Long-EZ aircraft
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The Long-EZ aircraft is a homebuilt, canard-configured light airplane designed by Burt Rutan, renowned for its efficient aerodynamics and long-range performance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Long-EZ aircraft canonical | 1 |
| Rutan Long-EZ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4117918 — 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: Long-EZ aircraft Context triple: [Burt Rutan, knownFor, Long-EZ aircraft]
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A.
Sully Wing
Sully Wing is one of the main historic wings of the Louvre Museum in Paris, housing collections such as ancient Near Eastern antiquities and French paintings.
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B.
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
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C.
Waco CG-4 glider
The Waco CG-4 was an American military transport glider widely used during World War II to silently deliver troops and equipment behind enemy lines.
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D.
Liberty L-12
The Liberty L-12 is a World War I–era American 12-cylinder liquid-cooled aircraft engine widely used to power Allied military aircraft.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- 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: Long-EZ aircraft Target entity description: The Long-EZ aircraft is a homebuilt, canard-configured light airplane designed by Burt Rutan, renowned for its efficient aerodynamics and long-range performance.
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A.
Sully Wing
Sully Wing is one of the main historic wings of the Louvre Museum in Paris, housing collections such as ancient Near Eastern antiquities and French paintings.
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B.
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
The Stinson SM-1 Detroiter was a late-1920s American high-wing monoplane airliner and utility aircraft known for its enclosed cabin, reliability, and use in early commercial aviation.
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C.
Waco CG-4 glider
The Waco CG-4 was an American military transport glider widely used during World War II to silently deliver troops and equipment behind enemy lines.
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D.
Liberty L-12
The Liberty L-12 is a World War I–era American 12-cylinder liquid-cooled aircraft engine widely used to power Allied military aircraft.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rutan aircraft design
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canard aircraft ⓘ homebuilt aircraft ⓘ light aircraft ⓘ |
| aerodynamicFeature |
efficient laminar-flow design
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high aspect ratio wings ⓘ winglets ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | experimental ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
cross-country touring aircraft
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sport aircraft ⓘ |
| canardType | fixed canard ⓘ |
| cockpitType | enclosed cockpit ⓘ |
| configuration |
canard
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low-wing monoplane ⓘ pusher propeller ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
composite
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fiberglass ⓘ foam core ⓘ |
| controlSystem | side-stick control ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 160 knots ⓘ |
| designer | Burt Rutan ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1980 ⓘ |
| fuelCapacity | about 52 US gallons ⓘ |
| inspiredVariants |
Berkut 360
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Rutan Defiant ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1980s ⓘ |
| landingGear | fixed tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | plans-built by homebuilders ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
efficient aerodynamics
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long-range performance ⓘ very low fuel consumption for its speed ⓘ |
| notableUse |
long-distance record flights
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personal transportation ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| passengers | 1 ⓘ |
| plansSoldBy | Rutan Aircraft Factory ⓘ |
| powerplantLocation | rear fuselage pylon ⓘ |
| propellerConfiguration | two-blade pusher propeller ⓘ |
| range | over 1000 nautical miles ⓘ |
| seatingConfiguration | tandem ⓘ |
| stallCharacteristics | designed to be resistant to deep stall ⓘ |
| successorTo | Rutan VariEze ⓘ |
| tailType | twin wingtip fins and rudders ⓘ |
| typicalEngineModel | Lycoming O-235 ⓘ |
| typicalEnginePower | 118 hp ⓘ |
| wingType | swept wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Long-EZ aircraft Description of subject: The Long-EZ aircraft is a homebuilt, canard-configured light airplane designed by Burt Rutan, renowned for its efficient aerodynamics and long-range performance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rutan Long-EZ