VC-137C
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VC-137C is a specialized variant of the Boeing 707 airliner that was configured and used as a presidential aircraft by the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VC-137C canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13236753 — 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: VC-137C Context triple: [SAM 27000, aircraftVariant, VC-137C]
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A.
Boeing 737-800
The Boeing 737-800 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for short- to medium-haul flights and high fuel efficiency within the 737 Next Generation family.
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B.
Boeing 737-900ER
The Boeing 737-900ER is an extended-range variant of the 737-900, designed as a high-capacity, single-aisle jetliner for medium-haul commercial flights.
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C.
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
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D.
Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used by airlines around the world for international passenger flights.
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E.
Boeing 737-700
The Boeing 737-700 is a member of Boeing's Next Generation 737 family, a twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner widely used for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
- 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: VC-137C Target entity description: VC-137C is a specialized variant of the Boeing 707 airliner that was configured and used as a presidential aircraft by the United States.
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A.
Boeing 737-800
The Boeing 737-800 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for short- to medium-haul flights and high fuel efficiency within the 737 Next Generation family.
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B.
Boeing 737-900ER
The Boeing 737-900ER is an extended-range variant of the 737-900, designed as a high-capacity, single-aisle jetliner for medium-haul commercial flights.
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C.
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
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D.
Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used by airlines around the world for international passenger flights.
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E.
Boeing 737-700
The Boeing 737-700 is a member of Boeing's Next Generation 737 family, a twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner widely used for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Boeing 707 variant
ⓘ
aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
four‑engine jet
ⓘ
long-range jet transport ⓘ |
| airframeCount | 2 ⓘ |
| airframeSAM26000 | first VC-137C built ⓘ |
| airframeSAM27000 | second VC-137C built ⓘ |
| basedOn | Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| callsignWhenPresidentOnboard | Air Force One ⓘ |
| category |
government aircraft
ⓘ
head-of-state aircraft ⓘ jet airliner ⓘ |
| civilianDesignation | Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | flight crew and support staff ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceAsPresidentialAircraft | 1960s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| militaryDesignation | VC-137C ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| primaryUser | President of the United States ⓘ |
| role |
VIP transport aircraft
ⓘ
presidential aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| specialEquipment |
conference and staff areas
ⓘ
medical facilities ⓘ presidential office facilities ⓘ secure communications systems ⓘ |
| status | retired from presidential service ⓘ |
| successorAircraftType | VC-25A ⓘ |
| successorBaseModel | Boeing 747-200B ⓘ |
| tailNumber |
SAM 26000
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SAM 27000 ⓘ |
| usedAs | Air Force One ⓘ |
| usedBy | U.S. presidential administration ⓘ |
| usedByPresidents |
Gerald Ford
ⓘ
Jimmy Carter ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Cold War era
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Vietnam War era presidential travel ⓘ |
| usedFor |
diplomatic missions
ⓘ
long‑range presidential travel ⓘ transport of senior U.S. officials ⓘ |
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: VC-137C Description of subject: VC-137C is a specialized variant of the Boeing 707 airliner that was configured and used as a presidential aircraft by the United States.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.