Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship
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The Santos-Dumont No. 5 was an early experimental non-rigid airship built and flown in 1901 by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont during his attempts to win the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize for controlled flight around the Eiffel Tower.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship canonical | 1 |
| Santos-Dumont No. 5 dirigible | 1 |
| Santos-Dumont numbered airships | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8816439 — 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: Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship Context triple: [Alberto Santos-Dumont, hasWork, Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship]
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Santos-Dumont No. 4 airship
The Santos-Dumont No. 4 airship was an early experimental dirigible built and flown by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont during his pioneering efforts in controlled powered flight at the turn of the 20th century.
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B.
Santos-Dumont No. 3 airship
The Santos-Dumont No. 3 airship was an early experimental dirigible built and flown by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont in his efforts to develop controllable powered flight at the turn of the 20th century.
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Santos-Dumont No. 1 airship
The Santos-Dumont No. 1 airship was Alberto Santos-Dumont’s pioneering experimental dirigible, one of the earliest powered lighter-than-air craft designed for controlled flight at the end of the 19th century.
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Santos-Dumont No. 6 dirigible
The Santos-Dumont No. 6 dirigible was an early 20th-century powered airship that famously won the 1901 Deutsch de la Meurthe prize by flying from Paris’s Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back within the allotted time.
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Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft
The Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft was an early pioneering fixed-wing airplane that achieved one of the first officially recognized powered flights in Europe in 1906.
- 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: Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship Target entity description: The Santos-Dumont No. 5 was an early experimental non-rigid airship built and flown in 1901 by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont during his attempts to win the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize for controlled flight around the Eiffel Tower.
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A.
Santos-Dumont No. 4 airship
The Santos-Dumont No. 4 airship was an early experimental dirigible built and flown by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont during his pioneering efforts in controlled powered flight at the turn of the 20th century.
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B.
Santos-Dumont No. 3 airship
The Santos-Dumont No. 3 airship was an early experimental dirigible built and flown by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont in his efforts to develop controllable powered flight at the turn of the 20th century.
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C.
Santos-Dumont No. 1 airship
The Santos-Dumont No. 1 airship was Alberto Santos-Dumont’s pioneering experimental dirigible, one of the earliest powered lighter-than-air craft designed for controlled flight at the end of the 19th century.
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D.
Santos-Dumont No. 6 dirigible
The Santos-Dumont No. 6 dirigible was an early 20th-century powered airship that famously won the 1901 Deutsch de la Meurthe prize by flying from Paris’s Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back within the allotted time.
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E.
Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft
The Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft was an early pioneering fixed-wing airplane that achieved one of the first officially recognized powered flights in Europe in 1906.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental airship
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non-rigid airship ⓘ |
| airshipType | non-rigid ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe ⓘ |
| associatedWithPrize | Deutsch de la Meurthe prize ⓘ |
| basedAt | Paris airship sheds used by Santos-Dumont ⓘ |
| builder | Alberto Santos-Dumont ⓘ |
| category |
early airships
ⓘ
pioneer aviation experiments ⓘ |
| controlGoal | demonstrate navigability and control in urban airspace ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| designer | Alberto Santos-Dumont ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Pioneer era of aviation ⓘ |
| firstFlightYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| flightObjective | controlled flight around the Eiffel Tower ⓘ |
| followedBy | Santos-Dumont No. 6 ⓘ |
| hasControlSystem | rudder and elevator for steering ⓘ |
| hasCrewCapacity | 1 person ⓘ |
| hasEngineLocation | mounted on the gondola ⓘ |
| hasEnvelopeShape | cigar-shaped envelope ⓘ |
| hasGondola | open framework gondola ⓘ |
| hasPropeller | driven by engine for forward thrust ⓘ |
| hasStructure | non-rigid gas envelope without internal framework ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to development of controlled powered airship flight ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Santos-Dumont No. 6 design ⓘ |
| innovationAspect | refinement of earlier Santos-Dumont airship designs ⓘ |
| liftGas | hydrogen ⓘ |
| locationOfFlights |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| mediaAttention | attracted European press coverage in 1901 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its sequence number in Santos-Dumont’s airship series ⓘ |
| notableEvent | used in 1901 attempts to circle the Eiffel Tower within a time limit ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Alberto Santos-Dumont ⓘ |
| operatedEra | pre-World War I aviation ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod | early 1900s ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Santos-Dumont numbered airships
ⓘ
linked to:
Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship
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| precededBy | Santos-Dumont No. 4 ⓘ |
| primaryPilot | Alberto Santos-Dumont ⓘ |
| propulsionType | internal combustion engine ⓘ |
| registration | No. 5 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Deutsch de la Meurthe
ⓘ
Eiffel Tower ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | ballast and valve system to control altitude ⓘ |
| usedFor | attempts to win the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize ⓘ |
| usedIn | public demonstration flights in Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship Description of subject: The Santos-Dumont No. 5 was an early experimental non-rigid airship built and flown in 1901 by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont during his attempts to win the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize for controlled flight around the Eiffel Tower.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship
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Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship
linked to: Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship