Dornier Do X
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The Dornier Do X was a massive German flying boat of the late 1920s and early 1930s, famous for being one of the largest and most ambitious passenger aircraft of its time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dornier Do X canonical | 2 |
| Dornier Do X flying boat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2358436 — 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 X Context triple: [Dornier Flugzeugwerke, designed, Dornier Do X]
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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.
Junkers F 13
The Junkers F 13 was a pioneering all-metal, low-wing monoplane airliner introduced in 1919 and widely regarded as the world’s first modern passenger aircraft.
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C.
Dornier Do 18
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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D.
Junkers G 38
The Junkers G 38 was a large German four-engined transport aircraft of the late 1920s and early 1930s, notable for its distinctive thick wing that housed passenger cabins.
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E.
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.
- 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 X Target entity description: The Dornier Do X was a massive German flying boat of the late 1920s and early 1930s, famous for being one of the largest and most ambitious passenger aircraft of its time.
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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.
Junkers F 13
The Junkers F 13 was a pioneering all-metal, low-wing monoplane airliner introduced in 1919 and widely regarded as the world’s first modern passenger aircraft.
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C.
Dornier Do 18
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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D.
Junkers G 38
The Junkers G 38 was a large German four-engined transport aircraft of the late 1920s and early 1930s, notable for its distinctive thick wing that housed passenger cabins.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flying boat
ⓘ
passenger aircraft ⓘ seaplane ⓘ |
| category |
1920s German aircraft
ⓘ
flying boats ⓘ multi-engine aircraft ⓘ |
| construction |
all-metal hull
ⓘ
parasol wing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crew |
10
ⓘ
14 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 175 km/h ⓘ |
| designer | Claude Dornier ⓘ |
| emptyWeight | 28,250 kg ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration |
push-pull pairs
ⓘ
six nacelles ⓘ |
| engineType | liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| fame |
one of the largest aircraft of its time
ⓘ
symbol of German aeronautical ambition in the late 1920s ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1929-07-12 ⓘ |
| firstFlightLocation |
Lake Constance
ⓘ
surface form:
Bodensee
Friedrichshafen ⓘ Lake Constance ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| grossWeight | 56,000 kg ⓘ |
| height | 10.15 m ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| landingGear | hull-based water landing ⓘ |
| length | 40.05 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 100 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 210 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 56,000 kg ⓘ |
| museumDisplay | Deutsches Museum ⓘ |
| museumDisplayCity | Munich ⓘ |
| notableEvent | carried a record number of passengers on a single flight in 1929 ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 12 ⓘ |
| operator |
Lufthansa
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutsche Luft Hansa
Ministry of Defence of Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Ministry
|
| passengerCapacity | 66 ⓘ |
| powerplant | Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror V-12 engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Lufthansa
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutsche Luft Hansa
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure ⓘ
surface form:
German Ministry of Transport
|
| propulsion | propeller ⓘ |
| range | 1,700 km ⓘ |
| recordPassengerLoad |
169
ⓘ
170 ⓘ |
| registration | D-1929 ⓘ |
| retirementYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| role | long-range passenger transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 3,200 m ⓘ |
| status |
museum exhibit
ⓘ
retired ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | triple tail ⓘ |
| variant |
Do X1a
ⓘ
Do X2a ⓘ Do X3a ⓘ |
| wingArea | 450 m² ⓘ |
| wingspan | 48.00 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 X Description of subject: The Dornier Do X was a massive German flying boat of the late 1920s and early 1930s, famous for being one of the largest and most ambitious passenger aircraft of its time.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do X flying boat