AS532 Cougar
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The AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter widely used for transport, search and rescue, and utility missions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AS532 Cougar canonical | 3 |
| AS532 AL | 2 |
| AS532 SC | 2 |
| AS532 AC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3897250 — 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: AS532 Cougar Context triple: [Swiss Armed Forces, usesAircraft, AS532 Cougar]
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A.
AS565 Panther
The AS565 Panther is a twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter developed by Airbus Helicopters (formerly Aérospatiale/Eurocopter), widely used for naval operations such as search and rescue, anti-submarine warfare, and maritime patrol.
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B.
M-68
M-68 is a state trunkline highway in northern Michigan that serves as an east–west route across parts of the northern Lower Peninsula.
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C.
Oshkosh Racey
Oshkosh Racey is a celebrated American racing greyhound renowned for his exceptional track performance and status as one of the sport’s notable champions.
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D.
Coyote V8
The Coyote V8 is Ford’s modern 5.0-liter, high-revving, naturally aspirated V8 engine renowned for its strong performance in Mustang models.
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E.
CA-35
CA-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for its World War II service and tragic sinking after delivering components of the first atomic bomb.
- 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: AS532 Cougar Target entity description: The AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter widely used for transport, search and rescue, and utility missions.
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A.
AS565 Panther
The AS565 Panther is a twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter developed by Airbus Helicopters (formerly Aérospatiale/Eurocopter), widely used for naval operations such as search and rescue, anti-submarine warfare, and maritime patrol.
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B.
M-68
M-68 is a state trunkline highway in northern Michigan that serves as an east–west route across parts of the northern Lower Peninsula.
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C.
Oshkosh Racey
Oshkosh Racey is a celebrated American racing greyhound renowned for his exceptional track performance and status as one of the sport’s notable champions.
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D.
Coyote V8
The Coyote V8 is Ford’s modern 5.0-liter, high-revving, naturally aspirated V8 engine renowned for its strong performance in Mustang models.
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E.
CA-35
CA-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy Portland-class heavy cruiser best known for its World War II service and tragic sinking after delivering components of the first atomic bomb.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medium-lift helicopter
ⓘ
military helicopter ⓘ twin-engine helicopter ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Super Puma family ⓘ |
| canBeArmedWith |
machine guns
ⓘ
rocket pods ⓘ |
| canBeEquippedWith |
FLIR turret
ⓘ
hoist for SAR operations ⓘ self-protection suite ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| crew |
2
ⓘ
3 ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
AS332 Super Puma
ⓘ
linked to:
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
|
| engineModel |
Turbomeca Makila
ⓘ
linked to:
Turbomeca Makila 1A1
|
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1980s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1978 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
AS532 AC
ⓘ
linked to:
AS532 UL
AS532 AL ⓘ
linked to:
AS532 Cougar
AS532 SC ⓘ
linked to:
AS532 Cougar
AS532 UL ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Airbus Helicopters
ⓘ
Aérospatiale ⓘ Eurocopter ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters
|
| maxSpeed | around 277 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 9000 kg class ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to 25 troops ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
battlefield transport
ⓘ
logistics support ⓘ tactical troop insertion ⓘ |
| range | over 600 km ⓘ |
| role |
combat search and rescue helicopter
ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ search and rescue helicopter ⓘ transport helicopter ⓘ troop transport ⓘ utility helicopter ⓘ |
| successor |
EC725 Caracal
ⓘ
H225M ⓘ
linked to:
H225
|
| usedBy |
Brazilian Army Aviation
ⓘ
Chilean Army ⓘ French Air Force ⓘ French Army ⓘ Indonesian Army ⓘ Royal Jordanian Air Force ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ Swiss Air Force ⓘ Turkish Land Forces ⓘ United Arab Emirates Air Force ⓘ |
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: AS532 Cougar Description of subject: The AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter widely used for transport, search and rescue, and utility missions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: AS532 Cougar
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linked to: AS532 Cougar