Curtiss CW-20 design
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The Curtiss CW-20 design was an early American twin-engine transport aircraft prototype whose advanced, pressurized fuselage and layout formed the basis for the later Curtiss C-46 Commando.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curtiss CW-20 design canonical | 1 |
| Curtiss CW‑20 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5355862 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtiss CW-20 design Context triple: [Curtiss C-46 Commando, successorTo, Curtiss CW-20 design]
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A.
Curtiss H-16 flying boat
The Curtiss H-16 was a large American World War I-era patrol flying boat used primarily by the U.S. Navy and British forces for maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare.
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B.
Wright J-5C Whirlwind
The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.
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C.
Boeing P-26 Peashooter
The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was a 1930s American monoplane fighter aircraft and the first all-metal pursuit plane to enter service with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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D.
Boeing Model 299
The Boeing Model 299 was the prototype four‑engine heavy bomber that led to the development of the famed B-17 Flying Fortress used extensively by the United States during World War II.
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E.
Curtiss P-36 Hawk
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk was an American single-seat, all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft of the late 1930s that served with the U.S. Army Air Corps and numerous foreign air forces before and during the early stages of World War II.
- 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: Curtiss CW-20 design Target entity description: The Curtiss CW-20 design was an early American twin-engine transport aircraft prototype whose advanced, pressurized fuselage and layout formed the basis for the later Curtiss C-46 Commando.
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A.
Curtiss H-16 flying boat
The Curtiss H-16 was a large American World War I-era patrol flying boat used primarily by the U.S. Navy and British forces for maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare.
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B.
Wright J-5C Whirlwind
The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.
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C.
Boeing P-26 Peashooter
The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was a 1930s American monoplane fighter aircraft and the first all-metal pursuit plane to enter service with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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D.
Boeing Model 299
The Boeing Model 299 was the prototype four‑engine heavy bomber that led to the development of the famed B-17 Flying Fortress used extensively by the United States during World War II.
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E.
Curtiss P-36 Hawk
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk was an American single-seat, all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft of the late 1930s that served with the U.S. Army Air Corps and numerous foreign air forces before and during the early stages of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pressurized aircraft
ⓘ
transport aircraft prototype ⓘ twin-engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
military transport prototype
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prototype aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | transport ⓘ |
| aircraftStatus | prototype only ⓘ |
| aircraftType | landplane ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | CW-20 design ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| crewCapacity | multiple crew ⓘ |
| designedBy | Curtiss-Wright engineering team ⓘ |
| designEra |
early 1940s
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pre-World War II ⓘ |
| developedInto | Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| fuselageType | pressurized fuselage ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
advanced fuselage design
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pressurized cabin ⓘ twin-tail configuration ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
basis for Curtiss C-46 Commando design
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early American pressurized transport design ⓘ |
| influenced |
Curtiss C-46 Commando fuselage design
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Curtiss C-46 Commando layout ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | medium-capacity transport ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
United States Army Air Corps (planned)
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linked to:
United States Army Air Corps
|
| successor | Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ |
| usedFor |
design development
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layout evaluation ⓘ pressurization testing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Curtiss CW-20 design Description of subject: The Curtiss CW-20 design was an early American twin-engine transport aircraft prototype whose advanced, pressurized fuselage and layout formed the basis for the later Curtiss C-46 Commando.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Curtiss CW-20 design