Yak-28P
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The Yak-28P was a Soviet twin-engine, all-weather interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era for long-range air defense duties.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yakovlev Yak-28 | 2 |
| Yak-28P canonical | 1 |
| Yakovlev Yak-28 (early variants) | 1 |
| Yakovlev Yak-28 bomber/interceptor family | 1 |
| Yakovlev Yak-28P | 1 |
| Yakovlev Yak‑28 family | 1 |
| Yak‑28 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2109240 — 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: Yak-28P Context triple: [Soviet Air Defense Forces, operatedAircraft, Yak-28P]
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A.
Su-9
The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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B.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
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C.
Lavochkin La-7
The Lavochkin La-7 was a late-World War II Soviet single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent performance and service with top Soviet aces.
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D.
Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin Il-18 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner known for its long-range capability, durability, and extensive use by Eastern Bloc airlines and military operators during the Cold War.
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E.
Yakovlev Yak-3
The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a highly maneuverable Soviet World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent performance at low altitudes and effectiveness on the Eastern Front.
- 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: Yak-28P Target entity description: The Yak-28P was a Soviet twin-engine, all-weather interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era for long-range air defense duties.
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A.
Su-9
The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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B.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
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C.
Lavochkin La-7
The Lavochkin La-7 was a late-World War II Soviet single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent performance and service with top Soviet aces.
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D.
Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin Il-18 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner known for its long-range capability, durability, and extensive use by Eastern Bloc airlines and military operators during the Cold War.
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E.
Yakovlev Yak-3
The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a highly maneuverable Soviet World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent performance at low altitudes and effectiveness on the Eastern Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interceptor aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
interceptor
ⓘ
jet fighter ⓘ |
| airForceBranch | PVO Strany ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| airIntakeLocation | fuselage‑mounted intakes ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewRole |
pilot
ⓘ
radar operator ⓘ |
| designedAs | dedicated interceptor variant of Yak‑28 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Alexander Yakovlev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
all‑weather operations
ⓘ
beyond‑visual‑range interception ⓘ |
| designedInPeriod | late 1950s ⓘ |
| designedToCounter |
NATO bombers
ⓘ
linked to:
NATO air forces
|
| engineConfiguration | twin‑engine ⓘ |
| engineLocation | podded underwing engines ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| flightRegime | subsonic to transonic ⓘ |
| hasArmament |
air‑to‑air missiles
ⓘ
cannon ⓘ |
| hasRadar | onboard interception radar ⓘ |
| hasVariantOf |
Yak‑28
ⓘ
linked to:
Yak-28P
|
| interceptionRangeClass | long‑range ⓘ |
| introducedInPeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| landingGearType | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Yakovlev Design Bureau ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
high‑altitude interception
ⓘ
long‑range patrol ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | all‑weather ⓘ |
| originRegion | Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Yakovlev Yak‑28 family
ⓘ
linked to:
Yak-28P
|
| powerplantCount | 2 ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Soviet Air Defence Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Air Defense Forces
|
| propulsionType | turbofan jet ⓘ |
| role | interceptor ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | t‑tail ⓘ |
| usedFor |
all‑weather interception
ⓘ
long‑range air defense ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | mid‑wing ⓘ |
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: Yak-28P Description of subject: The Yak-28P was a Soviet twin-engine, all-weather interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era for long-range air defense duties.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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R-8 missiles
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