Boeing 737
E22402
The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
All labels observed (22)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boeing 737 canonical | 105 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 26 |
| Boeing 737 family | 22 |
| Boeing 737 Next Generation | 6 |
| Boeing 737-700 | 6 |
| Boeing 737 MAX | 4 |
| Boeing 737-300 | 4 |
| Boeing 737-200 | 3 |
| Boeing 737 aircraft | 2 |
| Boeing 737-100 | 2 |
| Boeing 737-600 | 2 |
| Boeing 737-900 | 2 |
| B737 | 1 |
| Boeing 737 (historical) | 1 |
| Boeing 737 (testbed) | 1 |
| Boeing 737 Classic | 1 |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 1 |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 | 1 |
| Boeing 737 Next Generation program | 1 |
| Boeing 737 series | 1 |
| Boeing 737-400 | 1 |
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T172570 — 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: Boeing 737 Context triple: [Boeing, notableProduct, Boeing 737]
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A.
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is a mid-sized, three-engine narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the 1960s that became one of the most widely used commercial aircraft for short- and medium-haul routes.
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B.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is a pioneering American jet airliner introduced in the late 1950s that helped usher in the modern era of commercial jet travel.
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C.
Boeing 747SP
The Boeing 747SP is a shortened, long-range variant of the Boeing 747 airliner, notable for its use in specialized roles such as NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory.
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D.
Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a widely used series of narrow-body, twin-engine jet airliners designed for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
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E.
Embraer 190
The Embraer 190 is a Brazilian-made narrow-body regional jet airliner designed for short- to medium-haul routes, widely used by airlines around the world.
- 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: Boeing 737 Target entity description: The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
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A.
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is a mid-sized, three-engine narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the 1960s that became one of the most widely used commercial aircraft for short- and medium-haul routes.
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B.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is a pioneering American jet airliner introduced in the late 1950s that helped usher in the modern era of commercial jet travel.
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C.
Boeing 747SP
The Boeing 747SP is a shortened, long-range variant of the Boeing 747 airliner, notable for its use in specialized roles such as NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory.
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D.
Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a widely used series of narrow-body, twin-engine jet airliners designed for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
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E.
Embraer 190
The Embraer 190 is a Brazilian-made narrow-body regional jet airliner designed for short- to medium-haul routes, widely used by airlines around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial passenger aircraft
ⓘ
narrow-body jet airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily | Boeing 7x7 family ⓘ |
| alsoUsedFor |
business jet
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ military transport ⓘ |
| cabinLayout | single-aisle ⓘ |
| cockpitCrew | 2 ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinction | one of the best-selling jet airliners in history ⓘ |
| engineMounting | underwing pylons ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstCustomer | Lufthansa ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1967-04-09 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | narrow-body ⓘ |
| ICAOAircraftTypeDesignator |
Boeing 737
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
B737
|
| introduced | 1968 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Boeing
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
|
| market | global ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Boeing 737
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737 Classic
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing 737 MAX 10 ⓘ Boeing 737 MAX 8 ⓘ Boeing 737 MAX 9 ⓘ Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737 Next Generation
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-100
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-200
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-300
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-400
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-500
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-600
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-700
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737-900
|
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Boeing 727 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
civil aviation
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| role | short- to medium-haul airliner ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| successor |
Boeing 737
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing 737 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737 Next Generation
|
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalCruiseSpeed | approximately Mach 0.78 ⓘ |
| typicalRange | short to medium range ⓘ |
| typicalSeating | 85–215 passengers ⓘ |
| typicalSeatingConfiguration | 3-3 economy seating ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing ⓘ |
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: Boeing 737 Description of subject: The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
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this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
Boeing 737 family