Bell 412
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The Bell 412 is a twin-engine utility helicopter widely used around the world for military, law enforcement, and civilian transport and rescue operations.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bell 412 canonical | 15 |
| Bell 412 helicopter | 3 |
| Bell 412EP | 2 |
| Bell 412 (PT6T Twin-Pac variants) | 1 |
| Bell 412EPI | 1 |
| Bell 412EPX | 1 |
| Bell 412HP | 1 |
| Bell 412SP | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2344446 — 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: Bell 412 Context triple: [Argentine Air Force, usedAircraft, Bell 412]
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A.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
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B.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport due to its versatility, advanced avionics, and high performance.
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C.
Aérospatiale AS 365 Dauphin
The Aérospatiale AS 365 Dauphin is a twin-engine, medium-weight multipurpose helicopter widely used worldwide for roles such as search and rescue, offshore transport, and law enforcement.
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D.
Bell 206
The Bell 206 is a family of light, twin-blade helicopters widely used around the world for training, transport, and utility missions in both civilian and military roles.
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E.
Airbus H225
The Airbus H225 is a long-range, twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter widely used for offshore transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
- 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: Bell 412 Target entity description: The Bell 412 is a twin-engine utility helicopter widely used around the world for military, law enforcement, and civilian transport and rescue operations.
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A.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
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B.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport due to its versatility, advanced avionics, and high performance.
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C.
Aérospatiale AS 365 Dauphin
The Aérospatiale AS 365 Dauphin is a twin-engine, medium-weight multipurpose helicopter widely used worldwide for roles such as search and rescue, offshore transport, and law enforcement.
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D.
Bell 206
The Bell 206 is a family of light, twin-blade helicopters widely used around the world for training, transport, and utility missions in both civilian and military roles.
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E.
Airbus H225
The Airbus H225 is a long-range, twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter widely used for offshore transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
twin‑engine helicopter
ⓘ
utility helicopter ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bell 212
ⓘ
linked to:
Bell 212 helicopter
|
| category |
civil utility helicopter
ⓘ
military utility helicopter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew |
1 pilot
ⓘ
2 pilots ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| enteredService | early 1980s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1979 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Bell 412EP
ⓘ
linked to:
Bell 412
Bell 412EPI ⓘ
linked to:
Bell 412
Bell 412EPX ⓘ
linked to:
Bell 412
Bell 412HP ⓘ
linked to:
Bell 412
Bell 412SP ⓘ
linked to:
Bell 412
|
| introduced | 1981 ⓘ |
| landingGear | skid landing gear ⓘ |
| mainRotorBlades | 4 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Bell Helicopter
ⓘ
Bell Textron ⓘ |
| maxCruiseSpeed | approximately 122 knots ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
Colombian Air Force
ⓘ
Italian Carabinieri ⓘ
linked to:
Italian police forces
Japan Ground Self‑Defense Force ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Philippine Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to 13 passengers ⓘ |
| powerplant | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T Twin‑Pac ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
law enforcement
ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ offshore transport ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ utility transport ⓘ |
| range | approximately 400 nautical miles ⓘ |
| rotorConfiguration | single main rotor ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 20,000 ft ⓘ |
| tailRotor | yes ⓘ |
| takeoffWeight | approximately 11,900 lb ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civilian operators
ⓘ
law enforcement agencies ⓘ military operators worldwide ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VIP transport
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ disaster relief ⓘ firefighting support ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
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: Bell 412 Description of subject: The Bell 412 is a twin-engine utility helicopter widely used around the world for military, law enforcement, and civilian transport and rescue operations.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Bell 412
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RMAF
linked to: Bell 412
linked to: Bell 412
linked to: Bell 412