co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore’s Law.
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E.
Wallace
Wallace is the maiden surname of Bess Truman, the wife of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and former First Lady of the United States.
- 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: Able Target entity description: Able was the codename for the first of the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
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A.
Elliott
Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
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B.
Otis
Otis is a globally recognized manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, known for pioneering vertical transportation technologies.
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C.
Gage
Gage is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including historical and contemporary figures.
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D.
Earle
Earle is the middle name of Gordon E. Moore, the co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore’s Law.
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E.
Wallace
Wallace is a common English and Scottish surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atomic bomb test
ⓘ
nuclear test ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bikini Atoll inhabitants relocation ⓘ |
| bombingPlatform |
B-29 Superfortress bomber
ⓘ
linked to:
B-29 Superfortress
|
| codename | Able ⓘ |
| codenameSeries | Able-Baker series of tests ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1946-07-01 ⓘ |
| detonationHeight | about 520 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| detonationMode | airburst ⓘ |
| deviceDesign | Fat Man–type design ⓘ |
| deviceType | plutonium implosion bomb ⓘ |
| era |
early Cold War
ⓘ
post–World War II period ⓘ |
| followedBy | Baker ⓘ |
| governingAuthorityAtTime |
United States Joint Task Force One
ⓘ
linked to:
Joint Task Force One
|
| location |
Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| militaryOperationRole | weapons effects test on naval forces ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Able from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet
ⓘ
linked to:
Able
|
| notableFeature |
first nuclear test at Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
first of the Operation Crossroads series ⓘ |
| numberOfTargetShips | over 90 ships ⓘ |
| operationSponsor |
Manhattan Engineer District
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Trinity test
ⓘ
linked to:
Trinity test device
|
| purpose | to study the effects of nuclear weapons on naval ships and equipment ⓘ |
| radiologicalConsequence | radioactive contamination of target ships ⓘ |
| result | less ship damage than predicted due to bombing inaccuracy ⓘ |
| sequenceInSeries | first test of Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| targetType | anchored target fleet of naval vessels ⓘ |
| testEnvironment |
lagoon of Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
linked to:
Bikini Atoll
|
| testNumberInUSProgram | one of the earliest US postwar nuclear tests ⓘ |
| testSeries | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| testSite | Pacific Proving Grounds ⓘ |
| testType | atmospheric nuclear test ⓘ |
| year | 1946 ⓘ |
| yield | approximately 23 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
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: Able Description of subject: Able was the codename for the first of the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Able