Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
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The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner and military transport aircraft developed in the 1950s, known for its distinctive triple-tail design and use by major airlines and air forces worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation canonical | 2 |
| Lockheed Constellation family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6712120 — 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: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Context triple: [Civil Air Transport, aircraftUsed, Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation]
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A.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
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B.
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large, luxurious post–World War II long-range airliner derived from the C-97 Stratofreighter, noted for its double-deck cabin and use on premier international routes.
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C.
Douglas DC-6
The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
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D.
Douglas DC-7
The Douglas DC-7 is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner introduced in the 1950s, known as one of the last major piston-powered transports before the jet age.
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E.
Douglas DC-4
The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine propeller-driven airliner developed in the 1940s that became a widely used long-range civilian transport aircraft after World War II.
- 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: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Target entity description: The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner and military transport aircraft developed in the 1950s, known for its distinctive triple-tail design and use by major airlines and air forces worldwide.
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A.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
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B.
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large, luxurious post–World War II long-range airliner derived from the C-97 Stratofreighter, noted for its double-deck cabin and use on premier international routes.
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C.
Douglas DC-6
The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
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D.
Douglas DC-7
The Douglas DC-7 is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner introduced in the 1950s, known as one of the last major piston-powered transports before the jet age.
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E.
Douglas DC-4
The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine propeller-driven airliner developed in the 1940s that became a widely used long-range civilian transport aircraft after World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airliner
ⓘ
piston-engined aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| airlineOperator |
Air France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KLM NERFINISHED ⓘ Lufthansa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pan American World Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Qantas NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans World Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Varig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | ~480 km/h ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
curved dolphin-shaped fuselage
ⓘ
triple-tail design ⓘ |
| engineModel | Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1950-07-14 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lockheed L-1649 Starliner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 7.6 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1951 ⓘ |
| length | 35.4 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 109 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | ~530 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 62400 kg ⓘ |
| militaryDesignation |
C-121
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R7V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryOperator |
French Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUse |
long-range military transport
ⓘ
transatlantic passenger service ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 579 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Lockheed Constellation family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Lockheed L-749 Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | long-range airliner ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1951–1959 ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller-driven ⓘ |
| range | ~8100 km ⓘ |
| retired | 1970s ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | ~7300 m ⓘ |
| successorInRole | Boeing 707 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 62 ⓘ |
| variant |
L-1049G Super Constellation
NERFINISHED
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L-1049H Super Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingspan | 37.5 m ⓘ |
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: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Description of subject: The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner and military transport aircraft developed in the 1950s, known for its distinctive triple-tail design and use by major airlines and air forces worldwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lockheed C-69 Constellation
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Constellation family