MiG-3 fighter aircraft
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The MiG-3 fighter aircraft was a high-altitude Soviet World War II interceptor known for its speed and service in the early years of the Eastern Front.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MiG-3 | 4 |
| MiG-3 fighter aircraft canonical | 1 |
| MiG-3 fighter design | 1 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8283650 — 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: MiG-3 fighter aircraft Context triple: [Artem Mikoyan, designed, MiG-3 fighter aircraft]
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A.
MiG-1 fighter aircraft
The MiG-1 fighter aircraft was an early Soviet World War II high-altitude interceptor and the first fighter developed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau, serving as the predecessor to the more famous MiG-3.
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B.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
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C.
MiG-19
The MiG-19 is a Soviet second-generation, twin-engine supersonic jet fighter that became one of the first mass-produced supersonic aircraft and served widely during the Cold War.
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D.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.
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E.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.
- 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: MiG-3 fighter aircraft Target entity description: The MiG-3 fighter aircraft was a high-altitude Soviet World War II interceptor known for its speed and service in the early years of the Eastern Front.
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A.
MiG-1 fighter aircraft
The MiG-1 fighter aircraft was an early Soviet World War II high-altitude interceptor and the first fighter developed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau, serving as the predecessor to the more famous MiG-3.
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B.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
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C.
MiG-19
The MiG-19 is a Soviet second-generation, twin-engine supersonic jet fighter that became one of the first mass-produced supersonic aircraft and served widely during the Cold War.
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D.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.
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E.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
interceptor aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | single-seat fighter ⓘ |
| aircraftGeneration | World War II era ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation |
MiG-3
ⓘ
linked to:
MiG-3 fighter aircraft
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| armament |
cannon (on some variants)
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ small bombs (on some aircraft) ⓘ underwing rockets (on some aircraft) ⓘ |
| combatTheater |
Soviet-German front
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Front of World War II
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| configuration | single-engine ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedFor | high-altitude performance ⓘ |
| designer |
Artem Mikoyan
ⓘ
Mikhail Gurevich ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1
ⓘ
linked to:
MiG-1 fighter aircraft
|
| engineModel | Mikulin AM-35A ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1940 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | mixed construction with metal and wood ⓘ |
| hasPropulsion | propeller ⓘ |
| introduced | 1941 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| laterRole | air defense interceptor ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Mikoyan-Gurevich
ⓘ
linked to:
Mikoyan design bureau
|
| maximumSpeed |
about 398 mph at altitude
ⓘ
about 640 km/h at altitude ⓘ |
| nationality | Soviet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high speed at high altitude
ⓘ
relatively poor low-altitude handling ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator |
Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO)
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Air Defense Forces
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| powerplantLayout | liquid-cooled inline engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| role |
fighter
ⓘ
high-altitude interceptor ⓘ |
| serviceEntryContext | early years of the German-Soviet War ⓘ |
| successor | later MiG fighter designs ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedAs | frontline fighter in 1941 ⓘ |
| usedDuring | initial phase of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| usedIn | Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
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: MiG-3 fighter aircraft Description of subject: The MiG-3 fighter aircraft was a high-altitude Soviet World War II interceptor known for its speed and service in the early years of the Eastern Front.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Soviet Polikarpov I-16
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subject linked to:
MiG-1 fighter aircraft
linked to: MiG-3 fighter aircraft
subject linked to:
MiG-1 fighter aircraft
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subject linked to:
MiG-3 fighter aircraft
linked to: MiG-3 fighter aircraft