Antonov An-72
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The Antonov An-72 is a Soviet-designed short takeoff and landing (STOL) transport aircraft known for its distinctive overwing engine configuration and use in both military and civilian roles.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antonov An-74 | 2 |
| Antonov An-148 | 1 |
| Antonov An-72 canonical | 1 |
| Antonov An-72A | 1 |
| Antonov An-72P | 1 |
| Antonov An-72S | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911882 — 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: Antonov An-72 Context triple: [Military Transport Aviation, aircraftOperated, Antonov An-72]
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
Antonov An-26
The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engine Soviet-era turboprop transport aircraft widely used for military and cargo operations around the world.
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C.
Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
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D.
Antonov An-10
The Antonov An-10 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner that was also adapted for military transport roles.
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E.
Antonov An-8
The Antonov An-8 is a Soviet-era twin-turboprop military transport aircraft designed in the 1950s for medium-range cargo and troop airlift operations.
- 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: Antonov An-72 Target entity description: The Antonov An-72 is a Soviet-designed short takeoff and landing (STOL) transport aircraft known for its distinctive overwing engine configuration and use in both military and civilian roles.
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A.
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for hot-and-high operations, widely used for tactical airlift and cargo missions.
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B.
Antonov An-26
The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engine Soviet-era turboprop transport aircraft widely used for military and cargo operations around the world.
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C.
Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft widely used for cargo and troop transport by numerous air forces and civilian operators around the world.
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D.
Antonov An-10
The Antonov An-10 is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop airliner that was also adapted for military transport roles.
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E.
Antonov An-8
The Antonov An-8 is a Soviet-era twin-turboprop military transport aircraft designed in the 1950s for medium-range cargo and troop airlift operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
STOL aircraft
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Soviet aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ twin-engine jet transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | transport ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity | around 7,500 kg ⓘ |
| cargoHoldAccess | rear loading ramp ⓘ |
| configuration | high-wing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew |
2 pilots and 1 flight engineer
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3 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
operations from short runways
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operations from unpaved airstrips ⓘ |
| designFeature |
Coandă-effect overwing engine placement
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T-tail ⓘ pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | overwing engines ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1977-12-22 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | tubular semi-monocoque ⓘ |
| height | approximately 8.6 m ⓘ |
| introduced | mid-1980s ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle retractable landing gear ⓘ |
| length | approximately 26 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Antonov Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | around 700 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 34,500 kg ⓘ |
| NATOreportingName | Coaler ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4,000 km ⓘ |
| role |
cargo transport
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civilian cargo ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ paratroop transport ⓘ tactical transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | around 10,000 m ⓘ |
| successorOrDerivative |
Antonov An-72
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Antonov An-74
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| tailType | T-tail ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLandingCapability | short takeoff and landing ⓘ |
| typicalEngineModel | Lotarev D-36 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Russian Air Force
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Ukrainian Air Force ⓘ various civilian operators ⓘ |
| variant |
Antonov An-72
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Antonov An-72A
Antonov An-72 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-72P
Antonov An-72 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-72S
Antonov An-72 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-74
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| wingspan | approximately 31 m ⓘ |
| wingType | swept 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: Antonov An-72 Description of subject: The Antonov An-72 is a Soviet-designed short takeoff and landing (STOL) transport aircraft known for its distinctive overwing engine configuration and use in both military and civilian roles.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Antonov An-158
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-148
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-72A
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-72P
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-72S
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-74
this entity surface form:
Antonov An-74