CP-140 Aurora
E11337
The CP-140 Aurora is a Canadian long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe and used primarily for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CP-140 Aurora canonical | 4 |
| CP-140A Arcturus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T112495 — 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: CP-140 Aurora Context triple: [Royal Canadian Air Force, usesAircraft, CP-140 Aurora]
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A.
Voyager KC2
Voyager KC2 is an Airbus A330-based multi-role tanker transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
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B.
Scorpion W2
Scorpion W2 is a modern U.S. Army camouflage pattern designed to provide effective concealment across a wide range of environments.
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C.
N Reactor
N Reactor was a dual-purpose plutonium production and power-generating nuclear reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, notable for its graphite-moderated, water-cooled design and role in the U.S. Cold War weapons program.
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D.
AN/TPY-2 radar
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
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E.
Bombardier M5000
The Bombardier M5000 is a modern, low-floor light rail tram used extensively on the Manchester Metrolink network in the United Kingdom.
- 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: CP-140 Aurora Target entity description: The CP-140 Aurora is a Canadian long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe and used primarily for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
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A.
Voyager KC2
Voyager KC2 is an Airbus A330-based multi-role tanker transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
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B.
Scorpion W2
Scorpion W2 is a modern U.S. Army camouflage pattern designed to provide effective concealment across a wide range of environments.
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C.
N Reactor
N Reactor was a dual-purpose plutonium production and power-generating nuclear reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, notable for its graphite-moderated, water-cooled design and role in the U.S. Cold War weapons program.
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D.
AN/TPY-2 radar
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
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E.
Bombardier M5000
The Bombardier M5000 is a modern, low-floor light rail tram used extensively on the Manchester Metrolink network in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-submarine warfare aircraft
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeDerivedFrom |
Lockheed P-3 Orion
ⓘ
surface form:
P-3 Orion
|
| armedWith |
anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lockheed P-3 Orion ⓘ |
| capability |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
anti-surface warfare ⓘ electronic intelligence gathering ⓘ maritime domain awareness ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| crew |
about 10
ⓘ
flight crew and mission specialists ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-submarine warfare
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anti-surface warfare ⓘ long-range maritime patrol ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| equippedWith |
electro-optical/infrared sensors
ⓘ
electronic support measures ⓘ magnetic anomaly detector ⓘ maritime search radar ⓘ sonobuoys ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
CP-140 Aurora
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CP-140A Arcturus
|
| introduced | 1980 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Martin
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
long-endurance overwater patrol
ⓘ
low-level maritime surveillance ⓘ |
| modernizationProgram | Aurora Incremental Modernization Project ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant | Allison T56 turboprop ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | early 1980s ⓘ |
| usedBy | Canada ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Arctic surveillance
ⓘ
NATO maritime operations ⓘ search and rescue coordination ⓘ sovereignty patrols ⓘ |
| user |
Canadian forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Armed Forces
|
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: CP-140 Aurora Description of subject: The CP-140 Aurora is a Canadian long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe and used primarily for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CP-140A Arcturus
subject surface form:
CFB Comox