Shaanxi Y-8
E621383
The Shaanxi Y-8 is a Chinese medium-sized, four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo, troop transport, and specialized mission variants.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaanxi Y-8 canonical | 3 |
| Y-8 | 2 |
| Shaanxi Y-8 maritime patrol variants | 1 |
| Shaanxi Y-9 | 1 |
| Shaanxi Y-9 transport aircraft | 1 |
| Y-8 airframe | 1 |
| Y-8F-100 | 1 |
| Y-8F-200 | 1 |
| Y-8F-400 | 1 |
| Y-8F-600 | 1 |
| Y-8J | 1 |
| Y-8Q | 1 |
| Y-8X | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6803330 — 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: Shaanxi Y-8 Context triple: [Myanmar Air Force, operatesAircraftModel, Shaanxi Y-8]
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A.
Xian H-6
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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B.
Ye-6S
Ye-6S was a Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early lunar orbiters such as Luna 10 during the space race.
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C.
Chengdu J-7
The Chengdu J-7 is a Chinese single-engine, supersonic jet fighter developed as an indigenous version of the Soviet MiG-21 and widely used by the People's Liberation Army Air Force and for export.
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D.
Y-20
The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
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E.
J-8
J-8 is the Joint Staff directorate responsible for force structure, resources, and assessment within the U.S. Department of Defense.
- 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: Shaanxi Y-8 Target entity description: The Shaanxi Y-8 is a Chinese medium-sized, four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo, troop transport, and specialized mission variants.
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A.
Xian H-6
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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B.
Ye-6S
Ye-6S was a Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early lunar orbiters such as Luna 10 during the space race.
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C.
Chengdu J-7
The Chengdu J-7 is a Chinese single-engine, supersonic jet fighter developed as an indigenous version of the Soviet MiG-21 and widely used by the People's Liberation Army Air Force and for export.
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D.
Y-20
The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
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E.
J-8
J-8 is the Joint Staff directorate responsible for force structure, resources, and assessment within the U.S. Department of Defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medium-sized transport aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity | up to 20000 kg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Antonov An-12 ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1974 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
KJ-200
ⓘ
Y-8F-100 ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
Y-8F-200 ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
Y-8F-400 ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
Y-8F-600 ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
Y-8J ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
Y-8Q ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
Y-8X ⓘ
linked to:
Shaanxi Y-8
|
| height | 11.6 m ⓘ |
| introduced | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| length | 34.02 m ⓘ |
| loadingConfiguration | rear loading ramp ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
|
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 61000 kg ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator |
Myanmar Air Force
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Air Force
People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
Sri Lanka Air Force ⓘ Sudan Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Sudanese Air Force
Tanzanian Air Force ⓘ Venezuelan Air Force ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
military transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| range | 5600 km ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 10200 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalCruisingSpeed | 660 km/h ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese armed forces
ⓘ
linked to:
People's Liberation Army
|
| usedFor |
aerial resupply
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ paratroop operations ⓘ specialized mission variants ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| usedInRole |
airborne early warning
ⓘ
electronic intelligence ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ |
| wingspan | 38.0 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: Shaanxi Y-8 Description of subject: The Shaanxi Y-8 is a Chinese medium-sized, four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo, troop transport, and specialized mission variants.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop
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