Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a wide-body commercial airliner developed in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its advanced technology, three-engine configuration, and role as a major competitor to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar canonical | 16 |
| Lockheed TriStar | 3 |
| L-1011 | 1 |
| L-1011-1 | 1 |
| L-1011-100 | 1 |
| L-1011-200 | 1 |
| L-1011-500 | 1 |
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (re-engined variants) | 1 |
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (testbed) | 1 |
| Stargazer L-1011 | 1 |
| civilian Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airliners | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T911921 — 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: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Context triple: [Lockheed bribery scandals, involves, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]
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A.
Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.
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B.
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner widely used for medium- to long-haul commercial flights and cargo operations.
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C.
Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1980s as a shorter, more efficient derivative of the Airbus A300 for medium- to long-haul routes.
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D.
Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.
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E.
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used for short- to medium- and some long-haul routes, known for its strong performance and versatility.
- 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: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Target entity description: The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a wide-body commercial airliner developed in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its advanced technology, three-engine configuration, and role as a major competitor to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
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A.
Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.
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B.
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner widely used for medium- to long-haul commercial flights and cargo operations.
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C.
Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1980s as a shorter, more efficient derivative of the Airbus A300 for medium- to long-haul routes.
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D.
Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.
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E.
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used for short- to medium- and some long-haul routes, known for its strong performance and versatility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial airliner
ⓘ
jet airliner ⓘ wide-body airliner ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
ⓘ
surface form:
L-1011
TriStar ⓘ |
| competitor |
Boeing 747
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 747 (on some routes)
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 2 to 3 flight crew ⓘ |
| designEra | late 1960s ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | trijet ⓘ |
| engineMounting |
one tail-mounted engine
ⓘ
two underwing engines ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstCustomer | Eastern Air Lines ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1970-11-16 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | wide-body ⓘ |
| introduced | 1972-04-26 ⓘ |
| majorOperator |
Air Canada
ⓘ
British Airways ⓘ Delta Air Lines ⓘ Eastern Air Lines ⓘ Saudia ⓘ
surface form:
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Trans World Airlines ⓘ
surface form:
TWA
|
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Corporation
|
| militaryDesignation |
RAF Tristar
ⓘ
surface form:
TriStar C2 (RAF)
RAF Tristar ⓘ
surface form:
TriStar K1 (RAF)
|
| notableFeature |
advanced automatic landing system
ⓘ
autoland capability to Category III standards ⓘ direct lift control system ⓘ lower deck galley in some configurations ⓘ relatively quiet cabin for its era ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 250 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | around 250 to 400 ⓘ |
| primaryRole | passenger transport ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1984 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1968 ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4,000 to 5,000 nautical miles depending on variant ⓘ |
| retiredFromMajorAirlines | 2000s ⓘ |
| secondaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
military transport ⓘ |
| status | out of production ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | advanced for its time ⓘ |
| typicalEngines | Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| variant |
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
L-1011-1
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
L-1011-100
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
L-1011-200
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
L-1011-500
|
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: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Description of subject: The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a wide-body commercial airliner developed in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its advanced technology, three-engine configuration, and role as a major competitor to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lockheed TriStar
this entity surface form:
L-1011
this entity surface form:
L-1011-1
this entity surface form:
L-1011-100
this entity surface form:
L-1011-200
this entity surface form:
L-1011-500
this entity surface form:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (re-engined variants)
this entity surface form:
Stargazer L-1011
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (testbed)
this entity surface form:
civilian Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airliners
this entity surface form:
Lockheed TriStar