Dornier Do 18
E264042
The Dornier Do 18 was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1930s used primarily for maritime reconnaissance and long-range overwater flights.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dornier Do 18 canonical | 3 |
| Dornier Do 18E | 1 |
| Dornier Do 18F | 1 |
| Dornier Do 18G | 1 |
| Dornier Do 18H | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1329146 — 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: Dornier Do 18 Context triple: [BMW 132, usedInAircraft, Dornier Do 18]
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A.
Dornier Do 24
The Dornier Do 24 is a German World War II-era three-engine flying boat primarily used for maritime patrol, search and rescue, and reconnaissance missions.
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B.
Dornier Do 17
The Dornier Do 17 was a German World War II twin‑engine light bomber, nicknamed the “Flying Pencil” for its slender fuselage and widely used by the Luftwaffe in the early war years.
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C.
Junkers Ju 52 aircraft
The Junkers Ju 52 was a German tri-motor transport and bomber aircraft widely used in the 1930s and World War II for troop transport, paratroop drops, and cargo missions.
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D.
Focke-Wulf Fw 200
The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 was a German long-range airliner later adapted as a maritime patrol and bomber aircraft during World War II.
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E.
Junkers Ju 90
The Junkers Ju 90 was a German four‑engine airliner of the late 1930s that was later adapted for military transport roles during World War II.
- 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: Dornier Do 18 Target entity description: The Dornier Do 18 was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1930s used primarily for maritime reconnaissance and long-range overwater flights.
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A.
Dornier Do 24
The Dornier Do 24 is a German World War II-era three-engine flying boat primarily used for maritime patrol, search and rescue, and reconnaissance missions.
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B.
Dornier Do 17
The Dornier Do 17 was a German World War II twin‑engine light bomber, nicknamed the “Flying Pencil” for its slender fuselage and widely used by the Luftwaffe in the early war years.
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C.
Junkers Ju 52 aircraft
The Junkers Ju 52 was a German tri-motor transport and bomber aircraft widely used in the 1930s and World War II for troop transport, paratroop drops, and cargo missions.
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D.
Focke-Wulf Fw 200
The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 was a German long-range airliner later adapted as a maritime patrol and bomber aircraft during World War II.
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E.
Junkers Ju 90
The Junkers Ju 90 was a German four‑engine airliner of the late 1930s that was later adapted for military transport roles during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flying boat
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ patrol aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
long-range aircraft
ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-engine flying boat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crew |
4
ⓘ
5 ⓘ |
| designer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Dornier Do J Wal
ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Wal
|
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| era | 1930s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1935 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Dornier Do 18
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 18E
Dornier Do 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 18F
Dornier Do 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 18G
Dornier Do 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 18H
|
| hullType | boat hull ⓘ |
| introduced | 1936 ⓘ |
| landingGear | none (water operations) ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFeature | diesel-powered engines for long endurance ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operatorType |
civil
ⓘ
military ⓘ |
| powerplant | Junkers Jumo diesel engines ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
long-range overwater flight
ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| propulsionType | piston engine ⓘ |
| rangeClass | long-range ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLanding | water ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Lufthansa
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutsche Luft Hansa
German Navy ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maritime patrol
ⓘ
oceanic mail flights ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| 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: Dornier Do 18 Description of subject: The Dornier Do 18 was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1930s used primarily for maritime reconnaissance and long-range overwater flights.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 18E
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 18F
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 18G
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 18H