Mi-17
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The Mi-17 is a Russian-designed, medium-lift military transport helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo missions, and search-and-rescue operations.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mi-17 canonical | 7 |
| Mil Mi-17 | 6 |
| Mil Mi-171 | 3 |
| Mi-171 | 2 |
| Mi-17 (export designation) | 1 |
| Mi-17 helicopter | 1 |
| Mi-17 helicopters | 1 |
| Mi-17-1V | 1 |
| Mi-171Sh | 1 |
| Mi-17V-1 | 1 |
| Mi-17V-5 | 1 |
| Mi-8MTV (exported as Mi-17) | 1 |
| Mil Mi-171 helicopters | 1 |
| Mil Mi-171A1 helicopters | 1 |
| Mil Mi-171A2 helicopters | 1 |
| Mil Mi-171Sh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1223374 — 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: Mi-17 Context triple: [Indian Air Force, notableHelicopter, Mi-17]
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A.
Mi-8
The Mi-8 is a Soviet-designed twin-turbine transport helicopter widely used around the world for both military and civilian roles.
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B.
Mi-24
The Mi-24 is a Soviet-designed attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport, widely used for close air support and battlefield assault missions.
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C.
Gazelle helicopter
The Gazelle helicopter is a light, fast, and highly maneuverable French-designed utility and reconnaissance helicopter widely used by military forces for training, liaison, and observation roles.
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D.
Lynx helicopter
The Lynx helicopter is a British multi-role military helicopter renowned for its agility and service with both army and naval aviation units worldwide.
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E.
NH90 helicopter
The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
- 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: Mi-17 Target entity description: The Mi-17 is a Russian-designed, medium-lift military transport helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo missions, and search-and-rescue operations.
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A.
Mi-8
The Mi-8 is a Soviet-designed twin-turbine transport helicopter widely used around the world for both military and civilian roles.
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B.
Mi-24
The Mi-24 is a Soviet-designed attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport, widely used for close air support and battlefield assault missions.
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C.
Gazelle helicopter
The Gazelle helicopter is a light, fast, and highly maneuverable French-designed utility and reconnaissance helicopter widely used by military forces for training, liaison, and observation roles.
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D.
Lynx helicopter
The Lynx helicopter is a British multi-role military helicopter renowned for its agility and service with both army and naval aviation units worldwide.
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E.
NH90 helicopter
The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medium-lift helicopter
ⓘ
military transport helicopter ⓘ utility helicopter ⓘ |
| armamentOptions |
anti-tank guided missiles (on some variants)
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ rocket pods ⓘ |
| cargoAccess |
rear clamshell doors
ⓘ
side doors ⓘ |
| cargoCapacityExternalSling | approximately 4000 kg ⓘ |
| cargoCapacityInternal | approximately 4000 kg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Mi-8
ⓘ
surface form:
Mil Mi-8
|
| engineModel |
Klimov TV3-117
ⓘ
VK-2500 (in later variants) ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| enteredService | late 1970s ⓘ |
| exportedTo | over 50 countries (various variants) ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1975 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | twin-turbine transport helicopter fuselage ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mi-17
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mi-17-1V
Mi-17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mi-171
Mi-17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mi-171Sh
Mi-17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mi-17V-1
Mi-17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mi-17V-5
Mi-17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mi-8MTV (exported as Mi-17)
|
| landingGearType | fixed tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| mainRotorConfiguration | single main rotor ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 250 km/h ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Hip ⓘ |
| notableFeature | high-altitude performance in hot-and-high conditions ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to 24 troops ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Afghan Air Force
ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ People's Liberation Army (China) (Mi-171) ⓘ Russian Armed Forces ⓘ numerous air forces worldwide ⓘ |
| range | approximately 800 km (with auxiliary tanks, variant-dependent) ⓘ |
| role |
armed gunship (in some variants)
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 6000 m ⓘ |
| tailRotorConfiguration | tail rotor on port side ⓘ |
| typicalCrewComposition |
co-pilot
ⓘ
flight engineer ⓘ pilot ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VIP transport (in some configurations)
ⓘ
disaster response ⓘ humanitarian relief missions ⓘ |
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: Mi-17 Description of subject: The Mi-17 is a Russian-designed, medium-lift military transport helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo missions, and search-and-rescue operations.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mi-17 helicopter
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171
this entity surface form:
Mi-17 helicopters
this entity surface form:
Mi-17V-1
this entity surface form:
Mi-17-1V
this entity surface form:
Mi-17V-5
this entity surface form:
Mi-171
this entity surface form:
Mi-171Sh
this entity surface form:
Mi-8MTV (exported as Mi-17)
this entity surface form:
Mi-171
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-17
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-17
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-17
subject surface form:
Mil Mi-8
this entity surface form:
Mi-17 (export designation)
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171 helicopters
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171A1 helicopters
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171A2 helicopters
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-17
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-17
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171Sh
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-17
this entity surface form:
Mil Mi-171