HC-27J Spartan
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maritime patrol aircraft
military transport aircraft
search and rescue aircraft
twin‑engine turboprop aircraft
The HC-27J Spartan is a medium-range, twin-engine turboprop aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard for missions such as search and rescue, maritime patrol, and transport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HC-27J Spartan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6635997 — 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: HC-27J Spartan Context triple: [Coast Guard aircraft, hasModel, HC-27J Spartan]
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A.
FV103 Spartan
The FV103 Spartan is a British tracked armoured personnel carrier derived from the CVR(T) family, designed to transport small specialist teams on the battlefield.
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B.
RGM-109 Tomahawk
The RGM-109 Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile primarily used by the U.S. Navy for precision land-attack missions launched from ships and submarines.
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C.
Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light)
The Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) is a modern Australian-built, light armoured 4x4 military vehicle designed to provide high levels of protection and mobility for troops in combat and reconnaissance roles.
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D.
M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle
The M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle is a U.S. Army armored engineering vehicle based on the M60 tank chassis, equipped with a dozer blade, winch, and demolition gun for breaching, obstacle removal, and combat engineering tasks.
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E.
SR-91
SR-91 is a state highway designation commonly used in the United States for a numbered route within a state's road network.
- 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: HC-27J Spartan Target entity description: The HC-27J Spartan is a medium-range, twin-engine turboprop aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard for missions such as search and rescue, maritime patrol, and transport.
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A.
FV103 Spartan
The FV103 Spartan is a British tracked armoured personnel carrier derived from the CVR(T) family, designed to transport small specialist teams on the battlefield.
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B.
RGM-109 Tomahawk
The RGM-109 Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile primarily used by the U.S. Navy for precision land-attack missions launched from ships and submarines.
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C.
Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light)
The Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) is a modern Australian-built, light armoured 4x4 military vehicle designed to provide high levels of protection and mobility for troops in combat and reconnaissance roles.
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D.
M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle
The M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle is a U.S. Army armored engineering vehicle based on the M60 tank chassis, equipped with a dozer blade, winch, and demolition gun for breaching, obstacle removal, and combat engineering tasks.
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E.
SR-91
SR-91 is a state highway designation commonly used in the United States for a numbered route within a state's road network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime patrol aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ search and rescue aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | medium‑range aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeOrigin | Alenia C-27J Spartan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | C-27J Spartan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canOperateFrom | short and austere airfields ⓘ |
| canOperateOver | maritime environments ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | multiple crew members ⓘ |
| designedFor |
all‑weather operations
ⓘ
day and night operations ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
electro‑optical/infrared turret
ⓘ
maritime surveillance sensors ⓘ mission management system ⓘ pressurized cabin ⓘ rear loading ramp ⓘ satellite communications equipment ⓘ search radar ⓘ self‑protection systems ⓘ short takeoff and landing capability ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
maritime domain awareness
ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ |
| role |
medium‑range surveillance
ⓘ
multi‑mission maritime aircraft ⓘ |
| secondaryMission |
aerial delivery of supplies
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ law enforcement support ⓘ personnel transport ⓘ |
| service | United States Coast Guard medium‑range surveillance fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | U.S. Coast Guard aviation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T‑tail ⓘ |
| usedFor |
disaster response
ⓘ
drug interdiction support ⓘ homeland security missions ⓘ logistics support ⓘ maritime patrol missions ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ search and rescue missions ⓘ transport missions ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high‑wing ⓘ |
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: HC-27J Spartan Description of subject: The HC-27J Spartan is a medium-range, twin-engine turboprop aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard for missions such as search and rescue, maritime patrol, and transport.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.