EMD 12-710G3C-EC
E350035
The EMD 12-710G3C-EC is a 12-cylinder, two-stroke diesel locomotive engine from Electro-Motive Diesel’s 710 series, widely used in modern North American passenger locomotives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EMD 12-710G3B | 1 |
| EMD 12-710G3C-EC canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3347313 — 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: EMD 12-710G3C-EC Context triple: [EMD F59PHI, primeMover, EMD 12-710G3C-EC]
-
A.
EMD
EMD is the vehicle registration code assigned to the German town of Emden.
-
B.
EMD
EMD is the commonly used abbreviation for the Engineering Management Division, a professional group focused on the practice and advancement of engineering management.
-
C.
ADtranz
ADtranz was a major European rail engineering company known for designing and manufacturing locomotives, multiple units, and other railway rolling stock before its acquisition by Bombardier.
-
D.
GE 7FDL16
The GE 7FDL16 is a 16-cylinder diesel engine widely used as the main powerplant in General Electric locomotives.
-
E.
EMD GP40-2H
The EMD GP40-2H is a rebuilt, passenger-equipped variant of the EMD GP40-2 diesel-electric locomotive, featuring head-end power for commuter rail service.
- 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: EMD 12-710G3C-EC Target entity description: The EMD 12-710G3C-EC is a 12-cylinder, two-stroke diesel locomotive engine from Electro-Motive Diesel’s 710 series, widely used in modern North American passenger locomotives.
-
A.
EMD
EMD is the vehicle registration code assigned to the German town of Emden.
-
B.
EMD
EMD is the commonly used abbreviation for the Engineering Management Division, a professional group focused on the practice and advancement of engineering management.
-
C.
ADtranz
ADtranz was a major European rail engineering company known for designing and manufacturing locomotives, multiple units, and other railway rolling stock before its acquisition by Bombardier.
-
D.
GE 7FDL16
The GE 7FDL16 is a 16-cylinder diesel engine widely used as the main powerplant in General Electric locomotives.
-
E.
EMD GP40-2H
The EMD GP40-2H is a rebuilt, passenger-equipped variant of the EMD GP40-2 diesel-electric locomotive, featuring head-end power for commuter rail service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
EMD 710 series engine
ⓘ
diesel locomotive engine ⓘ two-stroke diesel engine ⓘ |
| application | passenger locomotive ⓘ |
| aspiration | turbocharged ⓘ |
| coolingType | liquid-cooled ⓘ |
| cycleType | two-stroke ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| displacementPerCylinder | 710 cubic inches ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | V12 ⓘ |
| family |
EMD 710 engine family
ⓘ
linked to:
EMD 710
|
| fuelType | diesel ⓘ |
| ignitionType | compression-ignition ⓘ |
| intendedService | high-speed passenger service ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Electro-Motive Diesel
ⓘ
linked to:
Electro-Motive Division
|
| manufacturerCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| market | North American passenger rail market ⓘ |
| mounting | locomotive prime mover ⓘ |
| powerTransmission | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfUse | North America ⓘ |
| series | EMD 710 ⓘ |
| typicalUse | modern North American passenger locomotives ⓘ |
| usedIn |
EMD passenger locomotives
ⓘ
linked to:
EMC/EMD diesel locomotives
North American intercity passenger locomotives ⓘ |
| valveType | uniflow scavenged two-stroke ⓘ |
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: EMD 12-710G3C-EC Description of subject: The EMD 12-710G3C-EC is a 12-cylinder, two-stroke diesel locomotive engine from Electro-Motive Diesel’s 710 series, widely used in modern North American passenger locomotives.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
LIRR DM30AC diesel-electric locomotive
linked to: EMD 12-710G3C-EC