F404-GE-400
E483531
The F404-GE-400 is a variant of General Electric’s F404 afterburning turbofan engine, widely used to power lightweight fighter and attack aircraft with a balance of high thrust, reliability, and maintainability.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| F404-GE-400 canonical | 1 |
| F404-GE-402 | 1 |
| F404-GE-IN20 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4949761 — 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: F404-GE-400 Context triple: [General Electric F404, familyMember, F404-GE-400]
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A.
J-4
J-4 is the logistics directorate within a joint military staff responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing logistics and sustainment operations.
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B.
J40
The J40 is a classic generation of the Toyota Land Cruiser renowned for its rugged off-road capability and iconic, boxy design.
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C.
GA 400
GA 400 is a major north–south freeway in Georgia that connects downtown Atlanta with its northern suburbs and exurbs.
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D.
Swift F.4
The Swift F.4 was a later, improved fighter variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet, featuring enhanced performance and handling over earlier models.
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E.
F40PH-2D (rebuilt variants, historically)
The F40PH-2D rebuilt variants are upgraded versions of the classic EMD F40PH diesel-electric passenger locomotives, historically used by the MBTA for commuter rail service around Boston.
- 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: F404-GE-400 Target entity description: The F404-GE-400 is a variant of General Electric’s F404 afterburning turbofan engine, widely used to power lightweight fighter and attack aircraft with a balance of high thrust, reliability, and maintainability.
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A.
J-4
J-4 is the logistics directorate within a joint military staff responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing logistics and sustainment operations.
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B.
J40
The J40 is a classic generation of the Toyota Land Cruiser renowned for its rugged off-road capability and iconic, boxy design.
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C.
GA 400
GA 400 is a major north–south freeway in Georgia that connects downtown Atlanta with its northern suburbs and exurbs.
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D.
Swift F.4
The Swift F.4 was a later, improved fighter variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet, featuring enhanced performance and handling over earlier models.
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E.
F40PH-2D (rebuilt variants, historically)
The F40PH-2D rebuilt variants are upgraded versions of the classic EMD F40PH diesel-electric passenger locomotives, historically used by the MBTA for commuter rail service around Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterburning turbofan engine
ⓘ
aircraft engine variant ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
military aircraft engines
ⓘ
turbofan engines ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor |
carrier-capable fighter operations when used on naval aircraft
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lightweight attack aircraft ⓘ lightweight fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| designedToProvide |
balance of thrust and fuel efficiency
ⓘ
ease of maintenance ⓘ high mission readiness ⓘ |
| developedBy |
General Electric Aviation
ⓘ
linked to:
GE Aviation
|
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet early variants
ⓘ
linked to:
F/A-18 Hornet
other light fighter and attack aircraft platforms ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
high maintainability
ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ high thrust-to-weight ratio ⓘ low specific fuel consumption for its class ⓘ |
| hasConfiguration | low-bypass turbofan ⓘ |
| hasCustomer |
United States Marine Corps
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ various export air forces using early F/A-18 Hornet variants ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
long time-on-wing
ⓘ
rapid throttle response ⓘ resistance to foreign object damage ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
afterburner
ⓘ
axial compressor ⓘ digital engine control in later upgrades ⓘ full-length annular combustor ⓘ modular construction ⓘ single-stage fan ⓘ |
| hasThrustClass |
approximately 10,000–11,000 lbf dry
ⓘ
approximately 16,000–17,000 lbf with afterburner ⓘ |
| introducedAs | early production variant of F404 family ⓘ |
| manufacturer | General Electric ⓘ |
| partOfEngineFamily | General Electric F404 ⓘ |
| powerClass | medium thrust military turbofan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
F404-GE-100
ⓘ
F404-GE-402 ⓘ |
| roleInFamily | baseline F404 variant for fighter applications ⓘ |
| successorVariant | F404-GE-402 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
attack aircraft propulsion
ⓘ
fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ |
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: F404-GE-400 Description of subject: The F404-GE-400 is a variant of General Electric’s F404 afterburning turbofan engine, widely used to power lightweight fighter and attack aircraft with a balance of high thrust, reliability, and maintainability.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: F404-GE-400
linked to: F404-GE-400