Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
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The Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klimov M-105 | 3 |
| Klimov VK‑105PF | 1 |
| Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3327521 — 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: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 Context triple: [Yakovlev Yak-3, engineType, Klimov VK‑105PF‑2]
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A.
Klimov VK-1
The Klimov VK-1 is a Soviet turbojet engine developed in the early Cold War era, widely used to power fighter aircraft such as the MiG-15 and MiG-17.
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B.
Lyulka AL-7F turbojet
The Lyulka AL-7F turbojet is a Soviet afterburning jet engine developed in the 1950s that powered several frontline fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft.
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C.
Lyulka AL-21F-3 turbojet
The Lyulka AL-21F-3 is a Soviet afterburning turbojet engine developed in the 1960s, widely used to power variable-geometry wing fighter-bombers such as the Su-17/20/22 family.
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D.
Kolesov RD-36-51 turbojet engine
The Kolesov RD-36-51 is a Soviet afterburning turbojet engine developed to power early versions of the Tu-144 supersonic transport, providing the high thrust needed for sustained Mach 2 cruise.
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E.
Klimov RD-33 turbofan
The Klimov RD-33 is a Russian low-bypass afterburning turbofan engine developed in the Soviet era, best known for powering the MiG-29 fighter aircraft and its derivatives.
- 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: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 Target entity description: The Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters.
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A.
Klimov VK-1
The Klimov VK-1 is a Soviet turbojet engine developed in the early Cold War era, widely used to power fighter aircraft such as the MiG-15 and MiG-17.
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B.
Lyulka AL-7F turbojet
The Lyulka AL-7F turbojet is a Soviet afterburning jet engine developed in the 1950s that powered several frontline fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft.
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C.
Lyulka AL-21F-3 turbojet
The Lyulka AL-21F-3 is a Soviet afterburning turbojet engine developed in the 1960s, widely used to power variable-geometry wing fighter-bombers such as the Su-17/20/22 family.
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D.
Kolesov RD-36-51 turbojet engine
The Kolesov RD-36-51 is a Soviet afterburning turbojet engine developed to power early versions of the Tu-144 supersonic transport, providing the high thrust needed for sustained Mach 2 cruise.
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E.
Klimov RD-33 turbofan
The Klimov RD-33 is a Russian low-bypass afterburning turbofan engine developed in the Soviet era, best known for powering the MiG-29 fighter aircraft and its derivatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V‑12 engine
ⓘ
aircraft piston engine ⓘ liquid‑cooled aircraft engine ⓘ |
| application |
light bombers
ⓘ
single‑engine fighters ⓘ |
| configuration | V‑12 ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | liquid‑cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | 60‑degree V ⓘ |
| designer | Vladimir Klimov ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Klimov VK‑105PF
ⓘ
linked to:
Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
|
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Klimov Design Bureau ⓘ |
| notableFor | widespread use in Soviet WWII fighters ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Soviet aircraft engine program ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
Klimov VK‑105 engine family
ⓘ
linked to:
Klimov VK‑105 engine
|
| powerplantFor | frontline Soviet fighters on Eastern Front ⓘ |
| supercharging | single‑stage supercharger ⓘ |
| usedBy | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| usedIn | fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| usedInAircraft |
LaGG‑3
ⓘ
linked to:
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3
Pe‑2 ⓘ
linked to:
Pe-2
Yak‑1 ⓘ
linked to:
Yak-1
Yak‑3 ⓘ
linked to:
Yakovlev Yak-3
Yak‑7 ⓘ
linked to:
Yakovlev Yak-7
Yak‑9 ⓘ
linked to:
Yakovlev Yak-9
|
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| valvetrain | overhead camshaft ⓘ |
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: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 Description of subject: The Klimov VK‑105PF‑2 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
linked to: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
linked to: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
linked to: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2
linked to: Klimov VK‑105PF‑2