McDonnell Douglas
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McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before merging with Boeing in 1997.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McDonnell Douglas canonical | 45 |
| McDonnell Aircraft Corporation | 24 |
| McDonnell Douglas Corporation | 4 |
| McDonnell Douglas Phantom Works | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T296252 — 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.
Target entity: McDonnell Douglas Context triple: [C-17 Globemaster III, manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas]
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Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
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Boeing
Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
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C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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D.
Hawker Aircraft
Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
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Airbus
Airbus is a major European aerospace corporation known for designing and manufacturing commercial airliners such as the A320, A330, and A380 families.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: McDonnell Douglas Target entity description: McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before merging with Boeing in 1997.
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A.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
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B.
Boeing
Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
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C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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D.
Hawker Aircraft
Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Airbus
Airbus is a major European aerospace corporation known for designing and manufacturing commercial airliners such as the A320, A330, and A380 families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace manufacturer
ⓘ
aircraft manufacturer ⓘ defense contractor ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfMerger | 1997 ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Douglas Aircraft Company
ⓘ
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
McDonnell Douglas
|
| foundedBy |
Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
ⓘ
James Smith McDonnell ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1967 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|
| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ defense ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Boeing ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Boeing 717
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing 717-200
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk ⓘ
linked to:
A-4 Skyhawk
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II ⓘ
linked to:
AV-8B Harrier II
McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ
linked to:
C-17 Globemaster III
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle ⓘ
linked to:
F-15 Eagle
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
linked to:
F-4 Phantom II (modernized variants)
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
linked to:
F/A-18 Hornet
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender ⓘ
linked to:
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas MD-80 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas MD-90 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas MD-95 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
DC series airliners
ⓘ
F-15 fighter series ⓘ
linked to:
F-15 Eagle
F/A-18 fighter series ⓘ
linked to:
F/A-18 Hornet
MD series airliners ⓘ |
| operated |
Long Beach, California production facilities
ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri production facilities ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterMerger |
The Boeing Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
|
| primaryCustomers |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ commercial airlines ⓘ |
| reasonForCessation | merged with Boeing ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
commercial jetliners
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ space systems ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
Boeing Defense, Space & Security ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: McDonnell Douglas Description of subject: McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before merging with Boeing in 1997.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.