Shock Wave
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Shock Wave is a classic steel roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, best known for its intense double vertical loops and high-speed drops.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shock Wave canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8358176 — 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: Shock Wave Context triple: [Six Flags Over Texas, hasRollerCoaster, Shock Wave]
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A.
Shockwave
Shockwave is a now-discontinued multimedia platform and browser plugin developed by Macromedia (later Adobe) for delivering interactive web content, games, and animations.
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B.
Shockwave Supernova
Shockwave Supernova is a 2015 instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic shredding and sci‑fi themed compositions.
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C.
Deep Impact
Deep Impact is a 1998 science fiction disaster film about a comet threatening Earth, produced by the Zanuck/Brown Company and known for its ensemble cast and large-scale visual effects.
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D.
Deep Impact
Deep Impact was a NASA space probe mission launched in 2005 to study the composition of comet Tempel 1 by releasing an impactor to collide with its surface while a flyby spacecraft observed the resulting ejecta.
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E.
Future Shock
Future Shock is a 1983 jazz-fusion and electro-funk album by Herbie Hancock that helped pioneer the use of turntablism and electronic sounds in mainstream jazz.
- 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: Shock Wave Target entity description: Shock Wave is a classic steel roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, best known for its intense double vertical loops and high-speed drops.
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A.
Shockwave
Shockwave is a now-discontinued multimedia platform and browser plugin developed by Macromedia (later Adobe) for delivering interactive web content, games, and animations.
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B.
Shockwave Supernova
Shockwave Supernova is a 2015 instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic shredding and sci‑fi themed compositions.
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C.
Deep Impact
Deep Impact is a 1998 science fiction disaster film about a comet threatening Earth, produced by the Zanuck/Brown Company and known for its ensemble cast and large-scale visual effects.
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D.
Deep Impact
Deep Impact was a NASA space probe mission launched in 2005 to study the composition of comet Tempel 1 by releasing an impactor to collide with its surface while a flyby spacecraft observed the resulting ejecta.
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E.
Future Shock
Future Shock is a 1983 jazz-fusion and electro-funk album by Herbie Hancock that helped pioneer the use of turntablism and electronic sounds in mainstream jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amusement ride
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roller coaster ⓘ steel roller coaster ⓘ |
| capacity | 1200 riders per hour ⓘ |
| category |
Schwarzkopf roller coasters
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Six Flags Over Texas attractions ⓘ roller coasters introduced in 1978 ⓘ |
| color |
blue track
ⓘ
white supports ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designer | Werner Stengel ⓘ |
| drop | 105 ft ⓘ |
| duration | 2 minutes ⓘ |
| element |
airtime hills
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double vertical loop ⓘ turnarounds ⓘ |
| feature |
double vertical loops
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high-speed drops ⓘ |
| height | 116 ft ⓘ |
| heightRestriction | 48 in ⓘ |
| inversionCount | 2 ⓘ |
| length | 3600 ft ⓘ |
| liftHillCount | 1 ⓘ |
| liftType | chain lift hill ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arlington, Texas
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Six Flags Over Texas ⓘ Texas ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| manufacturer |
Anton Schwarzkopf
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Schwarzkopf ⓘ
linked to:
Schwarzkopf GmbH
|
| material | steel ⓘ |
| maxGForce | 5.9 g ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | 53 mph ⓘ |
| model | Custom Looping Coaster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic Schwarzkopf looping design
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intense double vertical loops ⓘ strong positive g-forces ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1978-04-22 ⓘ |
| openingSeason | 1978 season ⓘ |
| owner | Six Flags ⓘ |
| parkSection | Tower Section ⓘ |
| rcdbNumber | 93 ⓘ |
| recordHeld | one of the first coasters with back-to-back vertical loops ⓘ |
| restraintType | over-the-shoulder restraints ⓘ |
| status | operating ⓘ |
| themePark | Six Flags Over Texas ⓘ |
| trackType | sit-down ⓘ |
| trainCount | 2 ⓘ |
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: Shock Wave Description of subject: Shock Wave is a classic steel roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, best known for its intense double vertical loops and high-speed drops.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.