Sabena
E595650
Sabena was the former national airline of Belgium, operating international passenger and cargo services from 1923 until its bankruptcy in 2001.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sabena canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6487189 — 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: Sabena Context triple: [Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, usedBy, Sabena]
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A.
Belgian Air Service
The Belgian Air Service was the military aviation branch of Belgium during World War I, operating fighter and reconnaissance aircraft on the Western Front.
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B.
Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Belgium, operating flights across Europe, Africa, and other regions as part of the Lufthansa Group.
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C.
Martinair
Martinair is a Dutch airline based in the Netherlands that operates both cargo and charter passenger services, historically linked to KLM.
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D.
Brussels Airport Company
Brussels Airport Company is the organization responsible for managing and operating Brussels Airport, one of Belgium’s main international air transport hubs.
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E.
Swissair
Swissair was the former national airline of Switzerland, renowned for its high service standards and extensive international route network until its collapse in 2001.
- 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: Sabena Target entity description: Sabena was the former national airline of Belgium, operating international passenger and cargo services from 1923 until its bankruptcy in 2001.
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A.
Belgian Air Service
The Belgian Air Service was the military aviation branch of Belgium during World War I, operating fighter and reconnaissance aircraft on the Western Front.
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B.
Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Belgium, operating flights across Europe, Africa, and other regions as part of the Lufthansa Group.
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C.
Martinair
Martinair is a Dutch airline based in the Netherlands that operates both cargo and charter passenger services, historically linked to KLM.
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D.
Brussels Airport Company
Brussels Airport Company is the organization responsible for managing and operating Brussels Airport, one of Belgium’s main international air transport hubs.
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E.
Swissair
Swissair was the former national airline of Switzerland, renowned for its high service standards and extensive international route network until its collapse in 2001.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airline
ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ |
| alliance | Qualiflyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | SABENA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| fleetSizeAtPeak | over 80 aircraft ⓘ |
| formerShareholder |
Belgian government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swissair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Société Anonyme Belge d’Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Brussels, Belgium
ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels
|
| hubAirport | Brussels Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IATAcode | SN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | SAB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1923 ⓘ |
| industry | aviation ⓘ |
| legalForm | public limited company ⓘ |
| majorRegionServed |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the former national airline of Belgium ⓘ |
| operatedAircraftType |
Airbus A310
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Airbus A319 NERFINISHED ⓘ Airbus A320 NERFINISHED ⓘ Airbus A321 NERFINISHED ⓘ Airbus A330 NERFINISHED ⓘ BAe 146 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 707 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 737 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 747 NERFINISHED ⓘ Convair 440 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Fokker F27 Friendship NERFINISHED ⓘ Junkers F.13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed L-749 Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ Savoia-Marchetti S.73 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikorsky S-38 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikorsky S-43 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sud Aviation Caravelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedRoute |
Brussels–Bangkok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brussels–Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels–Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels–Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels–Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels–New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels–Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMarket | international routes ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | bankruptcy ⓘ |
| serviceType |
cargo air transport
ⓘ
passenger air transport ⓘ |
| successorAirline |
Brussels Airlines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SN Brussels Airlines 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: Sabena Description of subject: Sabena was the former national airline of Belgium, operating international passenger and cargo services from 1923 until its bankruptcy in 2001.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.73
subject surface form:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.73