Douglas DC-6
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The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglas DC-6 canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2824688 — 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: Douglas DC-6 Context triple: [Adria Airways, operatedAircraftType, Douglas DC-6]
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A.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
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C.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is a pioneering American jet airliner introduced in the late 1950s that helped usher in the modern era of commercial jet travel.
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D.
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American four‑engine turboprop airliner introduced in the late 1950s, known for its use in both passenger and cargo operations worldwide.
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E.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
- 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: Douglas DC-6 Target entity description: The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
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A.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
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C.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is a pioneering American jet airliner introduced in the late 1950s that helped usher in the modern era of commercial jet travel.
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D.
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American four‑engine turboprop airliner introduced in the late 1950s, known for its use in both passenger and cargo operations worldwide.
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E.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Douglas DC-6 Description of subject: The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.