Rio Hato airfield
E43720
Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rio Hato airfield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T332119 — 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: Rio Hato airfield Context triple: [Operation Just Cause, target, Rio Hato airfield]
-
A.
Balbuena Military Airport
Balbuena Military Airport was the earlier military airfield in Mexico City that evolved into today’s Mexico City International Airport.
-
B.
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport is a Chilean airfield on King George Island in Antarctica that serves as a key gateway for scientific bases and logistical operations in the region.
-
C.
Rancho-Boyeros Airport
Rancho-Boyeros Airport is the former name of José Martí International Airport, the main international gateway serving Havana, Cuba.
-
D.
El Dorado International Airport
El Dorado International Airport is the main international gateway to Colombia and one of Latin America’s busiest airports, serving the capital city of Bogotá.
-
E.
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is a small public airport serving the island municipality of Vieques in Puerto Rico, providing regional connections to the mainland and nearby islands.
- 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: Rio Hato airfield Target entity description: Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
-
A.
Balbuena Military Airport
Balbuena Military Airport was the earlier military airfield in Mexico City that evolved into today’s Mexico City International Airport.
-
B.
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport is a Chilean airfield on King George Island in Antarctica that serves as a key gateway for scientific bases and logistical operations in the region.
-
C.
Rancho-Boyeros Airport
Rancho-Boyeros Airport is the former name of José Martí International Airport, the main international gateway serving Havana, Cuba.
-
D.
El Dorado International Airport
El Dorado International Airport is the main international gateway to Colombia and one of Latin America’s busiest airports, serving the capital city of Bogotá.
-
E.
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is a small public airport serving the island municipality of Vieques in Puerto Rico, providing regional connections to the mainland and nearby islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| conflict |
Operation Just Cause
ⓘ
United States invasion of Panama ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Just Cause
|
| controlledBy |
Manuel Noriega regime
ⓘ
Panama Defense Forces ⓘ
linked to:
Panamanian Defense Forces
|
| country | Panama ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1989 ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
air transport base
ⓘ
military aviation operations ⓘ training base ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Coclé Province
ⓘ
Rio Hato ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
base for Panamanian elite units
ⓘ
base for air operations in Panama ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
assault by U.S. paratroopers in 1989
ⓘ
capture by U.S. forces during Operation Just Cause ⓘ |
| partOf | Panama Defense Forces infrastructure ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key objective during Operation Just Cause
ⓘ
major Panamanian military installation ⓘ |
| targetOf |
U.S. air strikes
ⓘ
U.S. airborne assault ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Panama Defense Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Panamanian Defense Forces
Panamanian military ⓘ
linked to:
Panamanian Defense Forces
United States Armed Forces ⓘ |
| wasObjectiveFor |
U.S. Air Force
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Air Force
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
U.S. Special Operations Forces ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Special Operations Command
United States forces ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
|
| wasObjectiveIn | Operation Just Cause ⓘ |
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: Rio Hato airfield Description of subject: Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.