Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
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The Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis was the custom-built monoplane flown solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, making aviation history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis canonical | 2 |
| Charles Lindbergh on the Spirit of St. Louis | 1 |
| Charles Lindbergh's aircraft Spirit of St. Louis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625722 — 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: Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis Context triple: [Wright J-5C Whirlwind, usedInAircraft, Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis]
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A.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator famed for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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B.
Lindbergh
Lindbergh is a prominent American surname most famously associated with aviator Charles Lindbergh and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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C.
Land Morrow Lindbergh
Land Morrow Lindbergh is one of the sons of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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D.
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Jon Morrow Lindbergh was an American aquanaut and environmentalist, best known as the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and for his pioneering work in underwater exploration and ocean engineering.
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E.
Scott Lindbergh
Scott Lindbergh is one of the children of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh.
- 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: Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis Target entity description: The Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis was the custom-built monoplane flown solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, making aviation history.
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A.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator famed for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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B.
Lindbergh
Lindbergh is a prominent American surname most famously associated with aviator Charles Lindbergh and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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C.
Land Morrow Lindbergh
Land Morrow Lindbergh is one of the sons of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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D.
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Jon Morrow Lindbergh was an American aquanaut and environmentalist, best known as the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and for his pioneering work in underwater exploration and ocean engineering.
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E.
Scott Lindbergh
Scott Lindbergh is one of the children of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
custom-built monoplane
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historic aircraft ⓘ long-distance aircraft ⓘ single-engine aircraft ⓘ |
| achievedPrize | Orteig Prize ⓘ |
| aircraftType | high-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| arrivalAirport |
Le Bourget Field, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Bourget Field
|
| associatedEvent | Orteig Prize attempt ⓘ |
| builtFor |
New York–Paris prize flight
ⓘ
linked to:
Orteig Prize
|
| category | record-setting aircraft ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage
ⓘ
wooden wings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewCapacity | 1 ⓘ |
| currentLocation | National Air and Space Museum ⓘ |
| currentLocationCity | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| departureAirport | Roosevelt Field, Long Island ⓘ |
| designer | Donald A. Hall ⓘ |
| designFeature |
large fuselage fuel tanks ahead of cockpit
ⓘ
no forward windshield ⓘ periscope for forward visibility ⓘ |
| engineCount | 1 ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer |
Wright Aeronautical
ⓘ
linked to:
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
|
| engineType | Wright J-5C Whirlwind radial engine ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1927-04-28 ⓘ |
| flightDistance | approximately 3,600 miles ⓘ |
| flightDuration | about 33.5 hours ⓘ |
| fuelCapacity | over 400 gallons ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by airplane
ⓘ
major milestone in aviation history ⓘ |
| landingGearType | fixed taildragger landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ryan Airlines ⓘ |
| museumCollection | Smithsonian Institution ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | St. Louis, Missouri supporters of Lindbergh ⓘ |
| notableFlight | New York to Paris solo nonstop transatlantic flight ⓘ |
| notableFlightDate | 1927-05-20/21 ⓘ |
| operator | Charles Lindbergh ⓘ |
| primaryPilot | Charles Lindbergh ⓘ |
| purpose | nonstop transatlantic flight ⓘ |
| registration | N-X-211 ⓘ |
| seatingConfiguration | single-seat cockpit ⓘ |
| sponsorCity |
St. Louis
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linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|
| status | preserved exhibit ⓘ |
| tailNumber | N-X-211 ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| yearBuilt | 1927 ⓘ |
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: Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis Description of subject: The Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis was the custom-built monoplane flown solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, making aviation history.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
subject linked to:
Wright J-5C Whirlwind radial engine
linked to: Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis