A.V. Roe and Company
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A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A.V. Roe and Company canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1487675 — 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.
Target entity: A.V. Roe and Company Context triple: [Avro Lancaster, manufacturer, A.V. Roe and Company]
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United Aircraft Corporation
United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
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B.
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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C.
North American Aviation
North American Aviation was a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for producing iconic military aircraft and spacecraft during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright Aeronautical Corporation was a major early 20th-century American aircraft engine manufacturer known for producing reliable radial engines used in pioneering long-distance and military aviation.
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E.
Bell Aircraft
Bell Aircraft was an American aerospace manufacturer best known for pioneering experimental and military aircraft, including the first supersonic research plane.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A.V. Roe and Company Target entity description: A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
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A.
United Aircraft Corporation
United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
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B.
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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C.
North American Aviation
North American Aviation was a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for producing iconic military aircraft and spacecraft during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright Aeronautical Corporation was a major early 20th-century American aircraft engine manufacturer known for producing reliable radial engines used in pioneering long-distance and military aviation.
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E.
Bell Aircraft
Bell Aircraft was an American aerospace manufacturer best known for pioneering experimental and military aircraft, including the first supersonic research plane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British company
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aerospace company ⓘ aircraft manufacturer ⓘ defunct company ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Avro Ltd ⓘ |
| basedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| commonName | Avro ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1963 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Alliott Verdon Roe
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Humphrey Verdon Roe ⓘ |
| hasMotto | The World’s First Aircraft Manufacturer to be Registered as a Company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
England
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Lancashire ⓘ Manchester ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
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defence ⓘ |
| locationOfFactory |
Chadderton
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surface form:
Chadderton, Lancashire
Woodford, Cheshire ⓘ Yeadon ⓘ
surface form:
Yeadon, Yorkshire
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| mergedInto |
Hawker Siddeley
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surface form:
Hawker Siddeley Aviation
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| namedAfter | Alliott Verdon Roe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
production of the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber
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production of the Avro Vulcan V-bomber ⓘ training aircraft for the Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Avro 504
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Avro Anson ⓘ Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck ⓘ Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow ⓘ Avro Lancaster ⓘ Avro Shackleton ⓘ Avro Tudor ⓘ Vulcan bomber ⓘ
surface form:
Avro Vulcan
Avro York aircraft ⓘ
surface form:
Avro York
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| operatedDuring |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| parentOrganization |
Hawker Siddeley
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surface form:
Hawker Siddeley Group
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| product |
airliners
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bombers ⓘ civil aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ trainers ⓘ |
| servedClient |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ |
| significantEvent | acquired by Hawker Siddeley in 1935 ⓘ |
| subsidiary | Avro Canada ⓘ |
| timePeriod | first half of the 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: A.V. Roe and Company Description of subject: A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.