{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.gotha-g-iii","code":"thing-q481067","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q481067/","name":"Gotha G.III","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.MAT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Gotha G.III was a German twin-engine pusher biplane bomber developed by Gothaer Waggonfabrik and operated by the German military aviation service during the First World War.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify the Gotha G.III aircraft type, evaluate evidence about its configuration and condition, and determine which comparisons or interventions that evidence supports.","scope":{"in":["Identification of the Gotha G.III within the Gotha bomber family","G.III airframe, propulsion, crew-station and equipment configurations","Configuration-dependent dimensions, masses and performance claims","Evidence linking serialled aircraft, photographs and components to the type","G.III-specific inspection and reconstruction decision requirements"],"out":["The Gotha bomber family as a whole or separate models of G.II, G.IV and G.V","Individual aircraft ownership, maintenance logs and incident histories except as linked evidence","The Mercedes D.IVa engine as an independently maintained product type","Bombs, machine guns and ammunition as independently modelled equipment","Military units, campaigns and bombing missions as events or organisations","Replica aircraft certification and operating permissions as independent assessments"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Require evidence naming Gotha G.III and Gothaer Waggonfabrik; the designation G.III alone does not distinguish it from another manufacturer's aircraft.","Check the twin-engine pusher biplane configuration against the identification record; this supports family membership but does not independently establish G.III identity.","Use the reported Mercedes D.IVa installation to distinguish G.III from the preceding G.II's Mercedes D.IV, while recognising that D.IVa engines alone do not distinguish it from later Gothas. [Gotha G.III overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotha_G.III)","Examine the separate ventral gun opening rather than automatically assigning the later arrangement in which the upper gun could cover the underside through the fuselage. Contemporary reporting distinguishes earlier and later arrangements without making every earlier example a G.III. [Flight, November 14, 1918, reproduced report](https://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft30020.htm)"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"g-iii-identity","name":"G.III identity","description":"Establish what makes an attribution specifically Gotha G.III.","layers":[{"id":"designation-and-manufacturer","name":"Designation and manufacturer","description":"Connect the registry entry to historically attributable type designations.","findings":[{"id":"manufacturer-qualified-designation","name":"Manufacturer-qualified designation","description":"Treat a manufacturer-qualified designation as stronger evidence than a bare G.III label or a generic Gotha caption.","questions":[{"text":"Which document explicitly identifies the subject as Gotha G.III, and who created that identification?","id":"manufacturer-qualified-designation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Could the designation instead refer to a Friedrichshafen G.III or another manufacturer's aircraft?","id":"manufacturer-qualified-designation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"aircraft-to-type-attribution","name":"Aircraft-to-type attribution","description":"Use serials, photographs and dated records to connect particular examples to the type.","findings":[{"id":"corroborated-example","name":"Corroborated example","description":"An individual example supplies type evidence only to the extent that its identification and modification history are established.","questions":[{"text":"Which serial, acceptance record or dated photograph corroborates this example's G.III identity?","id":"corroborated-example-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which visible details belong to its original configuration, and which might be subsequent alterations?","id":"corroborated-example-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"airframe-and-propulsion","name":"Airframe and propulsion","description":"Describe the airframe and engine installation at the level needed to separate G.III evidence from related Gothas.","layers":[{"id":"airframe-configuration","name":"Airframe configuration","description":"Resolve geometry, structure and control-surface details from identified G.III evidence.","findings":[{"id":"g-iii-structural-baseline","name":"G.III structural baseline","description":"Record wing geometry, fuselage covering, aileron placement and landing-gear arrangement together, marking any detail borrowed provisionally from family evidence.","questions":[{"text":"Which identified G.III drawing or photograph establishes the covering and control-surface arrangement?","id":"g-iii-structural-baseline-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What dimensions are supported, and do they describe the same aircraft configuration and measurement convention?","id":"g-iii-structural-baseline-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"engine-installation","name":"Engine installation","description":"Separate engine identity from the complete installed propulsion and support systems.","findings":[{"id":"documented-propulsion-fit","name":"Documented propulsion fit","description":"Require G.III-specific support for engine fit, propellers, cooling, fuel and lubrication arrangements rather than assuming later Gotha installations apply.