CFM International CFM56-5B
E295477
The CFM International CFM56-5B is a high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on Airbus A320-family aircraft, known for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and extensive service record in commercial aviation.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CFM International | 1 |
| CFM International CFM56 | 1 |
| CFM International CFM56-5B canonical | 1 |
| CFM56-5B PIP (Performance Improvement Package) | 1 |
| CFM56-5B10 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B3 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B4 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B4/P | 1 |
| CFM56-5B5 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B6 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B7 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B8 | 1 |
| CFM56-5B9 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2754422 — 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: CFM International CFM56-5B Context triple: [Airbus A318, engineOption, CFM International CFM56-5B]
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A.
CFM International CFM56-7B turbofan
The CFM International CFM56-7B is a high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on modern commercial and military aircraft, particularly the Boeing 737 Next Generation series.
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B.
Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
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C.
Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that was pioneering in its use of advanced materials and technology and became a cornerstone powerplant for wide-body airliners.
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D.
General Electric CF6
The General Electric CF6 is a widely used high-bypass turbofan aircraft engine that powers numerous commercial and military wide-body airliners.
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E.
General Electric CF34-10E
The General Electric CF34-10E is a high-bypass turbofan engine developed by GE Aviation to power modern regional jets, particularly optimized for efficiency, reliability, and low emissions.
- 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: CFM International CFM56-5B Target entity description: The CFM International CFM56-5B is a high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on Airbus A320-family aircraft, known for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and extensive service record in commercial aviation.
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A.
CFM International CFM56-7B turbofan
The CFM International CFM56-7B is a high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on modern commercial and military aircraft, particularly the Boeing 737 Next Generation series.
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B.
Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
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C.
Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that was pioneering in its use of advanced materials and technology and became a cornerstone powerplant for wide-body airliners.
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D.
General Electric CF6
The General Electric CF6 is a widely used high-bypass turbofan aircraft engine that powers numerous commercial and military wide-body airliners.
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E.
General Electric CF34-10E
The General Electric CF34-10E is a high-bypass turbofan engine developed by GE Aviation to power modern regional jets, particularly optimized for efficiency, reliability, and low emissions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-bypass turbofan engine
ⓘ
turbofan engine ⓘ |
| applicationSector | civil aviation ⓘ |
| bypassRatio | high bypass ratio ⓘ |
| certifiedFor | ETOPS operations ⓘ |
| countryOfManufacture |
France
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designFeature |
annular combustor
ⓘ
axial-flow ⓘ dual-spool ⓘ high-pressure compressor ⓘ high-pressure turbine ⓘ low-pressure compressor ⓘ low-pressure turbine ⓘ |
| emissionsCompliance | ICAO CAEP standards ⓘ |
| fuelType |
Jet-A
ⓘ
Jet-A1 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
CFM International CFM56-5B
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B10
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B3
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B4
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B5
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B6
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B7
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B8
CFM International CFM56-5B self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B9
|
| intendedUse | short- to medium-haul commercial flights ⓘ |
| introductionContext | developed for Airbus A320-family performance and noise requirements ⓘ |
| jointVenturePartners |
GE Aviation
ⓘ
surface form:
GE Aerospace
Safran Aircraft Engines ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Safran Aircraft Engines
ⓘ
surface form:
CFM International
|
| marketRole | workhorse engine for Airbus A320-family ⓘ |
| noiseCompliance |
ICAO Chapter 3
ⓘ
ICAO Chapter 4 ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
extensive service record in commercial aviation
ⓘ
fuel efficiency ⓘ high reliability ⓘ long time on wing ⓘ |
| operatorType | commercial airlines ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
CFM International CFM56
ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56 engine family
|
| primaryApplication |
Airbus A320 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Airbus A320-family aircraft
|
| supports | FADEC control ⓘ |
| thrustClass | 22000–33000 lbf ⓘ |
| upgradePath |
CFM International CFM56-5B
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CFM56-5B PIP (Performance Improvement Package)
|
| usedOnAircraft |
Airbus A318
ⓘ
Airbus A319 ⓘ Airbus A320-200 ⓘ
surface form:
Airbus A320
Airbus A321 ⓘ |
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: CFM International CFM56-5B Description of subject: The CFM International CFM56-5B is a high-bypass turbofan engine widely used on Airbus A320-family aircraft, known for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and extensive service record in commercial aviation.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CFM International CFM56
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B4/P
this entity surface form:
CFM International
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B4
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B5
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B6
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B7
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B8
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B9
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B10
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B3
this entity surface form:
CFM56-5B PIP (Performance Improvement Package)