BK117 D‑2
E193975
The BK117 D‑2, better known as the Airbus H145, is a twin‑engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BK117 D‑2 canonical | 1 |
| BK117 D‑3 | 1 |
| BK117 family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1722021 — 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: BK117 D‑2 Context triple: [Airbus H145, alsoKnownAs, BK117 D‑2]
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A.
D-1
D-1 was a pioneering early Spacelab mission that helped demonstrate and validate the European-built laboratory’s capabilities for conducting scientific research in space aboard the Space Shuttle.
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B.
D-2
D-2 was a 1993 German-led Spacelab space shuttle mission focused on microgravity and life sciences research in low Earth orbit.
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C.
R-11
R-11 is a Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile that formed the basis for the later Scud missile family.
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D.
OKB-1
OKB-1 was the Soviet Union’s leading spacecraft and rocket design bureau that developed early ballistic missiles and the first spacecraft under chief designer Sergei Korolev.
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E.
S-blokka
S-blokka is a government office building in Oslo, Norway, that forms part of the Norwegian Government Quarter complex.
- 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: BK117 D‑2 Target entity description: The BK117 D‑2, better known as the Airbus H145, is a twin‑engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport.
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A.
D-1
D-1 was a pioneering early Spacelab mission that helped demonstrate and validate the European-built laboratory’s capabilities for conducting scientific research in space aboard the Space Shuttle.
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B.
D-2
D-2 was a 1993 German-led Spacelab space shuttle mission focused on microgravity and life sciences research in low Earth orbit.
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C.
R-11
R-11 is a Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile that formed the basis for the later Scud missile family.
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D.
OKB-1
OKB-1 was the Soviet Union’s leading spacecraft and rocket design bureau that developed early ballistic missiles and the first spacecraft under chief designer Sergei Korolev.
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E.
S-blokka
S-blokka is a government office building in Oslo, Norway, that forms part of the Norwegian Government Quarter complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
helicopter
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light utility helicopter ⓘ twin-engine helicopter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Airbus H145
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H145 ⓘ |
| avionics |
Helionix glass cockpit
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surface form:
Helionix avionics suite
|
| avionicsFeature |
digital flight control system
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four-axis autopilot ⓘ glass cockpit ⓘ synthetic vision system ⓘ |
| cabinFeature |
flat-floor cabin
ⓘ
rear-loading capability ⓘ sliding side doors ⓘ |
| cabinType | large rear clamshell doors ⓘ |
| category | civil helicopter ⓘ |
| certificationCategory | civil rotorcraft ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| countryOfManufacturer | France ⓘ |
| crew | 1 or 2 pilots ⓘ |
| designFeature |
high-set tail boom
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low vibration levels ⓘ multi-role mission capability ⓘ wide cabin ⓘ |
| engineModel | Safran Arriel 2E ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| introducedAs | new-generation variant of BK117 ⓘ |
| mainRotorType | four-blade main rotor ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Airbus Helicopters ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Airbus Helicopters ⓘ |
| missionEquipmentOptions |
external loudspeaker
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medical interior ⓘ night vision goggle-compatible cockpit ⓘ rescue hoist ⓘ searchlight ⓘ stretchers ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
BK117 D‑2
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
BK117 family
H145 family ⓘ |
| predecessor | BK117 C-2 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
air ambulance
ⓘ
corporate transport ⓘ offshore transport ⓘ police operations ⓘ |
| role |
civilian transport helicopter
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emergency medical services helicopter ⓘ law enforcement helicopter ⓘ search and rescue helicopter ⓘ |
| tailRotorType | Fenestron shrouded tail rotor ⓘ |
| typicalMedicalCrew | 1 or 2 medical staff ⓘ |
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: BK117 D‑2 Description of subject: The BK117 D‑2, better known as the Airbus H145, is a twin‑engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BK117 D‑3
subject surface form:
BK117 D-2
this entity surface form:
BK117 family