Fokker F-27
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The Fokker F-27 is a Dutch-built twin-engine turboprop airliner and military transport aircraft widely used around the world for regional passenger service and utility roles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fokker F27 Friendship | 7 |
| Fokker F-27 canonical | 1 |
| Fokker F27 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2344443 — 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: Fokker F-27 Context triple: [Argentine Air Force, usedAircraft, Fokker F-27]
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A.
Fokker F28
The Fokker F28 is a short-range twin-jet regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker and widely used by airlines around the world from the late 1960s onward.
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B.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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C.
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a British twin-engine turboprop airliner designed in the late 1950s for short-haul regional routes and renowned for its rugged reliability and ability to operate from short, rough airstrips.
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D.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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E.
BAe Jetstream 31
The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
- 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: Fokker F-27 Target entity description: The Fokker F-27 is a Dutch-built twin-engine turboprop airliner and military transport aircraft widely used around the world for regional passenger service and utility roles.
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A.
Fokker F28
The Fokker F28 is a short-range twin-jet regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker and widely used by airlines around the world from the late 1960s onward.
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B.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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C.
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a British twin-engine turboprop airliner designed in the late 1950s for short-haul regional routes and renowned for its rugged reliability and ability to operate from short, rough airstrips.
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D.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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E.
BAe Jetstream 31
The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military transport aircraft
ⓘ
regional airliner ⓘ turboprop airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftType | twin-engine turboprop ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | aluminium alloy ⓘ |
| cabinConfiguration | single-aisle ⓘ |
| category |
civil utility aircraft
ⓘ
military utility aircraft ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designEra | 1950s ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Fokker P.275 design studies ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1955-11-24 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1958 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fokker ⓘ |
| marketSegment | short-haul regional turboprop ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
high-mounted wing for good short-field performance
ⓘ
large cargo door on some variants ⓘ |
| notableLicenseProduction |
Fairchild F-27
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Fairchild F-27 ⓘ
surface form:
Fairchild Hiller FH-227
|
| numberBuilt | over 580 ⓘ |
| operatorType |
air forces
ⓘ
civil airlines ⓘ government agencies ⓘ |
| pressurization | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
regional services
ⓘ
short-haul routes ⓘ |
| propulsion | two turboprop engines ⓘ |
| role |
cargo transport
ⓘ
military transport ⓘ regional passenger transport ⓘ utility aircraft ⓘ |
| status | out of production ⓘ |
| successor | Fokker 50 ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 40 to 52 ⓘ |
| usage | widely used worldwide ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
maritime patrol in some variants ⓘ navigation training in some variants ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ search and rescue in some variants ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingPlacement | above fuselage ⓘ |
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: Fokker F-27 Description of subject: The Fokker F-27 is a Dutch-built twin-engine turboprop airliner and military transport aircraft widely used around the world for regional passenger service and utility roles.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
this entity surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship