Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
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The Douglas C-118 Liftmaster is a military transport aircraft developed from the DC-6 airliner and used primarily by the United States Air Force and Navy for long-range cargo and personnel transport.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C-118 Liftmaster | 1 |
| Douglas C-118 Liftmaster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4788331 — 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: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster Context triple: [Douglas C-54 Skymaster, successor, Douglas C-118 Liftmaster]
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A.
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster was a large, turboprop-powered U.S. military transport aircraft used primarily by the Air Force for heavy and outsized cargo airlift during the Cold War era.
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B.
C-141 Starlifter
The C-141 Starlifter is a retired U.S. Air Force strategic airlifter designed to rapidly transport troops, cargo, and equipment over long distances.
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C.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
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D.
Fairchild C-82 Packet
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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E.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and other operators from the late 1940s through the 1960s for cargo, troop, and paratroop 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: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster Target entity description: The Douglas C-118 Liftmaster is a military transport aircraft developed from the DC-6 airliner and used primarily by the United States Air Force and Navy for long-range cargo and personnel transport.
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A.
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster was a large, turboprop-powered U.S. military transport aircraft used primarily by the Air Force for heavy and outsized cargo airlift during the Cold War era.
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B.
C-141 Starlifter
The C-141 Starlifter is a retired U.S. Air Force strategic airlifter designed to rapidly transport troops, cargo, and equipment over long distances.
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C.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
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D.
Fairchild C-82 Packet
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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E.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and other operators from the late 1940s through the 1960s for cargo, troop, and paratroop operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
four‑engined propeller aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | fixed‑wing aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeConfiguration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| basedOnAirliner |
Douglas DC-6A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglas DC-6B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | transport aircraft of the United States ⓘ |
| construction | all‑metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | typically 4 to 5 ⓘ |
| derivedFromCivilModel | DC-6 military variant ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Douglas DC-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineModelFamily | Pratt & Whitney R‑2800 Double Wasp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
United States Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuselageType | pressurized ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryDesignationUSAF | C-118 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryDesignationUSN | R6D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Liftmaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfEnginesType | four‑engine ⓘ |
| operator |
Military Air Transport Service
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Military Airlift Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplantManufacturer | Pratt & Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
long‑range cargo transport
ⓘ
personnel transport ⓘ |
| propellerConfiguration | four‑bladed propellers ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller‑driven ⓘ |
| rangeClass | long‑range ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| successorInRole |
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed C-141 Starlifter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase | intercontinental transport missions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ United States armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VIP transport
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| wingType | cantilever 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: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster Description of subject: The Douglas C-118 Liftmaster is a military transport aircraft developed from the DC-6 airliner and used primarily by the United States Air Force and Navy for long-range cargo and personnel transport.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
C-118 Liftmaster