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence confirms the engine designation and rating convention for this G.III configuration?","id":"documented-propulsion-fit-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which fuel, oil, coolant and propeller specifications remain unverified for that installation?","id":"documented-propulsion-fit-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"crew-and-equipment","name":"Crew and equipment","description":"Represent the relationship between crew stations, defensive openings and carried equipment.","layers":[{"id":"rear-station-arrangement","name":"Rear station arrangement","description":"Identify the actual dorsal and ventral provisions without relying on ambiguous tunnel terminology.","findings":[{"id":"ventral-opening-identification","name":"Ventral opening identification","description":"Describe the opening, mount and crew access shown by the evidence; distinguish fitted equipment from a provision to fit it.","questions":[{"text":"Does the source depict a G.III ventral opening, or has a later Gotha tunnel illustration been substituted?","id":"ventral-opening-identification-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which image or drawing establishes the relationship between the rear crew station and the ventral mount?","id":"ventral-opening-identification-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"crew-and-carried-load","name":"Crew and carried load","description":"Identify the people and equipment included in a documented aircraft configuration.","findings":[{"id":"configuration-dependent-equipment","name":"Configuration-dependent equipment","description":"Keep crew complement, installed armament, carried stores and training equipment tied to a particular documented configuration.","questions":[{"text":"Which crew roles and equipment are documented for the example and date under consideration?","id":"configuration-dependent-equipment-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the quoted payload exclude crew, fuel and installed defensive equipment?","id":"configuration-dependent-equipment-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"performance-and-historical-use","name":"Performance and historical use","description":"Determine which capability and service claims actually apply to the G.III.","layers":[{"id":"performance-comparability","name":"Performance comparability","description":"Attach numerical claims to their configuration and test basis.","findings":[{"id":"conditioned-performance-claim","name":"Conditioned performance claim","description":"Preserve conflicting figures separately until their source, load state and measurement conditions explain or resolve the discrepancy.","questions":[{"text":"At what mass, altitude and engine condition was the quoted speed or climb performance obtained?","id":"conditioned-performance-claim-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Is the figure a measured G.III result, a design estimate or a later compilation?","id":"conditioned-performance-claim-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"service-attribution","name":"Service attribution","description":"Link dated operational and training records without making campaigns part of the aircraft type.","findings":[{"id":"type-specific-service-evidence","name":"Type-specific service evidence","description":"A reference to a Gotha bomber does not establish G.III participation; require a type designation or corroborating aircraft record.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated unit or aircraft record establishes G.III presence and whether its role was operational or instructional?","id":"type-specific-service-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does this claim belong to the G.III, another Gotha variant or the family's history collectively?","id":"type-specific-service-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"condition-and-intervention","name":"Condition and intervention","description":"Connect G.III attribution to responsible decisions about surviving material or reconstructions.","layers":[{"id":"material-and-system-condition","name":"Material and system condition","description":"Select inspection needs from the actual attributed airframe and propulsion components.","findings":[{"id":"assembly-specific-inspection","name":"Assembly-specific inspection","description":"For a related physical assembly, document deterioration, repairs, rigging and control continuity, plus engine and propeller condition where present; do not infer a surviving complete G.III.","questions":[{"text":"Which attributed G.III components are present, and what inspection establishes their material and mechanical condition?","id":"assembly-specific-inspection-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What further inspection is needed before moving, assembling or demonstrating those components?","id":"assembly-specific-inspection-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"reconstruction-and-use-decisions","name":"Reconstruction and use decisions","description":"Distinguish historically supported restoration choices from inferred reconstruction and present operating decisions.