Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
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The Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine is a liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine widely used in the 1930s and World War II, notably powering various European fighter aircraft.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2560639 — 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: Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine Context triple: [Ikarus IK-2, powerplant, Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine]
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A.
Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
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B.
Bristol Hercules radial engine
The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
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C.
Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
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D.
Packard V-1650
The Packard V-1650 is an American-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 aircraft engine, produced under license by Packard and widely used in World War II fighters such as the P-51 Mustang.
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E.
Maybach HL42 six-cylinder petrol engine
The Maybach HL42 is a German World War II-era six-cylinder gasoline engine widely used to power half-tracks and other medium military vehicles.
- 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: Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine Target entity description: The Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine is a liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine widely used in the 1930s and World War II, notably powering various European fighter aircraft.
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A.
Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
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B.
Bristol Hercules radial engine
The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
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C.
Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
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D.
Packard V-1650
The Packard V-1650 is an American-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 aircraft engine, produced under license by Packard and widely used in World War II fighters such as the P-51 Mustang.
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E.
Maybach HL42 six-cylinder petrol engine
The Maybach HL42 is a German World War II-era six-cylinder gasoline engine widely used to power half-tracks and other medium military vehicles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V-12 engine
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aircraft piston engine ⓘ liquid-cooled engine ⓘ |
| application |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
light bombers ⓘ |
| bore | 150 mm ⓘ |
| cannonMountType | moteur-canon through propeller hub ⓘ |
| configuration | 60-degree V-12 ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | liquid-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 36 litres ⓘ |
| era |
1930s
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| family |
Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12 series engines
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| feature |
integral cannon-mount capability
ⓘ
reduction gear for propeller drive ⓘ |
| firstRunDate | early 1930s ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| licenseBuiltVariant |
Klimov M-100
ⓘ
Klimov M-100 ⓘ
surface form:
Klimov M-103
Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 ⓘ
surface form:
Klimov M-105
|
| licenseProduction |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hispano-Suiza
|
| notableUserAircraft |
Avia B-534
ⓘ
surface form:
Avia B-35
Avia B-534 ⓘ Bloch MB.152 ⓘ Dewoitine D.520 ⓘ IAR 80 fighter aircraft ⓘ
surface form:
IAR 80
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 ⓘ Potez 63 ⓘ
surface form:
Potez 630
|
| powerOutputRange | approximately 800 hp to 1,100 hp ⓘ |
| productionPeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| stroke | 170 mm ⓘ |
| successor |
Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Z
|
| supercharging | single-stage supercharger ⓘ |
| usedByCountry |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
France ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Spain ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Spanish Civil War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| valvesPerCylinder | 2 ⓘ |
| valvetrain | single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ |
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: Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine Description of subject: The Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine is a liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine widely used in the 1930s and World War II, notably powering various European fighter aircraft.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Hb V-12 engine
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y inline engine
subject surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza
subject surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Z
subject surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12 series engines
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y inline engine
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y inline piston engine
this entity surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs
this entity surface form:
Hispano‑Suiza 12X engine