Dornier Do 31
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The Dornier Do 31 was a German experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet transport aircraft developed in the 1960s for potential military airlift use.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dornier Do 31 canonical | 1 |
| Dornier Do 31E1 | 1 |
| Dornier Do 31E2 | 1 |
| Dornier Do 31E3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2358442 — 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 31 Context triple: [Dornier Flugzeugwerke, designed, Dornier Do 31]
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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.
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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C.
Dornier Do J Wal
The Dornier Do J Wal was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1920s and 1930s, widely used for long-distance flights, exploration, and military patrol duties by numerous countries.
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D.
Dornier Do 27
The Dornier Do 27 is a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft introduced in the 1950s and widely used for military and civilian operations.
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E.
Dornier Do X
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.
- 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 31 Target entity description: The Dornier Do 31 was a German experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet transport aircraft developed in the 1960s for potential military airlift use.
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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.
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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C.
Dornier Do J Wal
The Dornier Do J Wal was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1920s and 1930s, widely used for long-distance flights, exploration, and military patrol duties by numerous countries.
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D.
Dornier Do 27
The Dornier Do 27 is a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft introduced in the 1950s and widely used for military and civilian operations.
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E.
Dornier Do X
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
VTOL jet transport aircraft
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experimental aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft prototype ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
experimental VTOL aircraft
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transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-engine main jets with additional lift jets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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West Germany ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designBegan | early 1960s ⓘ |
| designedFor |
German Air Force transport needs
ⓘ
NATO requirements ⓘ |
| developedFor | potential military airlift use ⓘ |
| developedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | air shows in the late 1960s ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1967-02-10 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Dornier Do 31
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dornier Do 31E1
Dornier Do 31 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 31E2
Dornier Do 31 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 31E3
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| intendedUse |
short take-off and landing operations
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tactical airlift ⓘ |
| landingGearType | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first and only VTOL jet transport aircraft to fly ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 3 ⓘ |
| operator |
German Air Force
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surface form:
West German Air Force
|
| powerplantArrangement |
fuselage-mounted cruise engines
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pod-mounted lift engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| programOutcome | cancelled ⓘ |
| programStartDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| propulsionType | jet ⓘ |
| reasonForCancellation |
changing military requirements
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high development cost ⓘ high technical complexity ⓘ |
| role |
VTOL transport
ⓘ
military airlift ⓘ |
| status |
experimental
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retired ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| takeoffType | vertical take-off and landing ⓘ |
| testRole | VTOL technology demonstrator ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VTOL research
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flight testing ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | 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: Dornier Do 31 Description of subject: The Dornier Do 31 was a German experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet transport aircraft developed in the 1960s for potential military airlift use.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 31E1
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 31E2
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 31E3