Pilatus PC-12
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The Pilatus PC-12 is a Swiss single-engine turboprop aircraft renowned for its versatility, combining executive transport, cargo, and commuter roles with short takeoff and landing capability.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pilatus PC-12 canonical | 6 |
| PC-12 | 1 |
| Pilatus PC-12/45 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6372694 — 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: Pilatus PC-12 Context triple: [Pilatus Aircraft, notableProduct, Pilatus PC-12]
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A.
Pilatus PC-21
The Pilatus PC-21 is a Swiss-made, next-generation turboprop military trainer aircraft designed to provide jet-like performance and advanced training capabilities for fighter pilots.
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B.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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C.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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D.
Beechcraft Baron
The Beechcraft Baron is a popular American twin-engine light aircraft known for its performance, reliability, and use in both private and business aviation.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- 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: Pilatus PC-12 Target entity description: The Pilatus PC-12 is a Swiss single-engine turboprop aircraft renowned for its versatility, combining executive transport, cargo, and commuter roles with short takeoff and landing capability.
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A.
Pilatus PC-21
The Pilatus PC-21 is a Swiss-made, next-generation turboprop military trainer aircraft designed to provide jet-like performance and advanced training capabilities for fighter pilots.
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B.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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C.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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D.
Beechcraft Baron
The Beechcraft Baron is a popular American twin-engine light aircraft known for its performance, reliability, and use in both private and business aviation.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single-engine aircraft
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turboprop aircraft ⓘ utility aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| avionics | glass cockpit (later variants) ⓘ |
| cabinAccess |
aft cargo door
ⓘ
air-stair door ⓘ |
| configuration | pressurized cabin with flat floor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| engineModel | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1991-05-31 ⓘ |
| fuselageConstruction | all-metal ⓘ |
| introduced | 1994 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Pilatus Aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturerLocation | Stans, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment | single-engine turboprop business aircraft ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 9 ⓘ |
| militaryDesignation | U-28A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large cargo door
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pressurized cabin ⓘ short takeoff and landing capability ⓘ single-pilot operation ⓘ |
| operator |
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplantCount | 1 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
air ambulance service
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business aviation ⓘ cargo operations ⓘ regional airline service ⓘ |
| role |
air ambulance
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cargo transport ⓘ commuter aircraft ⓘ executive transport ⓘ special missions aircraft ⓘ |
| status | in production ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 6 ⓘ |
| variant |
Pilatus PC-12 NG
NERFINISHED
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Pilatus PC-12 NGX NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilatus PC-12/41 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilatus PC-12/45 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilatus PC-12/47 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| wingConstruction | all-metal ⓘ |
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: Pilatus PC-12 Description of subject: The Pilatus PC-12 is a Swiss single-engine turboprop aircraft renowned for its versatility, combining executive transport, cargo, and commuter roles with short takeoff and landing capability.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PC-12
this entity surface form:
Pilatus PC-12/45
subject surface form:
Air Force Base Waterkloof