Yellow Sun bomb
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The Yellow Sun bomb was Britain's first operational high-yield thermonuclear weapon deployed during the Cold War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yellow Sun nuclear bomb | 3 |
| Yellow Sun bomb canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10343571 — 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: Yellow Sun bomb Context triple: [Vickers Valiant, nuclearWeaponCompatibility, Yellow Sun bomb]
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A.
Time Bomb
"Time Bomb" is a popular ska punk song by the American band Rancid, known for its catchy melody and prominent use of ska-influenced rhythms.
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B.
Time Bomb
"Time Bomb" is a song featured on the album "What Comes Naturally."
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C.
Enemy of the Sun
Enemy of the Sun is a critically acclaimed 1993 album by American avant-garde metal band Neurosis, noted for its dark, experimental sound and influential role in the development of post-metal.
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D.
Ill Bomb
"Ill Bomb" is a track by LL Cool J featured on his 2000 greatest-hits compilation album "G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time)."
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E.
Invisible Sun
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- 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: Yellow Sun bomb Target entity description: The Yellow Sun bomb was Britain's first operational high-yield thermonuclear weapon deployed during the Cold War.
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A.
Time Bomb
"Time Bomb" is a song featured on the album "What Comes Naturally."
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B.
Time Bomb
"Time Bomb" is a popular ska punk song by the American band Rancid, known for its catchy melody and prominent use of ska-influenced rhythms.
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C.
Enemy of the Sun
Enemy of the Sun is a critically acclaimed 1993 album by American avant-garde metal band Neurosis, noted for its dark, experimental sound and influential role in the development of post-metal.
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D.
Ill Bomb
"Ill Bomb" is a track by LL Cool J featured on his 2000 greatest-hits compilation album "G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time)."
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E.
Invisible Sun
Invisible Sun is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross, continuing his near-future espionage and surveillance-themed narrative in the "Empire Games" series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British nuclear weapon
ⓘ
British nuclear weapon ⓘ British nuclear weapon ⓘ thermonuclear weapon ⓘ thermonuclear weapon ⓘ thermonuclear weapon ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Yellow Sun bomb ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Royal Air Force arsenal ⓘ |
| belongsToProgram | British thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ |
| classification | megaton‑class nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deliveryMethod | air‑dropped free‑fall bomb ⓘ |
| deployedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| deploymentEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| deploymentMode | aircraft‑delivered ⓘ |
| deploymentStart | late 1950s ⓘ |
| designedAs | successor to Blue Danube ⓘ |
| designedDuring | 1950s ⓘ |
| designedForPlatform |
Avro Vulcan
ⓘ
Handley Page Victor ⓘ V-bomber force ⓘ Vickers Valiant ⓘ
linked to:
Vickers Valiant bomber
|
| developedBy | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ⓘ |
| developedFor | strategic bombing missions ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
bomb casing
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thermonuclear warhead ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Yellow Sun Mk.1
ⓘ
linked to:
Rivet XII
Yellow Sun Mk.2 ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponConfiguration | two‑stage thermonuclear design ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponType | strategic bomb ⓘ |
| partOf | British nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| purpose | strategic deterrence ⓘ |
| replaced |
Blue Danube
ⓘ
linked to:
The Blue Danube
|
| replacedBy | WE.177 ⓘ |
| role | first operational high‑yield British thermonuclear weapon ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| strategicRole | primary high‑yield weapon of the V‑force ⓘ |
| testedAt | Christmas Island ⓘ |
| testedInOperation | Operation Grapple ⓘ |
| usedAs | free‑fall gravity bomb ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| warheadType | thermonuclear fusion-boosted design ⓘ |
| yieldClass | high‑yield ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Yellow Sun bomb Description of subject: The Yellow Sun bomb was Britain's first operational high-yield thermonuclear weapon deployed during the Cold War.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vickers Valiant bomber
linked to: Yellow Sun bomb
subject linked to:
Yellow Sun bomb
linked to: Yellow Sun bomb
linked to: Yellow Sun bomb