British Overseas Airways Corporation
E166738
British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Overseas Airways Corporation canonical | 14 |
| BOAC | 8 |
| BOAC (via Comet operations) | 1 |
| British European Airways | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1466789 — 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.
Target entity: British Overseas Airways Corporation Context triple: [British Airways, foundedByMergerOf, British Overseas Airways Corporation]
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A.
Civil Air Transport
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B.
Handley Page Limited
Handley Page Limited was a pioneering British aircraft manufacturer, particularly renowned for producing large military bombers during the early and mid-20th century.
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C.
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aviation company known for designing and producing military aircraft, particularly during the World War II era.
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D.
Hawker Aircraft
Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Pan American World Airways
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: British Overseas Airways Corporation Target entity description: British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
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A.
Civil Air Transport
Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
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B.
Handley Page Limited
Handley Page Limited was a pioneering British aircraft manufacturer, particularly renowned for producing large military bombers during the early and mid-20th century.
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C.
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aviation company known for designing and producing military aircraft, particularly during the World War II era.
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D.
Hawker Aircraft
Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct airline
ⓘ
flag carrier ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| brandingElement |
SPEEDBIRD
ⓘ
surface form:
Speedbird logo
|
| callsign |
SPEEDBIRD
ⓘ
surface form:
Speedbird
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1974 ⓘ |
| fleetIncludes |
Boeing 707
ⓘ
Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 747-100
Bristol Britannia ⓘ Short Empire flying boat ⓘ RAF VC10 ⓘ
surface form:
Vickers VC10
de Havilland Comet ⓘ |
| formedBy | merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd ⓘ |
| governmentAgencySupervision |
Board of Trade of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Board of Trade (UK)
United Kingdom Ministry of Aviation ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Civil Aviation (UK)
|
| headquartersLocation |
Heathrow Airport
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| IATAcode | BA ⓘ |
| ICAOcode |
British Overseas Airways Corporation
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BOAC
|
| inception | 1940 ⓘ |
| industry |
airline
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ |
| legalForm | public corporation ⓘ |
| mergedInto | British Airways ⓘ |
| notableRoute |
New York–London
ⓘ
surface form:
London–New York
London–Sydney ⓘ London–Tokyo ⓘ |
| operatedAs | British state-owned long-haul airline ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| operatedFrom | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| owner |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the United Kingdom
|
| parentOrganization |
British Airways
ⓘ
surface form:
British Airways Board
|
| predecessor |
British Airways
ⓘ
surface form:
British Airways Ltd
Imperial Airways ⓘ |
| primaryHub |
Heathrow Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
London Heathrow Airport
|
| role | UK flag carrier for long-haul routes ⓘ |
| secondaryHub |
Gatwick Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
London Gatwick Airport
|
| servedRegion |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Asia-Pacific ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| serviceType | long-haul international flights ⓘ |
| shortName |
British Overseas Airways Corporation
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BOAC
|
| successor | British Airways ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: British Overseas Airways Corporation Description of subject: British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.