Kawasaki T-4
E111333
The Kawasaki T-4 is a Japanese subsonic jet trainer aircraft widely used for pilot training and aerobatic display teams such as Blue Impulse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kawasaki T-4 canonical | 11 |
| Kawasaki T-4 jet trainer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T857037 — 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: Kawasaki T-4 Context triple: [Japan Air Self-Defense Force, usesAircraft, Kawasaki T-4]
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A.
Kawasaki Ki-100
The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late-World War II Japanese fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent maneuverability and reliability, created by fitting a radial engine to the airframe of the earlier Ki-61.
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B.
Mitsubishi Ki-67
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II medium bomber known for its relatively high speed, maneuverability, and use in a variety of roles including level bombing, torpedo attacks, and kamikaze missions.
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C.
Kawasaki Ki-45
The Kawasaki Ki-45 was a twin-engine heavy fighter aircraft used by Japan during World War II, notable for its long-range interception and ground-attack roles.
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D.
Nakajima Ki-44
The Nakajima Ki-44 was a fast, heavily armed Japanese single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, notable for its emphasis on climb rate and interception over maneuverability.
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E.
Kokusai Ki-76
The Kokusai Ki-76 was a Japanese World War II liaison and observation aircraft, similar in role to the German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, known for its short takeoff and landing capabilities.
- 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: Kawasaki T-4 Target entity description: The Kawasaki T-4 is a Japanese subsonic jet trainer aircraft widely used for pilot training and aerobatic display teams such as Blue Impulse.
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A.
Kawasaki Ki-100
The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late-World War II Japanese fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent maneuverability and reliability, created by fitting a radial engine to the airframe of the earlier Ki-61.
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B.
Mitsubishi Ki-67
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II medium bomber known for its relatively high speed, maneuverability, and use in a variety of roles including level bombing, torpedo attacks, and kamikaze missions.
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C.
Kawasaki Ki-45
The Kawasaki Ki-45 was a twin-engine heavy fighter aircraft used by Japan during World War II, notable for its long-range interception and ground-attack roles.
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D.
Nakajima Ki-44
The Nakajima Ki-44 was a fast, heavily armed Japanese single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, notable for its emphasis on climb rate and interception over maneuverability.
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E.
Kokusai Ki-76
The Kokusai Ki-76 was a Japanese World War II liaison and observation aircraft, similar in role to the German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, known for its short takeoff and landing capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet trainer aircraft
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military aircraft ⓘ subsonic aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | two-engine trainer ⓘ |
| airIntakeType | side-mounted intakes ⓘ |
| armamentCapability | underwing hardpoints for training stores ⓘ |
| cockpitConfiguration | tandem ⓘ |
| configuration | two-seat jet trainer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Company
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linked to:
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
|
| designedFor |
jet transition training
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pilot training ⓘ weapons training ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1985-07-29 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | metal construction ⓘ |
| hasVariant | T-4 Blue Impulse configuration ⓘ |
| introduced | 1988 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle retractable landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Kawasaki Heavy Industries ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
about 1,000 km/h
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approximately Mach 0.9 ⓘ |
| nationalRegistrationPrefix | JASDF serial numbers ⓘ |
| notableUserUnit |
11th Squadron (Blue Impulse)
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linked to:
Blue Impulse
4th Air Wing of JASDF ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 200 ⓘ |
| operator | Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Ishikawajima-Harima F3-IHI-30 turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ |
| productionStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,300 km ⓘ |
| replaced |
Fuji T-1 in JASDF service
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Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star in JASDF service ⓘ |
| role |
advanced jet trainer
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aerobatic display aircraft ⓘ intermediate jet trainer ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 15,000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| trainingPhase |
advanced training phase
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intermediate training phase ⓘ |
| usedByTeam | Blue Impulse ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerobatic displays
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formation flying training ⓘ |
| usedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Kawasaki T-4 Description of subject: The Kawasaki T-4 is a Japanese subsonic jet trainer aircraft widely used for pilot training and aerobatic display teams such as Blue Impulse.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.