Supermarine Sea Otter
E299528
The Supermarine Sea Otter was a British amphibious biplane flying boat developed during World War II as an improved reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Supermarine Sea Otter canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2328902 — 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 Sea Otter Context triple: [Supermarine Walrus, successor, Supermarine Sea Otter]
-
A.
Supermarine Walrus
The Supermarine Walrus is a British World War II-era amphibious biplane reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft designed by Supermarine.
-
B.
Supermarine Southampton
Supermarine Southampton was a British twin-engine biplane flying boat of the 1920s, designed for maritime reconnaissance and patrol duties.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Supermarine Attacker
The Supermarine Attacker was a British single-seat naval jet fighter of the early post–World War II era, notable as one of the Royal Navy’s first operational carrier-based jet aircraft.
-
E.
Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early years of World War II.
- 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 Sea Otter Target entity description: The Supermarine Sea Otter was a British amphibious biplane flying boat developed during World War II as an improved reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft.
-
A.
Supermarine Walrus
The Supermarine Walrus is a British World War II-era amphibious biplane reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft designed by Supermarine.
-
B.
Supermarine Southampton
Supermarine Southampton was a British twin-engine biplane flying boat of the 1920s, designed for maritime reconnaissance and patrol duties.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Supermarine Attacker
The Supermarine Attacker was a British single-seat naval jet fighter of the early post–World War II era, notable as one of the Royal Navy’s first operational carrier-based jet aircraft.
-
E.
Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early years of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-sea rescue aircraft
ⓘ
amphibious biplane flying boat ⓘ military reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
patrol aircraft
ⓘ
search and rescue aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
| aircraftType |
amphibian
ⓘ
flying boat ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal hull with fabric-covered wings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew |
3
ⓘ
4 ⓘ |
| designer | R. J. Mitchell’s design team at Supermarine ⓘ |
| developedAs | improved version of Supermarine Walrus ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| engineModel | Bristol Mercury ⓘ |
| engineType | radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | early 1940s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1938 ⓘ |
| landingCapability |
land
ⓘ
water ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Supermarine ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operatedFrom |
coastal bases
ⓘ
seaplane tenders ⓘ warships using cranes ⓘ |
| primaryMission | locating and rescuing downed aircrew ⓘ |
| propellerConfiguration | pusher ⓘ |
| role |
air-sea rescue
ⓘ
coastal patrol ⓘ maritime reconnaissance ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successorTo | Supermarine Walrus in some roles ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail unit ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
|
| usedDuringConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
artillery spotting
ⓘ
communication duties ⓘ liaison duties ⓘ |
| usedInTheatre |
European waters
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| wingType | staggered biplane wings ⓘ |
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 Sea Otter Description of subject: The Supermarine Sea Otter was a British amphibious biplane flying boat developed during World War II as an improved reconnaissance and air-sea rescue aircraft.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.