Dumbo
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Dumbo is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its large cargo capacity and service in challenging flying conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dumbo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5355856 — 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: Dumbo Context triple: [Curtiss C-46 Commando, nicknamed, Dumbo]
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A.
Dumbo (1941 film)
Dumbo (1941 film) is a classic Walt Disney animated feature about a young circus elephant who learns to fly with his oversized ears, becoming one of the studio’s most beloved early films.
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B.
Dumbo (2019 film)
Dumbo (2019 film) is a live-action fantasy remake of Disney’s 1941 animated classic, directed by Tim Burton and centered on a young elephant with oversized ears who discovers he can fly.
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C.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a classic animated film and character from Disney’s early feature-length productions, telling the story of a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy.
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D.
Fantasia
Fantasia is a groundbreaking 1940 animated musical film by Walt Disney that combines classical music with innovative animation in a series of imaginative segments.
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E.
Look Mickey
Look Mickey is a 1961 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that adapts a Disney comic-book scene into a bold, Ben-Day dot–style canvas often seen as a breakthrough in his signature style.
- 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: Dumbo Target entity description: Dumbo is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its large cargo capacity and service in challenging flying conditions.
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A.
Dumbo (1941 film)
Dumbo (1941 film) is a classic Walt Disney animated feature about a young circus elephant who learns to fly with his oversized ears, becoming one of the studio’s most beloved early films.
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B.
Dumbo (2019 film)
Dumbo (2019 film) is a live-action fantasy remake of Disney’s 1941 animated classic, directed by Tim Burton and centered on a young elephant with oversized ears who discovers he can fly.
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C.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a classic animated film and character from Disney’s early feature-length productions, telling the story of a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy.
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D.
Fantasia
Fantasia is a groundbreaking 1940 animated musical film by Walt Disney that combines classical music with innovative animation in a series of imaginative segments.
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E.
Look Mickey
Look Mickey is a 1961 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that adapts a Disney comic-book scene into a bold, Ben-Day dot–style canvas often seen as a breakthrough in his signature style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military transport aircraft
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nickname ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | military transport ⓘ |
| aircraftType | twin‑engine transport aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeFeature |
large cargo doors
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pressurized cabin in some variants ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity | greater than Douglas C‑47 Skytrain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| engineType | radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1942 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1940 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large cargo capacity
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operating in challenging flying conditions ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Curtiss‑Wright Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 22,000 kg ⓘ |
| nicknameOrigin | derived from large size reminiscent of Disney character Dumbo the elephant ⓘ |
| notableRoute | The Hump (Himalayan airlift route) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 3,000 units ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Royal Air Force
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United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Pratt & Whitney R‑2800 Double Wasp radial engines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,200 miles ⓘ |
| refersTo | Curtiss C-46 Commando NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 24,500 ft ⓘ |
| status | retired from front‑line military service ⓘ |
| survivingExamples |
displayed in aviation museums
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operated by cargo and specialty operators into late 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | civilian airlines after World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerial resupply
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cargo transport ⓘ fuel transport ⓘ glider towing ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ paratroop operations ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedInTheater |
China‑Burma‑India Theater
NERFINISHED
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European Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| variantOf |
Curtiss C‑46A
NERFINISHED
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Curtiss C‑46D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Dumbo Description of subject: Dumbo is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its large cargo capacity and service in challenging flying conditions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.