Aichi E16A
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The Aichi E16A was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance seaplane designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy, known by the Allied reporting name "Paul."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aichi E16A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4233298 — 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 E16A Context triple: [Aichi Kokuki, notableAircraft, Aichi E16A]
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A.
Aichi E13A
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kawanishi H8K
The Kawanishi H8K was a World War II Japanese four-engine flying boat renowned for its long range, heavy armament, and effectiveness in maritime patrol and anti-submarine roles.
- 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 E16A Target entity description: The Aichi E16A was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance seaplane designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy, known by the Allied reporting name "Paul."
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A.
Aichi E13A
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kawanishi H8K
The Kawanishi H8K was a World War II Japanese four-engine flying boat renowned for its long range, heavy armament, and effectiveness in maritime patrol and anti-submarine roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military aircraft
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floatplane ⓘ reconnaissance seaplane ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| alliedReportingName | Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
1 × 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun (rear cockpit)
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2 × 20 mm Type 99 cannon (wing-mounted) ⓘ |
| bombLoad | 2 × 60 kg bombs ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedAsReplacementFor | Aichi E13A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | catapult launch from warships ⓘ |
| emptyWeight | approximately 3,300 kg ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | Mitsubishi Kinsei 54 radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1942 ⓘ |
| floatConfiguration | central main float with outrigger floats ⓘ |
| grossWeight | approximately 5,000 kg ⓘ |
| height | approximately 4.8 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1944 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 11.3 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Aichi Kokuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately 439 km/h ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | about 256 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| powerOutput | about 1,300 hp ⓘ |
| powerplant | 1 × Mitsubishi Kinsei 54 radial engine ⓘ |
| propulsion | piston engine ⓘ |
| range | approximately 2,150 km ⓘ |
| retired | 1945 ⓘ |
| role |
light attack
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observation ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 9,400 m ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1944 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
anti-submarine patrols
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artillery spotting ⓘ maritime reconnaissance ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Japanese battleships
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Japanese cruisers ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 12.5 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 E16A Description of subject: The Aichi E16A was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance seaplane designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy, known by the Allied reporting name "Paul."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.