Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A
E253880
The Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A is a turbocharged, electronically controlled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder aircraft engine used in light twin-engine aircraft.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lycoming TEO‑540 series | 1 |
| Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2300872 — 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: Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A Context triple: [Tecnam P2012 Traveller, engineModel, Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A]
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A.
Liberty L-12
The Liberty L-12 is a World War I–era American 12-cylinder liquid-cooled aircraft engine widely used to power Allied military aircraft.
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B.
Allison T56 turboprop
The Allison T56 is a widely used American turboprop aircraft engine known for powering military and maritime patrol aircraft such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion.
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C.
Sully Wing
Sully Wing is one of the main historic wings of the Louvre Museum in Paris, housing collections such as ancient Near Eastern antiquities and French paintings.
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D.
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
The Stinson SM-1 Detroiter was a late-1920s American high-wing monoplane airliner and utility aircraft known for its enclosed cabin, reliability, and use in early commercial aviation.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- 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: Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A Target entity description: The Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A is a turbocharged, electronically controlled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder aircraft engine used in light twin-engine aircraft.
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A.
Liberty L-12
The Liberty L-12 is a World War I–era American 12-cylinder liquid-cooled aircraft engine widely used to power Allied military aircraft.
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B.
Allison T56 turboprop
The Allison T56 is a widely used American turboprop aircraft engine known for powering military and maritime patrol aircraft such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion.
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C.
Sully Wing
Sully Wing is one of the main historic wings of the Louvre Museum in Paris, housing collections such as ancient Near Eastern antiquities and French paintings.
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D.
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
The Stinson SM-1 Detroiter was a late-1920s American high-wing monoplane airliner and utility aircraft known for its enclosed cabin, reliability, and use in early commercial aviation.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
ⓘ
piston aircraft engine ⓘ |
| application |
general aviation aircraft
ⓘ
light twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aspiration | turbocharged ⓘ |
| configuration | horizontally opposed ⓘ |
| controlFeature |
automatic ignition timing control
ⓘ
automatic mixture control ⓘ electronic engine management ⓘ |
| controlSystem | FADEC ⓘ |
| coolingMethod | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cycleType | four-stroke ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | flat-six ⓘ |
| displacement |
541 cubic inches
ⓘ
approximately 8.9 litres ⓘ |
| engineFamily |
Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lycoming TEO‑540 series
|
| engineType | reciprocating engine ⓘ |
| familyDesignationMeaning | TEO indicates turbocharged and electronically controlled opposed engine ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | electronically controlled ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | dual ignition ⓘ |
| intendedInstallation | twin‑engine piston aircraft ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Avco Lycoming
ⓘ
surface form:
Lycoming Engines
|
| manufacturerParentCompany | Textron ⓘ |
| mountingConfiguration | horizontally opposed engine mount ⓘ |
| numberOfCylinders | 6 ⓘ |
| seriesDesignation | 540 cubic inch class ⓘ |
| useCase |
civil aviation
ⓘ
private aviation ⓘ training 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
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: Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A Description of subject: The Lycoming TEO‑540‑C1A is a turbocharged, electronically controlled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder aircraft engine used in light twin-engine aircraft.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lycoming TEO‑540 series