Albatros D.III
E161951
The Albatros D.III was a prominent German World War I single-seat biplane fighter aircraft known for its streamlined wooden monocoque fuselage and extensive use on the Western Front.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albatros D.III canonical | 7 |
| Albatros D.III (Oeffag) | 1 |
| Oeffag-built Albatros D.III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1395403 — 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: Albatros D.III Context triple: [Imperial German Army Air Service, usedAircraft, Albatros D.III]
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A.
Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I was a famous German World War I triplane fighter, best known as the aircraft flown by the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
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B.
Airco DH.2
The Airco DH.2 was a British single-seat pusher biplane fighter of World War I, notable as one of the first effective Allied aircraft designed specifically to counter the Fokker Eindecker.
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C.
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine biplane widely used during the early years of World War I for reconnaissance, light bombing, and training.
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D.
Airco DH.4
The Airco DH.4 was a British World War I two-seat day bomber and reconnaissance aircraft widely used by both the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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E.
Nicostratus
Nicostratus is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Helen of Troy.
- 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: Albatros D.III Target entity description: The Albatros D.III was a prominent German World War I single-seat biplane fighter aircraft known for its streamlined wooden monocoque fuselage and extensive use on the Western Front.
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A.
Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I was a famous German World War I triplane fighter, best known as the aircraft flown by the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
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B.
Airco DH.2
The Airco DH.2 was a British single-seat pusher biplane fighter of World War I, notable as one of the first effective Allied aircraft designed specifically to counter the Fokker Eindecker.
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C.
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine biplane widely used during the early years of World War I for reconnaissance, light bombing, and training.
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D.
Airco DH.4
The Airco DH.4 was a British World War I two-seat day bomber and reconnaissance aircraft widely used by both the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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E.
Nicostratus
Nicostratus is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Helen of Troy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I military aircraft
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biplane ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | fighter ⓘ |
| armament | 2 × 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| emptyWeight | about 673 kg ⓘ |
| engineModel | Mercedes D.III ⓘ |
| enginePower | about 160 hp ⓘ |
| engineType | inline piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | late 1916 ⓘ |
| era | 1910s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1916 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | wooden monocoque ⓘ |
| grossWeight | about 886 kg ⓘ |
| height | about 2.9 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1917 ⓘ |
| length | about 7.33 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Albatros Flugzeugwerke ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
about 109 mph
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about 175 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
sesquiplane wing arrangement
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streamlined fuselage ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | about 1340 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Albatros D.II ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | Western Front ⓘ |
| range |
about 186 miles
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about 300 km ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling |
about 18000 ft
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about 5500 m ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| structuralIssue | lower wing failures in early service ⓘ |
| successor | Albatros D.V ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
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surface form:
Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops
Luftstreitkräfte ⓘ Ottoman air units ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman Air Force
Polish Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air superiority missions
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air-to-air combat ⓘ fighter escort ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | sesquiplane ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 9.0 m ⓘ |
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: Albatros D.III Description of subject: The Albatros D.III was a prominent German World War I single-seat biplane fighter aircraft known for its streamlined wooden monocoque fuselage and extensive use on the Western Front.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Stefan Stec
this entity surface form:
Oeffag-built Albatros D.III
this entity surface form:
Albatros D.III (Oeffag)