CN-235
E653332
maritime patrol aircraft
military transport aircraft
regional transport aircraft
twin‑engine turboprop aircraft
The CN-235 is a twin‑engine turboprop military and regional transport aircraft known for its short takeoff and landing capability and versatile cargo, troop, and maritime patrol roles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CN-235 canonical | 5 |
| CN-235-10 | 1 |
| CN-235-220 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7283977 — 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: CN-235 Context triple: [Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA, designed, CN-235]
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A.
Nanchang A-5
The Nanchang A-5 is a Chinese-built, twin-engine ground-attack and light bomber aircraft developed from the Shenyang J-6 fighter and exported to several countries for close air support roles.
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B.
Xian H-6
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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C.
Y-20
The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
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D.
CF-104
The CF-104 is a Canadian-built version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter optimized primarily for low-level nuclear strike and reconnaissance roles during the Cold War.
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E.
Hongdu JL-8
The Hongdu JL-8 is a Chinese-designed jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed to provide an affordable, modern training platform for fighter pilots.
- 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: CN-235 Target entity description: The CN-235 is a twin‑engine turboprop military and regional transport aircraft known for its short takeoff and landing capability and versatile cargo, troop, and maritime patrol roles.
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A.
Nanchang A-5
The Nanchang A-5 is a Chinese-built, twin-engine ground-attack and light bomber aircraft developed from the Shenyang J-6 fighter and exported to several countries for close air support roles.
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B.
Xian H-6
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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C.
Y-20
The Y-20 is a large Chinese military transport aircraft designed for strategic airlift of troops, equipment, and supplies over long distances.
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D.
CF-104
The CF-104 is a Canadian-built version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter optimized primarily for low-level nuclear strike and reconnaissance roles during the Cold War.
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E.
Hongdu JL-8
The Hongdu JL-8 is a Chinese-designed jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed to provide an affordable, modern training platform for fighter pilots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime patrol aircraft
ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ regional transport aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| cargoDoor | rear ramp door ⓘ |
| category |
STOL aircraft
ⓘ
medium transport aircraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedFor | short and unprepared airstrips ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| enteredService | mid‑1980s ⓘ |
| feature | short takeoff and landing capability ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1983 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
CN-235 MPA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CN-235-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ CN-235-100 NERFINISHED ⓘ CN-235-110M NERFINISHED ⓘ CN-235-200 NERFINISHED ⓘ CN-235-220 NERFINISHED ⓘ CN-235-300 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
CASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IPTN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 16,000 kg ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| role |
cargo transport
ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T‑tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity |
35
ⓘ
45 ⓘ |
| typicalRange | approximately 4,000 km ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bruneian government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chilean Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ French Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroccan Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistani Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Korea Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Jordanian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Malaysian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ various civilian operators ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high‑wing ⓘ |
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: CN-235 Description of subject: The CN-235 is a twin‑engine turboprop military and regional transport aircraft known for its short takeoff and landing capability and versatile cargo, troop, and maritime patrol roles.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CN-235-10
this entity surface form:
CN-235-220
subject surface form:
Royal Moroccan Air Force