Folgore
E130916
World War II-era aircraft
fighter aircraft
military aircraft
monoplane
single-engine aircraft
single-seat aircraft
Folgore is the NATO reporting name for the Italian World War II-era Macchi C.202 fighter aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Folgore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1132894 — 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: Folgore Context triple: [Macchi C.202 Folgore, natoName, Folgore]
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A.
Aquilotti
Aquilotti is the nickname commonly used to refer to S.S. Lazio’s players and team, evoking the club’s eagle symbol and identity.
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B.
Garibaldi Battalion
The Garibaldi Battalion was an Italian volunteer unit fighting for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, composed largely of anti-fascist exiles.
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C.
Alpini
The Alpini are Italy’s elite mountain infantry troops, renowned for their specialized training and operations in alpine and high-altitude warfare.
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D.
Maquis
The Maquis were rural guerrilla fighters of the French Resistance during World War II who conducted sabotage, intelligence, and armed operations against German occupation and Vichy authorities.
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E.
Bersaglieri
The Bersaglieri are elite Italian light infantry troops renowned for their high mobility, distinctive plumed hats, and tradition of rapid, running marches.
- 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: Folgore Target entity description: Folgore is the NATO reporting name for the Italian World War II-era Macchi C.202 fighter aircraft.
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A.
Aquilotti
Aquilotti is the nickname commonly used to refer to S.S. Lazio’s players and team, evoking the club’s eagle symbol and identity.
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B.
Garibaldi Battalion
The Garibaldi Battalion was an Italian volunteer unit fighting for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, composed largely of anti-fascist exiles.
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C.
Alpini
The Alpini are Italy’s elite mountain infantry troops, renowned for their specialized training and operations in alpine and high-altitude warfare.
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D.
Maquis
The Maquis were rural guerrilla fighters of the French Resistance during World War II who conducted sabotage, intelligence, and armed operations against German occupation and Vichy authorities.
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E.
Bersaglieri
The Bersaglieri are elite Italian light infantry troops renowned for their high mobility, distinctive plumed hats, and tradition of rapid, running marches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II-era aircraft
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ monoplane ⓘ single-engine aircraft ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | combat aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftEra | World War II ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Macchi C.202 series
ⓘ
linked to:
Macchi C.202 Folgore
|
| aircraftRole | fighter ⓘ |
| aircraftStructure | all-metal construction ⓘ |
| aircraftType | propeller-driven fighter ⓘ |
| airIntakeLocation | chin radiator intake ⓘ |
| armamentType |
cannon
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ |
| conflictTheater |
Defense of Italy
ⓘ
linked to:
Axis defenses in Italy
Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
North African Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
North African campaign
|
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
air superiority missions
ⓘ
fighter escort missions ⓘ interception missions ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | C.202 ⓘ |
| hasFullDesignation | Macchi C.202 Folgore ⓘ |
| hasNATOReportingNameFor |
Macchi C.202
ⓘ
linked to:
Macchi C.202 Folgore
|
| hasPowerplantType | liquid-cooled inline engine ⓘ |
| hasUndercarriageType | retractable tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ |
| hasWingType | cantilever low wing ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Aeronautica Macchi
ⓘ
Macchi ⓘ
linked to:
Aeronautica Macchi
|
| nameLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | lightning ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian Social Republic Air Force
Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Italian Co-belligerent Air Force
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Regia Aeronautica ⓘ |
| propulsionLayout | tractor configuration ⓘ |
| propulsionType | piston engine ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail unit ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Italian Air Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Aeronautica Militare
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ |
| usedByAlliance | Axis powers ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
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: Folgore Description of subject: Folgore is the NATO reporting name for the Italian World War II-era Macchi C.202 fighter aircraft.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.