Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
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The Pratt & Whitney Wasp series is a line of American air-cooled radial aircraft engines widely used in military and civilian aircraft from the interwar period through World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pratt & Whitney Wasp series canonical | 4 |
| Pratt & Whitney R‑1340 Wasp series | 1 |
| Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior family | 1 |
| Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7890018 — 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: Pratt & Whitney Wasp series Context triple: [Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, family, Pratt & Whitney Wasp series]
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Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major is a massive 28-cylinder, four-row air-cooled radial piston aircraft engine that powered some of the largest and last-generation propeller-driven military aircraft of the mid-20th century.
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B.
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp
The Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp is a 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine developed in the 1940s and widely used in medium and large transport aircraft of the era.
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C.
Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior
The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in the 1930s–1950s to power light transports, trainers, and utility aircraft.
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D.
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is a powerful American 18-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters and bombers.
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E.
Pratt & Whitney Hornet
The Pratt & Whitney Hornet is a 1920s–1930s American air‑cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in military and commercial airplanes and licensed for production worldwide.
- 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: Pratt & Whitney Wasp series Target entity description: The Pratt & Whitney Wasp series is a line of American air-cooled radial aircraft engines widely used in military and civilian aircraft from the interwar period through World War II.
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A.
Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major is a massive 28-cylinder, four-row air-cooled radial piston aircraft engine that powered some of the largest and last-generation propeller-driven military aircraft of the mid-20th century.
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B.
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp
The Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp is a 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine developed in the 1940s and widely used in medium and large transport aircraft of the era.
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C.
Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior
The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in the 1930s–1950s to power light transports, trainers, and utility aircraft.
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D.
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is a powerful American 18-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II fighters and bombers.
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E.
Pratt & Whitney Hornet
The Pratt & Whitney Hornet is a 1920s–1930s American air‑cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in military and commercial airplanes and licensed for production worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine family
ⓘ
radial aircraft engine series ⓘ |
| application |
multi‑engine aircraft
ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| coolingMethod | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developedIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | radial engine ⓘ |
| era | piston engine era ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| legacy | widely used and influential radial engines ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Pratt & Whitney ⓘ |
| notableUser |
United States Army Air Corps
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ commercial airlines ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
ⓘ
linked to:
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior ⓘ Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp ⓘ Pratt & Whitney R-2180 Twin Wasp E ⓘ Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior ⓘ |
| powerplantType | reciprocating internal combustion engine ⓘ |
| status | out of production ⓘ |
| successor |
Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp series
ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major series ⓘ
linked to:
Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
|
| technology | supercharged variants ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
patrol aircraft ⓘ training aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| usedIn |
civilian aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ |
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: Pratt & Whitney Wasp series Description of subject: The Pratt & Whitney Wasp series is a line of American air-cooled radial aircraft engines widely used in military and civilian aircraft from the interwar period through World War II.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine
linked to: Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
subject linked to:
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
linked to: Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
subject linked to:
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
linked to: Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
subject linked to:
Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior radial engine