Saab 340
E83931
The Saab 340 is a twin‑engine turboprop regional airliner widely used for short-haul passenger services around the world.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saab 340 canonical | 14 |
| Saab 340B | 4 |
| Saab 340A | 3 |
| Saab 340B Plus | 3 |
| Saab 340 (retired) | 1 |
| Saab 340 cargo conversion | 1 |
| Saab 340 regional airliner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T633785 — 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: Saab 340 Context triple: [Saab AB, notableAircraft, Saab 340]
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A.
Saab 340 AEW&C
The Saab 340 AEW&C is a Swedish airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Saab 340 airframe, equipped with advanced radar and surveillance systems for airspace monitoring and command-and-control missions.
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B.
Saab 37 Viggen
The Saab 37 Viggen is a Swedish multirole combat aircraft introduced in the 1970s, known for its distinctive canard-delta design and short takeoff and landing capability for dispersed road-base operations.
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C.
Saab 105
The Saab 105 is a Swedish twin-engine jet trainer and light attack aircraft introduced in the 1960s and used primarily by the Swedish Air Force.
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D.
Saab 32 Lansen
The Saab 32 Lansen is a Swedish Cold War-era jet aircraft designed as a multi-role attack and reconnaissance platform for the Swedish Air Force.
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E.
Saab 2000 AEW&C
The Saab 2000 AEW&C is an airborne early warning and control variant of the Saab 2000 turboprop airliner, equipped with advanced radar and surveillance systems for military reconnaissance and command-and-control missions.
- 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: Saab 340 Target entity description: The Saab 340 is a twin‑engine turboprop regional airliner widely used for short-haul passenger services around the world.
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A.
Saab 340 AEW&C
The Saab 340 AEW&C is a Swedish airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Saab 340 airframe, equipped with advanced radar and surveillance systems for airspace monitoring and command-and-control missions.
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B.
Saab 37 Viggen
The Saab 37 Viggen is a Swedish multirole combat aircraft introduced in the 1970s, known for its distinctive canard-delta design and short takeoff and landing capability for dispersed road-base operations.
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C.
Saab 105
The Saab 105 is a Swedish twin-engine jet trainer and light attack aircraft introduced in the 1960s and used primarily by the Swedish Air Force.
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D.
Saab 32 Lansen
The Saab 32 Lansen is a Swedish Cold War-era jet aircraft designed as a multi-role attack and reconnaissance platform for the Swedish Air Force.
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E.
Saab 2000 AEW&C
The Saab 2000 AEW&C is an airborne early warning and control variant of the Saab 2000 turboprop airliner, equipped with advanced radar and surveillance systems for military reconnaissance and command-and-control missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil aircraft
ⓘ
twin‑engine turboprop regional airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | short‑haul regional airliner ⓘ |
| cabinConfiguration | single‑aisle ⓘ |
| configuration | twin‑engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| crew | 2 pilots ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 280 knots ⓘ |
| developedBy | Saab‑Fairchild partnership ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Saab 2000
ⓘ
surface form:
Saab 2000 (related family, stretched derivative is Saab 2000)
|
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1983-01-25 ⓘ |
| fuelType | jet fuel ⓘ |
| height | 6.97 m ⓘ |
| icaoAircraftTypeDesignator | SF34 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1984 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle retractable landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 19.73 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Fairchild Aircraft
ⓘ
Saab AB ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | approximately 13,155 kg ⓘ |
| notableOperator |
American Eagle Airlines (now Envoy Air)
ⓘ
surface form:
American Eagle (historical)
Japan Air Commuter (historical) ⓘ Loganair ⓘ Rex Airlines ⓘ
surface form:
Regional Express Airlines (Rex)
Silver Airways ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 450 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operatorType |
civil airlines
ⓘ
military and government operators ⓘ |
| powerplant |
General Electric CT7
ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric CT7 turboprop
|
| pressurization | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| primaryUse | regional passenger transport ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1999 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1983 ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,700 km ⓘ |
| role |
commuter aircraft
ⓘ
regional airliner ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| successor | Saab 2000 ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T‑tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 30–36 ⓘ |
| typicalSeatingLayout | 1‑2 abreast ⓘ |
| variant |
Saab 340
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Saab 340 cargo conversion
Saab 340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saab 340A
Saab 340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saab 340B
Saab 340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saab 340B Plus
|
| wingConfiguration | low wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 21.44 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: Saab 340 Description of subject: The Saab 340 is a twin‑engine turboprop regional airliner widely used for short-haul passenger services around the world.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saab 340 regional airliner
this entity surface form:
Saab 340 cargo conversion
this entity surface form:
Saab 340B
this entity surface form:
Saab 340 (retired)
this entity surface form:
Saab 340A
this entity surface form:
Saab 340B
this entity surface form:
Saab 340B Plus
this entity surface form:
Saab 340A
this entity surface form:
Saab 340B
this entity surface form:
Saab 340B Plus