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-bounded-intervention","name":"Evidence-bounded intervention","description":"Label reconstructed details by evidential strength, document modern substitutions and require separate justification for any proposed powered or flight demonstration.","questions":[{"text":"Which proposed details reproduce documented G.III features, and which depend on analogy with G.II or G.IV?","id":"evidence-bounded-intervention-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What technical assessment and applicable authorisation would support the proposed intervention or demonstration?","id":"evidence-bounded-intervention-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Gotha G.III this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Gotha G.III this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Gotha G.III this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Gotha G.III this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Gotha G.III this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Gotha G.III this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the Gotha G.III, its development and service history from reliable sources.","Support museum catalogues and preservation records of surviving parts or airframes."],"mustNot":["Fly, start or move a preserved aircraft without the owner's authority.","Glorify bombing of civilians or wartime atrocities connected with the type.","Misrepresent an airframe's history, originality or provenance in a sale or exhibit.","Share controlled military technical data from surviving documentation."],"requiresHuman":["Restoration, loan or sale of a historic airframe or parts."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["The First World War bomber is part of a history of war with real victims; it should be described accurately.","Surviving examples and parts are heritage that cannot be replaced."],"affectedParties":["Victims of wartime bombing and their descendants","Museums and historians","Visitors"]},"owners":{"steward":"The museum, collector or state that holds any surviving example; national archives hold its records.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Museum collection catalogues","National military archives"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q91182671","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.gotha-g-iii","Wikidata: Q481067 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q481067)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Type attribution: vr.tr.gotha-g-iii; supporting designation, manufacturer and documentary reference","Configuration evidence state: G.III-specific evidence; family-level evidence only; conflicting attribution; unresolved","Installed powerplant: Engine designation, quantity, installation date and original or replacement status","Airframe geometry: Upper and lower wingspan, length and height in m; wing area in m²; measurement convention recorded","Rear defensive arrangement: Documented ventral opening and mount arrangement; documented later modification; obscured; unknown","Mass and load basis: kg, separately identifying empty mass, crew, fuel, equipment, payload and loaded mass","Performance evidence: Speed in km/h; altitude in m; climb time in min; endurance in h; range in km, with test conditions","Representation and material status: Historical aircraft record; attributed original component; restored assembly; replica; digital reconstruction; unresolved","Control and propulsion condition: For each documented system: present, incomplete, seized, disconnected, inspected or unknown"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A large twin-engine biplane with engines pushing from behind the wings.","Fabric-covered wings with struts and wires and a gunner's position in the nose."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Classify a document, photograph or aircraft record as confirmed, possible or unsupported Gotha G.III evidence.","Compare a claimed G.III configuration with G.II and G.IV while identifying which differences are actually documented.","Associate a component or reconstruction with the type and record the limits of that attribution.","Compare historical performance claims after checking their mass, powerplant and test assumptions.","Prepare an evidence-based inspection or conservation brief for a related physical assembly.","Identify missing evidence that prevents a reconstruction, display label or proposed intervention from being justified."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Wooden and fabric structures deteriorate quickly without conservation.","Replicas can be mistaken for original aircraft."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["The aircraft designation system of the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops placed this type in the G category for large aircraft."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["This aircraft type was developed for military bombing operations during the First World War.","It is now encountered primarily in historical records, photographs and technical studies of early heavy bombers.","Identification supports comparisons of aircraft development, operational history and documented configurations."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q481067: Gotha G.III","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q481067","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Gotha G.III","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotha_G.III","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which original G.III drawings, acceptance documents or manuals can establish a configuration baseline independently of later Gotha descriptions?","What serial and modification evidence resolves variation in ventral openings, gun mounts, fuselage coverings and aileron arrangements?","Which dimensions, masses, payloads and performance figures are defensible once measurement conventions and test conditions are reconciled?","What G.III-specific records establish fuel and lubrication provisions, maintenance requirements, control limitations and historical acceptance criteria?","Do authenticated G.III components or reconstructions survive, and what evidence establishes their provenance and present condition?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q481067/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q481067/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T10:03:43Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:31+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}