Trident jet
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The Trident jet is a British-designed tri-jet airliner, formally known as the Hawker Siddeley Trident, that was widely used in the 1960s and 1970s for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trident jet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6112352 — 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: Trident jet Context triple: [Lin Liguo, aircraftInvolved, Trident jet]
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A.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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B.
Pulqui II jet fighter
The Pulqui II jet fighter was an Argentine-designed, swept-wing, early jet fighter prototype developed in the late 1940s–1950s under the direction of German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank.
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C.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing U.S. Navy fighter aircraft renowned for its long-range air superiority, fleet defense, and iconic role in the Cold War and popular culture.
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D.
Alpha Jet
The Alpha Jet is a light attack and advanced jet trainer aircraft developed jointly by France and Germany in the 1970s and widely used for pilot training and tactical support roles.
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E.
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell F-4 Phantom II is a twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that became one of the most widely used and iconic combat aircraft of the Cold War era.
- 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: Trident jet Target entity description: The Trident jet is a British-designed tri-jet airliner, formally known as the Hawker Siddeley Trident, that was widely used in the 1960s and 1970s for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
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A.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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B.
Pulqui II jet fighter
The Pulqui II jet fighter was an Argentine-designed, swept-wing, early jet fighter prototype developed in the late 1940s–1950s under the direction of German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank.
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C.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing U.S. Navy fighter aircraft renowned for its long-range air superiority, fleet defense, and iconic role in the Cold War and popular culture.
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D.
Alpha Jet
The Alpha Jet is a light attack and advanced jet trainer aircraft developed jointly by France and Germany in the 1970s and widely used for pilot training and tactical support roles.
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E.
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell F-4 Phantom II is a twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that became one of the most widely used and iconic combat aircraft of the Cold War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet airliner
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narrow-body airliner ⓘ tri-jet ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Trident 1C
NERFINISHED
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Trident 1E NERFINISHED ⓘ Trident 2E NERFINISHED ⓘ Trident 3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airlineOperator |
BKS Air Transport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ CAAC Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Channel Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprus Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuwait Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan International Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
HS Trident
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trident jet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 980 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
medium-haul routes
ⓘ
short-haul routes ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | three rear-mounted turbofan engines ⓘ |
| engineType | Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1962-01-09 ⓘ |
| firstOperator | British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 1964 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hawker Siddeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 180 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
equipped for automatic landing in low visibility
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one of the first airliners with autoland capability ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 117 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 3 ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
British Airways
NERFINISHED
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British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ CAAC Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Aviation Administration of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1978 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1962 ⓘ |
| range | 3000 km ⓘ |
| retired | 1995 ⓘ |
| role | short- to medium-haul airliner ⓘ |
| successorAircraft |
Airbus A320 family
NERFINISHED
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Boeing 727 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 737 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 115 ⓘ |
| usedInDecade |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing ⓘ |
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: Trident jet Description of subject: The Trident jet is a British-designed tri-jet airliner, formally known as the Hawker Siddeley Trident, that was widely used in the 1960s and 1970s for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.