Y-20
E254650
The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Y-20 canonical | 2 |
| Y-20 medical evacuation variant | 1 |
| Y-20 strategic airlifter | 1 |
| Y-20U | 1 |
| 运-20 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2212760 — 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: Y-20 Context triple: [Chinese Air Force, primaryTransportModel, Y-20]
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A.
Chengdu J-20
The Chengdu J-20 is a Chinese fifth-generation stealth fighter jet designed for long-range air superiority and strike missions.
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B.
Chengdu J-10
The Chengdu J-10 is a Chinese multirole, single-engine fighter aircraft designed for air superiority and ground attack missions.
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C.
Shenyang J-16
The Shenyang J-16 is a modern Chinese twin-engine multirole fighter jet derived from the Su-30 design, equipped with advanced avionics and precision strike capabilities.
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D.
Xian H-6
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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E.
Ye-6S
Ye-6S was a Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early lunar orbiters such as Luna 10 during the space race.
- 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: Y-20 Target entity description: The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
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A.
Chengdu J-20
The Chengdu J-20 is a Chinese fifth-generation stealth fighter jet designed for long-range air superiority and strike missions.
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B.
Chengdu J-10
The Chengdu J-10 is a Chinese multirole, single-engine fighter aircraft designed for air superiority and ground attack missions.
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C.
Shenyang J-16
The Shenyang J-16 is a modern Chinese twin-engine multirole fighter jet derived from the Su-30 design, equipped with advanced avionics and precision strike capabilities.
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D.
Xian H-6
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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E.
Ye-6S
Ye-6S was a Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early lunar orbiters such as Luna 10 during the space race.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military transport aircraft
ⓘ
strategic airlifter ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | pressurized cargo hold ⓘ |
| aircraftType | four-engine jet ⓘ |
| airForceBranch |
Chinese Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army Air Force
|
| cargoDoorLocation | rear ramp ⓘ |
| cargoLoadingMethod | rear ramp loading ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese military aircraft
ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| designedBy | China ⓘ |
| designedFor |
long-distance transport missions
ⓘ
strategic airlift of equipment ⓘ strategic airlift of supplies ⓘ strategic airlift of troops ⓘ |
| designer |
Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
|
| developer |
Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
|
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| era | 21st century ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2013-01-26 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Y-20
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Y-20 medical evacuation variant
Y-20 tanker variant ⓘ Y-20 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Y-20U
|
| intendedPayloadType |
armored vehicles
ⓘ
heavy equipment ⓘ |
| intendedRange | long range ⓘ |
| introduced | 2016 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
|
| nativeName |
Y-20
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
运-20
|
| NATOReportingName | Kunpeng ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator |
Chinese Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army Air Force
|
| powerplantOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Chinese Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army Air Force
|
| role |
aerial logistics support
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ equipment transport ⓘ humanitarian relief operations ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| usedFor |
disaster relief
ⓘ
international airlift missions ⓘ military logistics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
COVID-19 relief missions in China
ⓘ
international humanitarian aid deliveries ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-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: Y-20 Description of subject: The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Y-20 strategic airlifter
this entity surface form:
运-20
this entity surface form:
Y-20U
this entity surface form:
Y-20 medical evacuation variant