Yokosuka aircraft
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Yokosuka aircraft were Japanese military airplanes designed and produced by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy, particularly during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yokosuka aircraft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9345542 — 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: Yokosuka aircraft Context triple: [Yokosuka P1Y, category, Yokosuka aircraft]
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A.
Kawanishi H6K
The Kawanishi H6K was a Japanese four-engine flying boat used primarily for long-range maritime patrol and reconnaissance missions before and during World War II.
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B.
Mitsubishi F1M
The Mitsubishi F1M was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance and observation floatplane, widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for artillery spotting, patrol, and convoy escort duties.
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C.
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.
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D.
Aichi D3A dive bombers
The Aichi D3A was a Japanese carrier-based dive bomber used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notably in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
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.
- 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: Yokosuka aircraft Target entity description: Yokosuka aircraft were Japanese military airplanes designed and produced by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy, particularly during World War II.
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A.
Kawanishi H6K
The Kawanishi H6K was a Japanese four-engine flying boat used primarily for long-range maritime patrol and reconnaissance missions before and during World War II.
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B.
Mitsubishi F1M
The Mitsubishi F1M was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance and observation floatplane, widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for artillery spotting, patrol, and convoy escort duties.
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C.
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.
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D.
Aichi D3A dive bombers
The Aichi D3A was a Japanese carrier-based dive bomber used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notably in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military aircraft family ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftEngineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal engineers ⓘ |
| designedFor |
carrier-based operations
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land-based operations ⓘ naval aviation ⓘ |
| geographicLocationOfDesign | Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Imperial Japanese Navy era ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | naval air arm ⓘ |
| namingConvention | Japanese Navy short designation system ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrier-based dive bombing
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high-speed land-based bombing ⓘ kamikaze operations ⓘ |
| notableModel |
Yokosuka B4Y
NERFINISHED
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Yokosuka D3Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka D4Y Suisei NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka E14Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka H5Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka H7Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka K4Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka K5Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka MXY1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka MXY2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka MXY6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka P1Y Ginga NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka R2Y Keiun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizationTypeOfManufacturer | naval technical arsenal ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
dive bomber
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experimental aircraft ⓘ land-based bomber ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ special attack aircraft ⓘ torpedo bomber ⓘ trainer aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successorUser | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (indirect, institutional) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Second Sino-Japanese War
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Yokosuka aircraft Description of subject: Yokosuka aircraft were Japanese military airplanes designed and produced by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy, particularly during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.