Aichi E13A
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The Aichi E13A was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance seaplane widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for long-range maritime patrol and observation missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aichi E13A canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1750570 — 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: Aichi E13A Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, notableAircraft, Aichi E13A]
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A.
Aichi D1A
The Aichi D1A was a Japanese carrier-based biplane dive bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1930s.
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B.
Nakajima J1N
The Nakajima J1N was a twin-engine Japanese World War II aircraft best known as a night fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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C.
Kawanishi N1K
The Kawanishi N1K was a World War II Japanese Navy fighter aircraft, renowned for its powerful armament and excellent maneuverability, particularly in its land-based N1K-J "Shiden" variant that challenged advanced Allied fighters.
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D.
Nakajima C6N
The Nakajima C6N was a high-speed, long-range carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, known for its exceptional performance and late-war service.
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E.
Nakajima B6N Tenzan
The Nakajima B6N Tenzan was an Imperial Japanese Navy carrier-based torpedo bomber of World War II, designed as a faster, longer-range, and more capable replacement for earlier Japanese torpedo bombers.
- 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: Aichi E13A Target entity description: The Aichi E13A was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance seaplane widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for long-range maritime patrol and observation missions.
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A.
Aichi D1A
The Aichi D1A was a Japanese carrier-based biplane dive bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1930s.
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B.
Nakajima J1N
The Nakajima J1N was a twin-engine Japanese World War II aircraft best known as a night fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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C.
Kawanishi N1K
The Kawanishi N1K was a World War II Japanese Navy fighter aircraft, renowned for its powerful armament and excellent maneuverability, particularly in its land-based N1K-J "Shiden" variant that challenged advanced Allied fighters.
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D.
Nakajima C6N
The Nakajima C6N was a high-speed, long-range carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, known for its exceptional performance and late-war service.
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E.
Nakajima B6N Tenzan
The Nakajima B6N Tenzan was an Imperial Japanese Navy carrier-based torpedo bomber of World War II, designed as a faster, longer-range, and more capable replacement for earlier Japanese torpedo bombers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
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floatplane ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance seaplane ⓘ |
| alliedReportingName | Jake ⓘ |
| armament |
flexible 7.7 mm machine gun
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light bomb load on underwing racks ⓘ |
| basedOn | ship‑borne catapult operations ⓘ |
| configuration |
low‑wing monoplane
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single‑engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| engineType | air‑cooled radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1938 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1940 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | central float with wingtip stabilizing floats ⓘ |
| launchedFrom |
battleships
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cruisers ⓘ seaplane tenders ⓘ |
| length | approximately 11.3 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Aichi Aircraft Company
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linked to:
Aichi Kokuki
Aichi Kokuki ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 375 km/h ⓘ |
| nicknamed | Jake ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
catapult‑launched central float design
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long endurance for over‑water patrols ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| powerplant | 1 × Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
long-range patrol
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maritime reconnaissance ⓘ observation ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| range | about 2,400 km ⓘ |
| retired | post‑World War II ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | naval aviation ⓘ |
| usedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ |
| usedFor |
anti‑submarine patrols
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convoy escort ⓘ maritime search and rescue support ⓘ naval gunfire spotting ⓘ reconnaissance ahead of fleet movements ⓘ target spotting for naval bombardment ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedInOperation |
Pacific War campaigns
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attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 14.5 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: Aichi E13A Description of subject: The Aichi E13A was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance seaplane widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for long-range maritime patrol and observation missions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.