LAMA
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LAMA is a light utility helicopter model, derived from the Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama, known for its high-altitude performance and use in mountain rescue and transport operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LAMA canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10628406 — 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: LAMA Context triple: [Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama, ICAOTypeDesignator, LAMA]
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A.
Lama glama
Lama glama is the domesticated South American camelid commonly known as the llama, used as a pack animal and for its wool.
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B.
Long Lama
Long Lama is a small rural town in northern Sarawak, Malaysia, known as a remote upriver settlement accessible mainly by river and logging roads.
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C.
Ang Lhamu
Ang Lhamu was the wife of famed Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who helped make history with the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest.
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D.
Sangmélima
Sangmélima is a town in southern Cameroon known as a local administrative and commercial center in the South Region.
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E.
High Lama
High Lama is the wise and enigmatic spiritual leader of the hidden utopian lamasery of Shangri-La in James Hilton’s novel "Lost Horizon."
- 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: LAMA Target entity description: LAMA is a light utility helicopter model, derived from the Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama, known for its high-altitude performance and use in mountain rescue and transport operations.
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A.
Lama glama
Lama glama is the domesticated South American camelid commonly known as the llama, used as a pack animal and for its wool.
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B.
Long Lama
Long Lama is a small rural town in northern Sarawak, Malaysia, known as a remote upriver settlement accessible mainly by river and logging roads.
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C.
Ang Lhamu
Ang Lhamu was the wife of famed Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who helped make history with the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest.
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D.
Sangmélima
Sangmélima is a town in southern Cameroon known as a local administrative and commercial center in the South Region.
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E.
High Lama
High Lama is the wise and enigmatic spiritual leader of the hidden utopian lamasery of Shangri-La in James Hilton’s novel "Lost Horizon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | light utility helicopter ⓘ |
| aircraftType | helicopter ⓘ |
| basedOn | Aérospatiale Alouette II design lineage ⓘ |
| capacity | several passengers ⓘ |
| category | rotorcraft ⓘ |
| configuration |
single main rotor
ⓘ
tail rotor ⓘ |
| crew | 1 pilot ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-altitude takeoff and landing
ⓘ
operations in mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| designGoal | improved performance over earlier light helicopters in thin air conditions ⓘ |
| landingGear | skid landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Aérospatiale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
medical evacuation
ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ sling load operations ⓘ |
| notableFeature | high-altitude performance ⓘ |
| notableUse | operations at very high density altitudes ⓘ |
| origin | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplantType | turboshaft engine ⓘ |
| primaryRole | utility helicopter ⓘ |
| role |
aerial work
ⓘ
light transport ⓘ mountain rescue ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil operators
ⓘ
government agencies ⓘ military operators ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mountain rescue operations
ⓘ
transport operations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Alpine regions
ⓘ
Himalayan regions ⓘ |
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: LAMA Description of subject: LAMA is a light utility helicopter model, derived from the Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama, known for its high-altitude performance and use in mountain rescue and transport operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.