Cessna 172
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The Cessna 172 is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing light aircraft widely used worldwide for flight training and personal aviation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cessna 172 canonical | 3 |
| Cessna 172 Skyhawk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10372738 — 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: Cessna 172 Context triple: [Cessna, hasModel, Cessna 172]
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A.
Cessna 152
The Cessna 152 is a popular two-seat, single-engine light aircraft widely used around the world for pilot training and recreational flying.
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B.
Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a popular two-seat, single-engine light aircraft widely used around the world for flight training and personal flying.
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C.
Beechcraft Bonanza
The Beechcraft Bonanza is a long-running, high-performance single-engine general aviation aircraft renowned for its distinctive V-tail (in early models) and popularity among private pilots.
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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.
Beechcraft Skipper
The Beechcraft Skipper is a two-seat, single-engine light training aircraft designed for flight instruction and general aviation use.
- 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: Cessna 172 Target entity description: The Cessna 172 is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing light aircraft widely used worldwide for flight training and personal aviation.
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A.
Cessna 152
The Cessna 152 is a popular two-seat, single-engine light aircraft widely used around the world for pilot training and recreational flying.
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B.
Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a popular two-seat, single-engine light aircraft widely used around the world for flight training and personal flying.
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C.
Beechcraft Bonanza
The Beechcraft Bonanza is a long-running, high-performance single-engine general aviation aircraft renowned for its distinctive V-tail (in early models) and popularity among private pilots.
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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.
Beechcraft Skipper
The Beechcraft Skipper is a two-seat, single-engine light training aircraft designed for flight instruction and general aviation use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil utility aircraft
ⓘ
high-wing aircraft ⓘ light aircraft ⓘ |
| category | general aviation aircraft ⓘ |
| configuration | single-engine tractor configuration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1955 ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | aluminum alloy ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cessna 172P NERFINISHED ⓘ Cessna 172R NERFINISHED ⓘ Cessna 172S NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 2.72 m ⓘ |
| icaoAircraftTypeDesignator | C172 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 1956 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 8.28 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Cessna Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 1111 kg ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
docile handling characteristics
ⓘ
fixed tricycle landing gear ⓘ one of the most produced aircraft in history ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 44000 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | 3 ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Lycoming O-320
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lycoming O-360 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
air taxi
ⓘ
flight training ⓘ personal aviation ⓘ |
| productionStatus | in production ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 4 ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 13000 feet ⓘ |
| successorTo | Cessna 170 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| tailwheelOrNosewheel | nosewheel ⓘ |
| typicalAvionics | Garmin G1000 glass cockpit (later models) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalCruiseSpeed | 122 knots ⓘ |
| typicalRange | 640 nautical miles ⓘ |
| usedBy | flight schools worldwide ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerial photography
ⓘ
instrument training ⓘ private pilot training ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingMaterial | aluminum alloy ⓘ |
| wingSpan | 11.0 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: Cessna 172 Description of subject: The Cessna 172 is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing light aircraft widely used worldwide for flight training and personal aviation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cessna 172 Skyhawk