Boeing 737 MAX
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The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of modern, fuel-efficient narrow-body airliners developed by Boeing as the latest generation of its long-running 737 series, notable for its advanced engines, aerodynamic improvements, and the safety controversies following two fatal crashes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boeing 737 MAX canonical | 6 |
| Boeing 737 MAX family | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5848584 — 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: Boeing 737 MAX Context triple: [Boeing 737 MAX 8, partOfSeries, Boeing 737 MAX]
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A.
Boeing 737 MAX 8
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is a modern, fuel-efficient narrow-body airliner in Boeing’s 737 MAX family, widely used for short- to medium-haul commercial flights and known for its advanced engines and controversial grounding following two fatal crashes.
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B.
Boeing 737 MAX 9
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 is a stretched, re-engined member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family designed for higher passenger capacity and improved fuel efficiency on short- to medium-haul routes.
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C.
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
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D.
Boeing 737 MAX 10
The Boeing 737 MAX 10 is the largest and longest-range variant of Boeing’s 737 MAX family, designed to compete with high-capacity single-aisle jets like the Airbus A321neo.
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E.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-haul, wide-body commercial airliner known for its fuel efficiency, extensive use of composite materials, and advanced passenger comfort features.
- 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: Boeing 737 MAX Target entity description: The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of modern, fuel-efficient narrow-body airliners developed by Boeing as the latest generation of its long-running 737 series, notable for its advanced engines, aerodynamic improvements, and the safety controversies following two fatal crashes.
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A.
Boeing 737 MAX 8
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is a modern, fuel-efficient narrow-body airliner in Boeing’s 737 MAX family, widely used for short- to medium-haul commercial flights and known for its advanced engines and controversial grounding following two fatal crashes.
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B.
Boeing 737 MAX 9
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 is a stretched, re-engined member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family designed for higher passenger capacity and improved fuel efficiency on short- to medium-haul routes.
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C.
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a widely used narrow-body commercial jet airliner known for being one of the best-selling passenger aircraft in aviation history.
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D.
Boeing 737 MAX 10
The Boeing 737 MAX 10 is the largest and longest-range variant of Boeing’s 737 MAX family, designed to compete with high-capacity single-aisle jets like the Airbus A321neo.
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E.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-haul, wide-body commercial airliner known for its fuel efficiency, extensive use of composite materials, and advanced passenger comfort features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Boeing 737 family variant
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narrow-body jet airliner family ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MCAS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | transport-category airplane ⓘ |
| aircraftGeneration | fourth generation of Boeing 737 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Boeing 737 Next Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cockpitCrew | two pilots ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crash |
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lion Air Flight 610 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crashDate |
2018-10-29
ⓘ
2019-03-10 ⓘ |
| crashLocation |
Java Sea, Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Bishoftu, Ethiopia ⓘ |
| designFeature |
advanced CFM LEAP-1B engines with larger fan diameter
ⓘ
fly-by-wire spoilers ⓘ revised tail cone and aerodynamic improvements ⓘ split-tip winglets ⓘ updated flight deck displays ⓘ |
| EASAUnGroundingDate | 2021-01-27 ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Malindo Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FAAUnGroundingDate | 2020-11-18 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2016-01-29 ⓘ |
| fuelEfficiencyClaim | up to 14 percent better fuel efficiency than 737NG ⓘ |
| fuselageType | narrow-body ⓘ |
| globalGrounding | 2019-03 ⓘ |
| groundedBy |
Civil Aviation Administration of China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Union Aviation Safety Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Aviation Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 2017-05-22 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing Commercial Airplanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment | single-aisle jet market ⓘ |
| notableCustomer |
American Airlines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethiopian Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Lion Air NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryanair NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ United Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfVariants | 4 main variants ⓘ |
| predecessor | Boeing 737 Next Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAssemblyLocation | Renton, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCompetitor | Airbus A320neo family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEngines | CFM International LEAP-1B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programLaunch | 2011-08-30 ⓘ |
| rangeClass | medium-haul ⓘ |
| returnToServiceApprovalBy | Federal Aviation Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | passenger airliner ⓘ |
| safetyControversy | MCAS behavior and sensor redundancy ⓘ |
| softwareSystem | Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
in commercial service
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in production ⓘ |
| typicalSeating | 138–230 passengers ⓘ |
| variant |
737 MAX 10
NERFINISHED
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737 MAX 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ 737 MAX 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 737 MAX 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingletType | Advanced Technology winglets ⓘ |
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: Boeing 737 MAX Description of subject: The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of modern, fuel-efficient narrow-body airliners developed by Boeing as the latest generation of its long-running 737 series, notable for its advanced engines, aerodynamic improvements, and the safety controversies following two fatal crashes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boeing 737 MAX family
this entity surface form:
Boeing 737 MAX family