Supermarine Walrus
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The Supermarine Walrus is a British World War II-era amphibious biplane reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft designed by Supermarine.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Supermarine Walrus canonical | 6 |
| Supermarine Walrus seaplane | 3 |
| Supermarine Sea Otter | 1 |
| Supermarine Walrus (RAF designation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T348277 — 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: Supermarine Walrus Context triple: [Supermarine, notableProduct, Supermarine Walrus]
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A.
Supermarine Seafang
The Supermarine Seafang was a late-World War II British naval fighter aircraft developed as a carrier-capable, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire line, intended for service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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B.
Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a British World War II-era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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C.
Supermarine Spiteful
The Supermarine Spiteful was a late-World War II British fighter aircraft developed as an advanced, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire with a new laminar-flow wing and improved speed.
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D.
Avro Shackleton
The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed in the post-World War II era and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force.
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E.
Handley Page O/400
The Handley Page O/400 was a British World War I heavy bomber aircraft, notable as one of the first strategic bombers used in large-scale night bombing operations.
- 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: Supermarine Walrus Target entity description: The Supermarine Walrus is a British World War II-era amphibious biplane reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft designed by Supermarine.
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A.
Supermarine Seafang
The Supermarine Seafang was a late-World War II British naval fighter aircraft developed as a carrier-capable, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire line, intended for service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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B.
Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a British World War II-era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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C.
Supermarine Spiteful
The Supermarine Spiteful was a late-World War II British fighter aircraft developed as an advanced, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire with a new laminar-flow wing and improved speed.
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D.
Avro Shackleton
The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed in the post-World War II era and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force.
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E.
Handley Page O/400
The Handley Page O/400 was a British World War I heavy bomber aircraft, notable as one of the first strategic bombers used in large-scale night bombing operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-sea rescue aircraft
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amphibious aircraft ⓘ biplane ⓘ military reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | shipborne reconnaissance seaplane ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
pusher configuration
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single-engine ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
air-sea rescue
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gunnery spotting ⓘ maritime reconnaissance ⓘ |
| armament |
.303 in machine guns
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small bomb load ⓘ |
| capability |
land airfield operation
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shipborne operations ⓘ water landing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew |
3
ⓘ
4 ⓘ |
| designedBy | R. J. Mitchell ⓘ |
| engineType | single Bristol Pegasus VI radial engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1933 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | flying boat hull ⓘ |
| introduced | mid-1930s ⓘ |
| landingGearType | retractable undercarriage ⓘ |
| launchMethod | catapult-launched from warships ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Supermarine ⓘ |
| material |
fabric-covered wings
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metal hull ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
about 135 knots
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about 155 mph ⓘ |
| nicknamed | Shagbat ⓘ |
| notableFeature | pusher propeller mounted between wings ⓘ |
| notableUse | rescue of downed aircrew ⓘ |
| powerplant | Bristol Pegasus radial engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ |
| range | about 600 miles ⓘ |
| retired | 1950s ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 17,000 ft ⓘ |
| successor | Supermarine Sea Otter ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Argentine Navy
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Irish Air Corps ⓘ Royal Australian Navy ⓘ Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
linked to:
Fleet Air Arm
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
|
| wingConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
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: Supermarine Walrus Description of subject: The Supermarine Walrus is a British World War II-era amphibious biplane reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft designed by Supermarine.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
HMAS Sydney
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