Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
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The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft that formed the backbone of the Armée de l’Air’s frontline fighter force at the start of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11701585 — 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: Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Context triple: [Hispano-Suiza 12Y, notableUserAircraft, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406]
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A.
Morane-Saulnier Type L
The Morane-Saulnier Type L was a French World War I parasol-wing monoplane used primarily for reconnaissance and early fighter duties.
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B.
Dewoitine D.520
The Dewoitine D.520 was a French World War II-era single-seat fighter aircraft regarded as one of France’s most capable and modern fighters during the early stages of the war.
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C.
Dewoitine D.372
The Dewoitine D.372 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s that saw combat service in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
Breguet 27
The Breguet 27 was a French reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft of the interwar period, used primarily in the early 1930s.
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E.
Dassault Super Mystère
The Dassault Super Mystère is a French-built 1950s jet fighter-bomber notable as one of the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter operational service.
- 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: Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Target entity description: The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft that formed the backbone of the Armée de l’Air’s frontline fighter force at the start of World War II.
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A.
Morane-Saulnier Type L
The Morane-Saulnier Type L was a French World War I parasol-wing monoplane used primarily for reconnaissance and early fighter duties.
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B.
Dewoitine D.520
The Dewoitine D.520 was a French World War II-era single-seat fighter aircraft regarded as one of France’s most capable and modern fighters during the early stages of the war.
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C.
Dewoitine D.372
The Dewoitine D.372 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s that saw combat service in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
Breguet 27
The Breguet 27 was a French reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft of the interwar period, used primarily in the early 1930s.
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E.
Dassault Super Mystère
The Dassault Super Mystère is a French-built 1950s jet fighter-bomber notable as one of the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter operational service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
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fighter aircraft ⓘ monoplane ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
1 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon
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2 × 7.5 mm MAC 1934 machine guns ⓘ |
| cockpit | enclosed cockpit ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| construction | mixed wood-and-metal construction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| derivedVariant | Morane-Saulnier M.S.410 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ |
| engineType | Hispano-Suiza 12Y-31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Armée de l’Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1935-08-08 ⓘ |
| fuselageCovering | fabric-covered rear fuselage ⓘ |
| introduced | 1938 ⓘ |
| licenseBuiltAs |
D-3800
NERFINISHED
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D-3801 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mörkö-Morane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Morane-Saulnier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
approximately 302 mph
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approximately 486 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFor | being numerically the most important French fighter in 1940 ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 1,000 ⓘ |
| powerplantCount | 1 ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Armée de l’Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | late 1930s to early 1940s ⓘ |
| propeller | three-bladed propeller ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Dewoitine D.520 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | fighter ⓘ |
| sawActionIn | Battle of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusAtWWIIStart | backbone of French fighter force ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail unit ⓘ |
| undercarriage | retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Croatia
NERFINISHED
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Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Free French Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Vichy France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Description of subject: The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft that formed the backbone of the Armée de l’Air’s frontline fighter force at the start of World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hispano-Suiza 12Y