Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a wide-body commercial airliner developed in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its advanced technology, three-engine configuration, and role as a major competitor to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar canonical | 16 |
| Lockheed TriStar | 3 |
| L-1011 | 1 |
| L-1011-1 | 1 |
| L-1011-100 | 1 |
| L-1011-200 | 1 |
| L-1011-500 | 1 |
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (re-engined variants) | 1 |
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (testbed) | 1 |
| Stargazer L-1011 | 1 |
| civilian Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airliners | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T911921 — 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: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Context triple: [Lockheed bribery scandals, involves, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]
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A.
Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.
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B.
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner widely used for medium- to long-haul commercial flights and cargo operations.
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C.
Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1980s as a shorter, more efficient derivative of the Airbus A300 for medium- to long-haul routes.
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D.
Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.
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E.
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used for short- to medium- and some long-haul routes, known for its strong performance and versatility.
- 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: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Target entity description: The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a wide-body commercial airliner developed in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its advanced technology, three-engine configuration, and role as a major competitor to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
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A.
Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.
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B.
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner widely used for medium- to long-haul commercial flights and cargo operations.
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C.
Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1980s as a shorter, more efficient derivative of the Airbus A300 for medium- to long-haul routes.
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D.
Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.
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E.
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used for short- to medium- and some long-haul routes, known for its strong performance and versatility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial airliner
ⓘ
jet airliner ⓘ wide-body airliner ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
L-1011
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
TriStar ⓘ |
| competitor |
Boeing 747 (on some routes)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing 747
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | 2 to 3 flight crew ⓘ |
| designEra | late 1960s ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | trijet ⓘ |
| engineMounting |
one tail-mounted engine
ⓘ
two underwing engines ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstCustomer | Eastern Air Lines ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1970-11-16 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | wide-body ⓘ |
| introduced | 1972-04-26 ⓘ |
| majorOperator |
Air Canada
ⓘ
British Airways ⓘ Delta Air Lines ⓘ Eastern Air Lines ⓘ Saudi Arabian Airlines ⓘ
linked to:
Saudia
TWA ⓘ
linked to:
Trans World Airlines
|
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed Aircraft Company
|
| militaryDesignation |
TriStar C2 (RAF)
ⓘ
linked to:
RAF Tristar
TriStar K1 (RAF) ⓘ
linked to:
RAF Tristar
|
| notableFeature |
advanced automatic landing system
ⓘ
autoland capability to Category III standards ⓘ direct lift control system ⓘ lower deck galley in some configurations ⓘ relatively quiet cabin for its era ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 250 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | around 250 to 400 ⓘ |
| primaryRole | passenger transport ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1984 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1968 ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4,000 to 5,000 nautical miles depending on variant ⓘ |
| retiredFromMajorAirlines | 2000s ⓘ |
| secondaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
military transport ⓘ |
| status | out of production ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | advanced for its time ⓘ |
| typicalEngines | Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| variant |
L-1011-1
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
L-1011-100 ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
L-1011-200 ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
L-1011-500 ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
|
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: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Description of subject: The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a wide-body commercial airliner developed in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its advanced technology, three-engine configuration, and role as a major competitor to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
subject linked to:
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar