Pratt & Whitney Hornet
E151682
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pratt & Whitney Hornet canonical | 1 |
| Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1329107 — 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 Hornet Context triple: [BMW 132, basedOn, Pratt & Whitney Hornet]
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A.
Allison J35 turbojet
The Allison J35 turbojet was an early American axial-flow jet engine widely used in the late 1940s and 1950s to power several pioneering military aircraft.
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B.
Pratt & Whitney PW2000
The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine family widely used on medium-range commercial and military transport aircraft.
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C.
Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100
The Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine used to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
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D.
Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
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E.
General Electric F404
The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.
- 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 Hornet Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Allison J35 turbojet
The Allison J35 turbojet was an early American axial-flow jet engine widely used in the late 1940s and 1950s to power several pioneering military aircraft.
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B.
Pratt & Whitney PW2000
The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine family widely used on medium-range commercial and military transport aircraft.
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C.
Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100
The Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine used to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
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D.
Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
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E.
General Electric F404
The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
ⓘ
air‑cooled engine ⓘ radial engine ⓘ |
| application |
Boeing 247
ⓘ
Convair PBY Catalina (as Consolidated predecessor line) ⓘ
surface form:
Consolidated PBY Catalina (some variants)
Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
surface form:
Douglas DC‑2
Douglas DC-3 ⓘ
surface form:
Douglas DC‑3 (early variants / some licensed versions)
Fokker F.VII (later variants) ⓘ Martin B‑10 ⓘ Sikorsky S‑38 ⓘ Sikorsky S‑40 ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney Wasp
|
| coolingSystem | air‑cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedBy |
Pratt & Whitney
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company
|
| engineConfiguration | single‑row radial ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| family |
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney air‑cooled radial engines
|
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | dual ignition ⓘ |
| licensedForProductionIn |
Italy
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
USSR
|
| manufacturer | Pratt & Whitney ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
used in both civil and military service worldwide
ⓘ
widely exported and license‑built ⓘ |
| numberOfCylinders | 9 ⓘ |
| productionPeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| successor |
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp
|
| typicalPowerOutputRange | 500–800 horsepower (approximate) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
commercial aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedInRole |
airliner
ⓘ
bomber aircraft ⓘ patrol aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| valvetrain | overhead valve ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Pratt & Whitney Hornet Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.