BAC 223 (Concorde prototype)
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BAC 223 was a British-French Concorde prototype airliner used for testing and development of the supersonic passenger aircraft program.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BAC 223 (Concorde British design studies) | 1 |
| BAC 223 (Concorde prototype) canonical | 1 |
| Concorde prototype 001 | 1 |
| Concorde prototype 002 | 1 |
| Concorde test and development aircraft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10531143 — 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: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype) Context triple: [Rolls-Royce Olympus, usedInAircraft, BAC 223 (Concorde prototype)]
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A.
Concorde
Concorde is a central Paris Métro station known for its location beneath the Place de la Concorde and its distinctive tiled letter-wall artwork.
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B.
BAC 1-11
The BAC 1-11 is a British short-range jet airliner introduced in the 1960s, widely used by airlines around the world as an early generation regional jet.
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C.
Aérospatiale N 262
The Aérospatiale N 262 is a French twin-turboprop regional airliner developed in the 1960s for short-haul passenger and utility transport.
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D.
Concorde G-BOAC
Concorde G-BOAC is a preserved British Airways Concorde supersonic airliner, now displayed as a museum exhibit and aviation attraction.
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E.
Convair 880
The Convair 880 was a narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1960s, known for its high speed but limited commercial success compared to contemporaries like the Boeing 707.
- 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: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype) Target entity description: BAC 223 was a British-French Concorde prototype airliner used for testing and development of the supersonic passenger aircraft program.
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A.
Concorde
Concorde is a central Paris Métro station known for its location beneath the Place de la Concorde and its distinctive tiled letter-wall artwork.
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B.
BAC 1-11
The BAC 1-11 is a British short-range jet airliner introduced in the 1960s, widely used by airlines around the world as an early generation regional jet.
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C.
Aérospatiale N 262
The Aérospatiale N 262 is a French twin-turboprop regional airliner developed in the 1960s for short-haul passenger and utility transport.
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D.
Concorde G-BOAC
Concorde G-BOAC is a preserved British Airways Concorde supersonic airliner, now displayed as a museum exhibit and aviation attraction.
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E.
Convair 880
The Convair 880 was a narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1960s, known for its high speed but limited commercial success compared to contemporaries like the Boeing 707.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Concorde prototype
ⓘ
experimental aircraft ⓘ supersonic transport ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | supersonic passenger airliner prototype ⓘ |
| aircraftClass | civil transport prototype ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
delta wing
ⓘ
slender delta ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Concorde family
ⓘ
linked to:
Concorde
|
| aircraftType | Concorde ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high‑altitude flight
ⓘ
supersonic cruise ⓘ |
| developedForOperatorType | international airlines ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Concorde design studies ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
afterburning engines
ⓘ
droop nose ⓘ four‑engine layout ⓘ ogee delta wing ⓘ |
| intendedUse | commercial passenger service development ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Aérospatiale
ⓘ
British Aircraft Corporation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to Concorde certification
ⓘ
testing of supersonic passenger flight concepts ⓘ |
| partOf | Anglo‑French supersonic transport project ⓘ |
| program |
Concorde programme
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-French Concorde program
|
| projectPartner |
British government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
French government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of France
|
| propulsion | turbojet ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Concorde production aircraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Concorde
|
| role |
development aircraft
ⓘ
test aircraft ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| technologyDomain |
aeronautical engineering
ⓘ
high‑speed structures ⓘ supersonic aerodynamics ⓘ |
| testRole |
engine performance trials
ⓘ
handling qualities evaluation ⓘ noise and environmental testing ⓘ performance testing ⓘ systems integration testing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerodynamic evaluation
ⓘ
flight testing ⓘ structural testing ⓘ supersonic flight research ⓘ systems testing ⓘ |
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: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype) Description of subject: BAC 223 was a British-French Concorde prototype airliner used for testing and development of the supersonic passenger aircraft program.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
subject linked to:
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
linked to: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype)
subject linked to:
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
linked to: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype)
subject linked to:
Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project)
linked to: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype)
linked to: BAC 223 (Concorde prototype)