Fokker 50
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The Fokker 50 is a twin-turboprop regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker as a modernized successor to the Fokker F27, widely used for short-haul passenger services.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fokker 50 canonical | 6 |
| Fokker 50 cargo version | 1 |
| Fokker 50 maritime patrol version | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3552751 — 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 50 Context triple: [KLM Cityhopper, formerFleetType, Fokker 50]
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A.
Fokker 100
The Fokker 100 is a medium-sized twin-turbofan regional jet airliner developed by the Dutch manufacturer Fokker, widely used by airlines for short- to medium-haul routes.
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B.
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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C.
Fokker F-27
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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D.
Dornier Do 328
The Dornier Do 328 is a German-built regional turboprop airliner known for its high cruising speed, advanced aerodynamics, and short takeoff and landing capabilities.
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E.
Dornier Do 228
The Dornier Do 228 is a German twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft widely used for regional passenger transport, cargo, and special mission 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: Fokker 50 Target entity description: The Fokker 50 is a twin-turboprop regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker as a modernized successor to the Fokker F27, widely used for short-haul passenger services.
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A.
Fokker 100
The Fokker 100 is a medium-sized twin-turbofan regional jet airliner developed by the Dutch manufacturer Fokker, widely used by airlines for short- to medium-haul routes.
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B.
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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C.
Fokker F-27
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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D.
Dornier Do 328
The Dornier Do 328 is a German-built regional turboprop airliner known for its high cruising speed, advanced aerodynamics, and short takeoff and landing capabilities.
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E.
Dornier Do 228
The Dornier Do 228 is a German twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft widely used for regional passenger transport, cargo, and special mission operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil transport aircraft
ⓘ
twin-turboprop regional airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftType | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| avionics | EFIS glass cockpit ⓘ |
| cabinConfiguration | single-aisle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Fokker F-27
ⓘ
surface form:
Fokker F27 Friendship
|
| engineModel |
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B
ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127B
|
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1985-12-28 ⓘ |
| height | 8.32 m ⓘ |
| IATAMaxSeatingCategory | 50-seat turboprop ⓘ |
| ICAOTypeDesignator | F50 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1987 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 25.25 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fokker ⓘ |
| maximumCruiseSpeed | 530 km/h ⓘ |
| militaryOperator | Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ |
| noiseReductionFeatures | advanced propeller design ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
Avianca
ⓘ
Ethiopian Airlines ⓘ Garuda Indonesia ⓘ KLM Cityhopper ⓘ Luxair ⓘ Malaysia Airlines ⓘ VLM Airlines ⓘ |
| pressurization | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
regional airline operations
ⓘ
short-haul passenger services ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1997 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1985 ⓘ |
| propellerType | six-bladed composite propellers ⓘ |
| range | 2000 km ⓘ |
| role |
commuter aircraft
ⓘ
regional airliner ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 25000 ft ⓘ |
| status | outOfProduction ⓘ |
| successor | Fokker 60 ⓘ |
| successorInRole |
modern regional turboprops such as ATR 42
ⓘ
modern regional turboprops such as Bombardier Dash 8 ⓘ |
| takeoffWeightMax | 20500 kg ⓘ |
| totalProduced | 213 ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 50 ⓘ |
| variant |
Fokker 50
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fokker 50 cargo version
Fokker 50 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fokker 50 maritime patrol version
|
| wingSpan | 29.0 m ⓘ |
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 50 Description of subject: The Fokker 50 is a twin-turboprop regional airliner developed by Dutch manufacturer Fokker as a modernized successor to the Fokker F27, widely used for short-haul passenger services.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fokker 50 cargo version
this entity surface form:
Fokker 50 maritime patrol version