Commando
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Commando is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46, a World War II-era American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military cargo and troop transport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commando canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5355854 — 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: Commando Context triple: [Curtiss C-46 Commando, nicknamed, Commando]
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A.
Commando
Commando is a 1985 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a retired special forces colonel who wages a one-man war to rescue his kidnapped daughter.
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B.
Special Police Commandos
Special Police Commandos were elite Iraqi Interior Ministry paramilitary units formed after the 2003 invasion, known for conducting high-risk counterinsurgency and urban combat operations.
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C.
Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) is an elite counterinsurgency unit of India’s Central Reserve Police Force specializing in guerrilla warfare and operations against Naxalite-Maoist insurgents.
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D.
Killer Force
Killer Force is a 1976 action-thriller film about a security chief investigating a suspected diamond heist at a South African mine.
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E.
Commando Ultra 84
Commando Ultra 84 is a prominent ultra supporters’ group known for its passionate backing of French football club Olympique de Marseille.
- 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: Commando Target entity description: Commando is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46, a World War II-era American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military cargo and troop transport.
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A.
Commando
Commando is a 1985 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a retired special forces colonel who wages a one-man war to rescue his kidnapped daughter.
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B.
Special Police Commandos
Special Police Commandos were elite Iraqi Interior Ministry paramilitary units formed after the 2003 invasion, known for conducting high-risk counterinsurgency and urban combat operations.
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C.
Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) is an elite counterinsurgency unit of India’s Central Reserve Police Force specializing in guerrilla warfare and operations against Naxalite-Maoist insurgents.
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D.
Killer Force
Killer Force is a 1976 action-thriller film about a security chief investigating a suspected diamond heist at a South African mine.
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E.
Commando Ultra 84
Commando Ultra 84 is a prominent ultra supporters’ group known for its passionate backing of French football club Olympique de Marseille.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American aircraft
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World War II aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Curtiss CW‑20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1942 ⓘ |
| hasCargoCapacity | about 15,000 lb of cargo ⓘ |
| hasCivilVariant | Curtiss CW‑20C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCrew | 4 ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
high payload for its size
ⓘ
large cargo doors ⓘ |
| hasEngineCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasEngineType | Pratt & Whitney R‑2800 Double Wasp radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFirstFlightDate | 1940‑03‑26 ⓘ |
| hasFormalDesignation | Curtiss C‑46 Commando NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFuselageType | pressurizable fuselage design (early concept, mostly unpressurized in service) ⓘ |
| hasLandingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| hasManufacturer | Curtiss‑Wright Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMaximumSpeed | approximately 270 mph ⓘ |
| hasMaximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 49,700 lb ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Commando ⓘ |
| hasPassengerCapacity | about 40 troops ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryRole |
military cargo transport
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troop transport ⓘ |
| hasRange | approximately 1,200 miles ⓘ |
| hasServiceCeiling | approximately 24,500 ft ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
C‑46A
NERFINISHED
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C‑46D NERFINISHED ⓘ C‑46F NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWingConfiguration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
China‑Burma‑India Theater logistics
NERFINISHED
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Hump airlift over the Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Theater transport missions ⓘ |
| postwarUse |
bush flying in remote regions
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civilian cargo transport ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Civilian airlines
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Japan Air Self‑Defense Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo resupply
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medical evacuation ⓘ paratroop drops ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
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: Commando Description of subject: Commando is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46, a World War II-era American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military cargo and troop transport.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.