Convair B-36 Peacemaker
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The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a massive American intercontinental strategic bomber of the early Cold War era, notable for its unprecedented range and role as a key component of the United States' nuclear deterrent before the advent of jet-powered bombers.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Convair B-36 Peacemaker canonical | 5 |
| B-36 Peacemaker | 3 |
| B-36A | 1 |
| B-36B | 1 |
| B-36D | 1 |
| B-36F | 1 |
| B-36H | 1 |
| Convair B-36 Peacemaker (testbed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2494537 — 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: Convair B-36 Peacemaker Context triple: [Convair, notableProduct, Convair B-36 Peacemaker]
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A.
B-50 Superfortress
The B-50 Superfortress was a post–World War II American strategic bomber developed from the B-29 with more powerful engines and structural improvements for long-range nuclear and reconnaissance missions.
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B.
B-29 Superfortress
The B-29 Superfortress was a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber developed by the United States during World War II, notable for its advanced technology and its role in strategic bombing campaigns over Japan.
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C.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force since the 1950s, renowned for its heavy payload capacity and exceptional longevity in service.
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D.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
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E.
Hughes H-4 Hercules
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," is a massive experimental World War II-era flying boat and the largest wooden aircraft ever built.
- 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: Convair B-36 Peacemaker Target entity description: The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a massive American intercontinental strategic bomber of the early Cold War era, notable for its unprecedented range and role as a key component of the United States' nuclear deterrent before the advent of jet-powered bombers.
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A.
B-50 Superfortress
The B-50 Superfortress was a post–World War II American strategic bomber developed from the B-29 with more powerful engines and structural improvements for long-range nuclear and reconnaissance missions.
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B.
B-29 Superfortress
The B-29 Superfortress was a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber developed by the United States during World War II, notable for its advanced technology and its role in strategic bombing campaigns over Japan.
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C.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force since the 1950s, renowned for its heavy payload capacity and exceptional longevity in service.
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D.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
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E.
Hughes H-4 Hercules
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," is a massive experimental World War II-era flying boat and the largest wooden aircraft ever built.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force bomber
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intercontinental bomber ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ strategic bomber ⓘ |
| aircraftType | six‑piston‑engine, four‑jet‑assisted bomber ⓘ |
| armament |
conventional bombs
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nuclear bombs ⓘ up to 39,000 kg of bombs ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal, mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crew |
15
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up to 16 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | about 370 km/h ⓘ |
| defensiveArmament | 16 × 20 mm cannons on early variants ⓘ |
| designedFor | intercontinental range without refueling ⓘ |
| designedToCounter | potential German and Japanese threats in World War II ⓘ |
| emptyWeight | approximately 82,000 kg ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | pusher propellers ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1946-08-08 ⓘ |
| height | 14.25 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1949 ⓘ |
| laterRole | deterrent against the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| length | 49.4 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Convair ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 700 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | approximately 186,000 kg ⓘ |
| nicknamed | Peacemaker ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first operational bomber capable of delivering any nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal without modification
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longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 384 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Strategic Air Command from 1948 to 1959 ⓘ |
| powerplant |
4 × General Electric J47 turbojet engines on later variants
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6 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| range | over 16,000 km ⓘ |
| retired | 1959 ⓘ |
| role |
nuclear deterrent
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strategic bombing ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 13,000 m ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
B-47 Stratojet
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surface form:
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ |
| usedBy | Strategic Air Command ⓘ |
| variant |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
B-36A
Convair B-36 Peacemaker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
B-36B
Convair B-36 Peacemaker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
B-36D
Convair B-36 Peacemaker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
B-36F
Convair B-36 Peacemaker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
B-36H
RB-36 reconnaissance versions ⓘ |
| wingArea | 443.3 m² ⓘ |
| wingspan | 70.1 m ⓘ |
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: Convair B-36 Peacemaker Description of subject: The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a massive American intercontinental strategic bomber of the early Cold War era, notable for its unprecedented range and role as a key component of the United States' nuclear deterrent before the advent of jet-powered bombers.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
B-36 Peacemaker
this entity surface form:
B-36 Peacemaker
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form:
Convair B-36 Peacemaker (testbed)
this entity surface form:
B-36A
this entity surface form:
B-36B
this entity surface form:
B-36D
this entity surface form:
B-36F
this entity surface form:
B-36H
subject surface form:
Walker Air Force Base
this entity surface form:
B-36 Peacemaker