CASA CN-235
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The CASA CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military, maritime patrol, and regional cargo and passenger operations.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CN-235 | 5 |
| CASA CN-235 canonical | 4 |
| CASA/IPTN CN-235 | 3 |
| CN-235 MPA | 2 |
| EADS CASA CN-235 | 2 |
| Airbus CN‑235 | 1 |
| CN-235 family | 1 |
| CN-235-100 | 1 |
| CN-235-200 | 1 |
| EADS CASA CN‑235 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1721939 — 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: CASA CN-235 Context triple: [CASA, developedAircraft, CASA CN-235]
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A.
CASA C-212 Aviocar
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a Spanish twin-turboprop, short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport aircraft widely used for military, cargo, and regional passenger operations.
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B.
CASA C-295
The CASA C-295 is a twin-turboprop tactical military transport aircraft widely used for troop and cargo transport, medical evacuation, and maritime patrol missions.
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C.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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D.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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E.
Pilatus PC-21
The Pilatus PC-21 is a Swiss-made, next-generation turboprop military trainer aircraft designed to provide jet-like performance and advanced training capabilities for fighter pilots.
- 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: CASA CN-235 Target entity description: The CASA CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military, maritime patrol, and regional cargo and passenger operations.
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A.
CASA C-212 Aviocar
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a Spanish twin-turboprop, short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport aircraft widely used for military, cargo, and regional passenger operations.
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B.
CASA C-295
The CASA C-295 is a twin-turboprop tactical military transport aircraft widely used for troop and cargo transport, medical evacuation, and maritime patrol missions.
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C.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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D.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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E.
Pilatus PC-21
The Pilatus PC-21 is a Swiss-made, next-generation turboprop military trainer aircraft designed to provide jet-like performance and advanced training capabilities for fighter pilots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime patrol aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine turboprop transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | fixed‑wing ⓘ |
| cargoCapability |
medevac configuration
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palletized cargo ⓘ paratroop operations ⓘ |
| configuration | high‑wing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Indonesia
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Spain ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 240 knots ⓘ |
| designedFor | operations from short and semi‑prepared runways ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA
ⓘ
Indonesian Aerospace ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1983 ⓘ |
| introduced | mid‑1980s ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA
ⓘ
Indonesian Aerospace ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | around 45 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4,000 km ⓘ |
| role |
maritime patrol
ⓘ
regional cargo transport ⓘ regional passenger transport ⓘ tactical airlifter ⓘ |
| successor |
Airbus C295
ⓘ
linked to:
CASA C-295
|
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| takeoffPerformance | short takeoff and landing ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 35 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
French Air and Space Force
ⓘ
linked to:
French Air Force
Indonesian Air Force ⓘ Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ Royal Malaysian Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ Turkish Air Force ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ various civilian operators ⓘ |
| usedFor |
border patrol
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ maritime surveillance ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| variant |
CN-235 MPA
ⓘ
linked to:
CASA CN-235
CN-235-10 ⓘ
linked to:
CN-235
CN-235-100 ⓘ
linked to:
CASA CN-235
CN-235-200 ⓘ
linked to:
CASA CN-235
CN-235-220 ⓘ
linked to:
CN-235
|
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: CASA CN-235 Description of subject: The CASA CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military, maritime patrol, and regional cargo and passenger operations.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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