Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
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The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2918816 — 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: Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine Context triple: [M46 Patton tank, engine, Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine]
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A.
Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
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B.
Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine
The Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine was a large, liquid-cooled, inverted V12 aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War II, known for powering high-performance Luftwaffe aircraft such as night fighters and heavy fighters.
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C.
Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
The Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine is a liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine widely used in the 1930s and World War II, notably powering various European fighter aircraft.
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D.
Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
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E.
BMW 801 radial engine
The BMW 801 radial engine was a powerful German World War II air-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers, noted for its reliability and advanced engineering.
- 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: Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine Target entity description: The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
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A.
Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
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B.
Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine
The Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine was a large, liquid-cooled, inverted V12 aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War II, known for powering high-performance Luftwaffe aircraft such as night fighters and heavy fighters.
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C.
Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
The Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine is a liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine widely used in the 1930s and World War II, notably powering various European fighter aircraft.
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D.
Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
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E.
BMW 801 radial engine
The BMW 801 radial engine was a powerful German World War II air-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers, noted for its reliability and advanced engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V12 engine
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gasoline engine ⓘ tank engine ⓘ |
| applicationDomain | military ⓘ |
| aspiration | naturally aspirated ⓘ |
| category | armored fighting vehicle engine ⓘ |
| configuration | V12 ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cycle | four-stroke ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | 60-degree V ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| designedFor | M46 Patton tank ⓘ |
| developmentPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| displacement | 1790 cubic inches ⓘ |
| engineLayout | longitudinal ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| family |
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Continental AV-1790 engine family
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| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | spark ignition ⓘ |
| intendedApplication |
heavy armored vehicles
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tanks ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Continental Motors ⓘ |
| mountingOrientation | rear-mounted in hull ⓘ |
| powerTransmission | connected to tank powertrain ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Army ⓘ |
| starterType | electric starter ⓘ |
| usedInVehicle |
American heavy tanks
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M46 Patton tank ⓘ
surface form:
M46 Patton
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| 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: Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine Description of subject: The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Continental AVDS-1790 diesel engine
this entity surface form:
Continental AV-1790 gasoline engine
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
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family
→
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Continental AV-1790-3
this entity surface form:
Continental AV-1790 engine family
subject surface form:
Continental AVDS-1790-2
this entity surface form:
Continental AV-1790 gasoline tank engines