Extender
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Extender is the NATO reporting name for the KC-10, a U.S. aerial refueling and transport aircraft derived from the DC-10 airliner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Extender canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9646053 — 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: Extender Context triple: [KC-10 Extender, natoReportingName, Extender]
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Extension 765
Extension 765 is a film production company founded by director Steven Soderbergh, known for backing innovative and often independently minded projects.
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B.
Augments
Augments are genetically enhanced humans in the Star Trek universe, engineered for superior physical and mental abilities but often associated with ambition and conflict.
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C.
Expa
Expa is a startup studio and venture firm created by entrepreneur Garrett Camp to build and support early-stage technology companies.
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D.
Eext
Eext is a small village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, known for its rural character and surrounding natural landscapes.
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E.
Ekster
Ekster is the surname of Alexandra Exter, a prominent Russian-Ukrainian avant-garde painter and stage designer associated with Cubism and Futurism.
- 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: Extender Target entity description: Extender is the NATO reporting name for the KC-10, a U.S. aerial refueling and transport aircraft derived from the DC-10 airliner.
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A.
Extension 765
Extension 765 is a film production company founded by director Steven Soderbergh, known for backing innovative and often independently minded projects.
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B.
Augments
Augments are genetically enhanced humans in the Star Trek universe, engineered for superior physical and mental abilities but often associated with ambition and conflict.
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C.
Expa
Expa is a startup studio and venture firm created by entrepreneur Garrett Camp to build and support early-stage technology companies.
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D.
Eext
Eext is a small village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, known for its rural character and surrounding natural landscapes.
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E.
Ekster
Ekster is the surname of Alexandra Exter, a prominent Russian-Ukrainian avant-garde painter and stage designer associated with Cubism and Futurism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NATO reporting name
ⓘ
aerial refueling aircraft ⓘ jet airliner derivative ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeConfiguration | wide-body ⓘ |
| airRefuelingOperator | boom operator ⓘ |
| basedOnAirliner |
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
ⓘ
linked to:
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
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| cargoCapability |
aeromedical evacuation
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palletized cargo ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| civilianCounterpart | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipation |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
long-range aerial refueling
ⓘ
strategic airlift support ⓘ |
| designFeature |
additional fuel tanks in lower cargo hold
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advanced refueling boom ⓘ dual refueling systems ⓘ |
| engineModel | General Electric CF6 ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredUSAFService | early 1980s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1980 ⓘ |
| fuelCapacity | over 160000 pounds of fuel ⓘ |
| introduced | 1981 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | McDonnell Douglas ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | about 267000 kilograms ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Extender ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| pressurizedCabin | yes ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| range | intercontinental ⓘ |
| refersTo |
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
ⓘ
linked to:
KC-10 Extender
|
| refuelingMethod |
flying boom
ⓘ
hose-and-drogue ⓘ |
| role |
aerial refueling
ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Air Force Air Mobility Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Air Mobility Command
|
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ⓘ
linked to:
NATO
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| wingConfiguration | low-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: Extender Description of subject: Extender is the NATO reporting name for the KC-10, a U.S. aerial refueling and transport aircraft derived from the DC-10 airliner.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Extender