IL-76 aircraft
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The IL-76 aircraft is a Soviet-designed, four-engine strategic airlifter widely used for heavy cargo transport, military logistics, and humanitarian relief missions worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IL-76 | 1 |
| IL-76 aircraft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6228329 — 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: IL-76 aircraft Context triple: [Operation Maitri, usedTransport, IL-76 aircraft]
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A.
Boeing C-40
The Boeing C-40 is a military transport and executive transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 airliner and used by the U.S. Air Force for personnel and VIP airlift missions.
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B.
C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
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C.
KC-390 military transport aircraft
The KC-390 is a Brazilian twin-engine, jet-powered military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, aerial refueling, and a variety of multi-mission roles.
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D.
Boeing C-32
The Boeing C-32 is a military VIP transport aircraft used by the United States Air Force, most notably to carry the U.S. vice president and other senior officials.
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E.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
- 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: IL-76 aircraft Target entity description: The IL-76 aircraft is a Soviet-designed, four-engine strategic airlifter widely used for heavy cargo transport, military logistics, and humanitarian relief missions worldwide.
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A.
Boeing C-40
The Boeing C-40 is a military transport and executive transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 airliner and used by the U.S. Air Force for personnel and VIP airlift missions.
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B.
C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
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C.
KC-390 military transport aircraft
The KC-390 is a Brazilian twin-engine, jet-powered military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, aerial refueling, and a variety of multi-mission roles.
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D.
Boeing C-32
The Boeing C-32 is a military VIP transport aircraft used by the United States Air Force, most notably to carry the U.S. vice president and other senior officials.
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E.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
four‑engine jet aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ strategic airlifter ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | high‑wing ⓘ |
| canCarry |
armored vehicles
ⓘ
outsized cargo ⓘ troops ⓘ |
| cargoLoading | rear loading ramp ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | about 750 km/h ⓘ |
| designedBy | Genrikh Novozhilov ⓘ |
| designedFor | operations from unpaved runways ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1971-03-25 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
A‑50
ⓘ
linked to:
Beriev A-50
Il‑76M ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyushin Il-76
Il‑76MD ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyushin Il-76
Il‑76MD‑90A ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyushin Il-76
Il‑76MF ⓘ Il‑78 ⓘ
linked to:
Il-78
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| height | 14.76 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1974 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | multi‑wheel main landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 46.6 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ilyushin Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maximumPayload | around 48000 kg ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | around 190000 kg ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Candid ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| pressurizedCargoHold | true ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
heavy cargo transport
ⓘ
humanitarian relief missions ⓘ military logistics ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ |
| rangeWithMaxPayload | around 3600 km ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T‑tail ⓘ |
| typicalCrew | 5 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Algerian Air Force
ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Air Force
Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ Silk Way Airlines ⓘ Ukrainian Air Force ⓘ Uzbekistan Airways ⓘ Volga‑Dnepr Airlines ⓘ
linked to:
Volga-Dnepr Airlines
|
| usedFor |
aerial delivery of cargo
ⓘ
aerial delivery of paratroopers ⓘ disaster relief operations ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ |
| wingspan | 50.5 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: IL-76 aircraft Description of subject: The IL-76 aircraft is a Soviet-designed, four-engine strategic airlifter widely used for heavy cargo transport, military logistics, and humanitarian relief missions worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IL-76 aircraft