BAe Jetstream 31
E235868
The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BAe Jetstream 41 | 2 |
| BAe Jetstream 31 canonical | 1 |
| BAe Jetstream 32 | 1 |
| Jetstream commuter aircraft | 1 |
| Short 330 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1974184 — 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: BAe Jetstream 31 Context triple: [Trans States Airlines, fleetType, BAe Jetstream 31]
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A.
Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
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B.
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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C.
Hawker P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 was an experimental British vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft that led directly to the development of the Harrier jump jet.
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D.
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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E.
Airspeed Ambassador
The Airspeed Ambassador was a British twin-engined, medium-range airliner of the late 1940s and 1950s, best remembered for its involvement in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
- 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: BAe Jetstream 31 Target entity description: The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
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A.
Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
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B.
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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C.
Hawker P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 was an experimental British vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft that led directly to the development of the Harrier jump jet.
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D.
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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E.
Airspeed Ambassador
The Airspeed Ambassador was a British twin-engined, medium-range airliner of the late 1940s and 1950s, best remembered for its involvement in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commuter aircraft
ⓘ
regional airliner ⓘ twin-turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Jetstream family
ⓘ
linked to:
Jetstream 41
|
| aircraftGeneration | second-generation Jetstream ⓘ |
| cabinLayout | single-aisle ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 250 knots ⓘ |
| designPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Handley Page Jetstream ⓘ |
| developedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Garrett AiResearch ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| enteredService | early 1980s ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | narrow-body ⓘ |
| icaoAircraftTypeDesignator | JS31 ⓘ |
| intendedUse | short-haul commuter routes ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | British Aerospace ⓘ |
| marketSegment | 19-seat commuter aircraft market ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 7000 kg ⓘ |
| notableFeature | designed for short runway operations ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 200 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operatorType |
air taxi operators
ⓘ
military and government users ⓘ regional airlines ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Garrett TPE331 turboprop engines
ⓘ
linked to:
Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop
|
| pressurisedCabin | yes ⓘ |
| pressurization | cabin pressurization for higher-altitude flight ⓘ |
| pressurized | true ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
corporate and charter operations
ⓘ
regional airline service ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| productionStart | early 1980s ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller-driven ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1200 km ⓘ |
| registrationPrefixExamples | G- (United Kingdom) ⓘ |
| role | regional airliner ⓘ |
| successor |
BAe Jetstream 32
ⓘ
linked to:
BAe Jetstream 31
Jetstream 41 ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalCruiseAltitude | around 20,000 ft ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 18 ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
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: BAe Jetstream 31 Description of subject: The BAe Jetstream 31 is a small twin-turboprop regional airliner designed for short-haul commuter routes, originally developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Trans States Airlines (historically)
linked to: BAe Jetstream 31
linked to: BAe Jetstream 31
linked to: BAe Jetstream 31
linked to: BAe Jetstream 31
linked to: BAe Jetstream 31