Spirit AeroSystems
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Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest non-OEM designers and manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial and defense aircraft.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirit AeroSystems canonical | 6 |
| Spirit AeroSystems (regional operations) | 1 |
| Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2150032 — 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: Spirit AeroSystems Context triple: [Wichita, Kansas, majorCompany, Spirit AeroSystems]
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A.
Textron Aviation
Textron Aviation is a major American aircraft manufacturer known for producing Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes for business, general aviation, and special mission use.
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B.
Leonardo Aerostructures
Leonardo Aerostructures is a subsidiary of the Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo S.p.A. that specializes in the design and manufacture of aircraft structural components and assemblies.
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C.
Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is a major American aerospace and defense company that designs and manufactures advanced avionics, aircraft systems, and related technologies for commercial, military, and space applications.
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D.
Bell Textron
Bell Textron is a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for designing and producing helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft for both military and commercial use.
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E.
Boeing
Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
- 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: Spirit AeroSystems Target entity description: Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest non-OEM designers and manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial and defense aircraft.
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A.
Textron Aviation
Textron Aviation is a major American aircraft manufacturer known for producing Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes for business, general aviation, and special mission use.
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B.
Leonardo Aerostructures
Leonardo Aerostructures is a subsidiary of the Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo S.p.A. that specializes in the design and manufacture of aircraft structural components and assemblies.
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C.
Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is a major American aerospace and defense company that designs and manufactures advanced avionics, aircraft systems, and related technologies for commercial, military, and space applications.
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D.
Bell Textron
Bell Textron is a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for designing and producing helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft for both military and commercial use.
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E.
Boeing
Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
aerostructures manufacturer ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Onex Corporation
ⓘ
The Boeing Company ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
|
| acquiredFrom | Boeing ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnouncedBy |
The Boeing Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
|
| acquisitionAnnouncedDate | 2024 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formedBy | spin-off from Boeing ⓘ |
| founded | 2005 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
The Boeing Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
|
| hasFacility |
Belfast, Northern Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Belfast
Casablanca, Morocco ⓘ Kinston, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to:
Kinston, North Carolina, United States
McAlester, Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to:
McAlester
Prestwick, Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Prestwick
Saint-Nazaire, France ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Nazaire
San Antonio, Texas ⓘ Subang, Malaysia ⓘ Tulsa, Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Wichita, Kansas ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Wichita, Kansas, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
aerostructures manufacturing ⓘ defense ⓘ |
| isListedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| keyBusinessArea |
commercial aerostructures
ⓘ
defense aerostructures ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large aircraft fuselage sections
ⓘ
wing and propulsion structures ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
Airbus
ⓘ
Bombardier ⓘ Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation ⓘ Rolls-Royce ⓘ
linked to:
Rolls-Royce plc
The Boeing Company ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
|
| numberOfEmployees |
over 10,000
ⓘ
over 20,000 ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Boeing Commercial Airplanes Wichita division ⓘ |
| product |
aerostructures
ⓘ
composite structures ⓘ fuselages ⓘ nacelles ⓘ pylons ⓘ wing components ⓘ |
| servesSector |
commercial aviation
ⓘ
defense aviation ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
non-OEM aerostructure design
ⓘ
non-OEM aerostructure manufacturing ⓘ |
| stockTicker | SPR ⓘ |
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: Spirit AeroSystems Description of subject: Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest non-OEM designers and manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial and defense aircraft.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Wichita, Kansas, United States
linked to: Spirit AeroSystems
linked to: Spirit AeroSystems
subject linked to:
SPR