Lockheed S-3 Viking
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The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a twin-engine, carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft primarily used for anti-submarine warfare, sea surveillance, and later aerial refueling and transport roles.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed S-3 Viking canonical | 1 |
| S-3 Viking | 1 |
| S-3A Viking | 1 |
| S-3B Viking | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2092448 — 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: Lockheed S-3 Viking Context triple: [Navy One, notableAircraftType, Lockheed S-3 Viking]
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A.
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
The Grumman E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft featuring a distinctive rotating radar dome, used by several navies and air forces for long-range surveillance and battle management.
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B.
A-6 Intruder
The A-6 Intruder was a twin-engine, all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from the 1960s through the 1990s, noted for its advanced navigation/attack systems and long-range strike capability.
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C.
Lockheed P-3 Orion
The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft widely used by navies and air forces around the world during the Cold War and beyond.
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D.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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E.
Lockheed P-2 Neptune
The Lockheed P-2 Neptune is a Cold War-era American maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Navy and allied forces.
- 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: Lockheed S-3 Viking Target entity description: The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a twin-engine, carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft primarily used for anti-submarine warfare, sea surveillance, and later aerial refueling and transport roles.
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A.
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
The Grumman E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft featuring a distinctive rotating radar dome, used by several navies and air forces for long-range surveillance and battle management.
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B.
A-6 Intruder
The A-6 Intruder was a twin-engine, all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from the 1960s through the 1990s, noted for its advanced navigation/attack systems and long-range strike capability.
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C.
Lockheed P-3 Orion
The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft widely used by navies and air forces around the world during the Cold War and beyond.
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D.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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E.
Lockheed P-2 Neptune
The Lockheed P-2 Neptune is a Cold War-era American maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Navy and allied forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-submarine warfare aircraft
ⓘ
carrier-based aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ twin-engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| armamentOptions |
anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
bombs ⓘ depth charges ⓘ mines ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| crewRoles |
copilot
ⓘ
pilot ⓘ sensor operator ⓘ tactical coordinator ⓘ |
| designedFor | aircraft carrier operations ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | U.S. Navy anti-submarine squadrons ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1972-01-21 ⓘ |
| height | 6.93 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1974 ⓘ |
| laterPrimaryMission |
aerial refueling
ⓘ
sea surveillance ⓘ |
| launchMethod | catapult-assisted takeoff ⓘ |
| length | 16.26 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed
Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| maxSpeed |
about 429 knots
ⓘ
about 793 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 23860 kg ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | none ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
ES-3A Shadow
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Lockheed S-3 Viking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
S-3A Viking
Lockheed S-3 Viking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
S-3B Viking
US-3A ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × General Electric TF34-GE-2 turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Navy ⓘ |
| range |
about 2300 nautical miles
ⓘ
about 4260 km ⓘ |
| recoveryMethod | arrested landing ⓘ |
| retiredFromUSN | 2009 ⓘ |
| role |
aerial refueling
ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ carrier onboard delivery ⓘ electronic warfare ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ sea surveillance ⓘ |
| sensorEquipment |
magnetic anomaly detector
ⓘ
sonobuoys ⓘ surface search radar ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling |
about 12200 m
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about 40000 ft ⓘ |
| status | retired from U.S. Navy service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Operation Desert Storm
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Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 20.93 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: Lockheed S-3 Viking Description of subject: The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a twin-engine, carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft primarily used for anti-submarine warfare, sea surveillance, and later aerial refueling and transport roles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
S-3A Viking
this entity surface form:
S-3B Viking
this entity surface form:
S-3 Viking