Ford CD3 platform
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The Ford CD3 platform is a mid-size car architecture developed by Ford, originally derived from Mazda, that underpins several Ford, Mercury, and Mazda sedans and crossovers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford CD3 platform canonical | 2 |
| Ford CDW27 platform | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9226871 — 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: Ford CD3 platform Context triple: [Ford Fusion, platform, Ford CD3 platform]
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A.
Ford CD2 platform
The Ford CD2 platform is a compact crossover SUV architecture co-developed with Mazda that underpinned vehicles like the Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, and Mercury Mariner in the early 2000s.
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B.
Ford CD4 platform
The Ford CD4 platform is a global mid-size vehicle architecture developed by Ford Motor Company to underpin various Ford and Lincoln cars and crossovers, emphasizing front- or all-wheel drive layouts and shared engineering.
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C.
Ford D3 platform
The Ford D3 platform is a full-size, front- or all-wheel-drive unibody automobile architecture developed by Ford for large sedans and crossovers in the mid-2000s.
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D.
Ford D4 platform
The Ford D4 platform is a unibody SUV and crossover vehicle architecture used by Ford for several mid- to full-size models in the late 2000s and 2010s, including the Ford Explorer and related Lincoln variants.
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E.
Ford CD6 platform (sixth generation)
The Ford CD6 platform (sixth generation) is a rear- and all-wheel-drive unibody vehicle architecture developed by Ford for its larger SUVs and crossovers, including the latest Ford Explorer.
- 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: Ford CD3 platform Target entity description: The Ford CD3 platform is a mid-size car architecture developed by Ford, originally derived from Mazda, that underpins several Ford, Mercury, and Mazda sedans and crossovers.
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A.
Ford CD2 platform
The Ford CD2 platform is a compact crossover SUV architecture co-developed with Mazda that underpinned vehicles like the Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, and Mercury Mariner in the early 2000s.
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B.
Ford CD4 platform
The Ford CD4 platform is a global mid-size vehicle architecture developed by Ford Motor Company to underpin various Ford and Lincoln cars and crossovers, emphasizing front- or all-wheel drive layouts and shared engineering.
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C.
Ford D3 platform
The Ford D3 platform is a full-size, front- or all-wheel-drive unibody automobile architecture developed by Ford for large sedans and crossovers in the mid-2000s.
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D.
Ford D4 platform
The Ford D4 platform is a unibody SUV and crossover vehicle architecture used by Ford for several mid- to full-size models in the late 2000s and 2010s, including the Ford Explorer and related Lincoln variants.
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E.
Ford CD6 platform (sixth generation)
The Ford CD6 platform (sixth generation) is a rear- and all-wheel-drive unibody vehicle architecture developed by Ford for its larger SUVs and crossovers, including the latest Ford Explorer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile platform
ⓘ
car platform ⓘ |
| bodyStyleSupport |
4-door sedan
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5-door crossover SUV ⓘ 5-door wagon ⓘ |
| collaborationWith | Mazda Motor Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| derivedFrom | Mazda G platform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineConfigurationSupport |
V6 engine
ⓘ
inline-four engine ⓘ |
| layoutSupport |
all-wheel drive
ⓘ
front-wheel drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| marketSegment | mid-size segment ⓘ |
| productionStart | early 2000s ⓘ |
| successor | Ford CD4 platform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underpinsModel |
Ford Edge (first generation)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ford Fusion (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Taurus X / Freestyle (CD3-derived) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln MKX (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln MKZ (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazda CX-9 (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazda6 (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByBrand |
Ford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mazda NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
crossover SUV
ⓘ
sedan ⓘ |
| vehicleClass | mid-size car ⓘ |
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: Ford CD3 platform Description of subject: The Ford CD3 platform is a mid-size car architecture developed by Ford, originally derived from Mazda, that underpins several Ford, Mercury, and Mazda sedans and crossovers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ford CDW27 platform