de Havilland Sea Hornet
E230159
The de Havilland Sea Hornet was a British twin-engined, carrier-capable fighter aircraft developed in the 1940s as a high-performance naval adaptation of the Hornet.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de Havilland Hornet | 1 |
| de Havilland Hornet family | 1 |
| de Havilland Sea Hornet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2045277 — 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: de Havilland Sea Hornet Context triple: [Supermarine Seafang, replacedBy, de Havilland Sea Hornet]
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A.
Hawker Sea Hawk
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet fighter aircraft that served primarily with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early Cold War era.
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B.
Douglas TBD Devastator
The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American World War II-era torpedo bomber used by the U.S. Navy, notably in the early Pacific battles where its obsolescence and heavy losses highlighted the need for more advanced carrier-based aircraft.
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C.
Grumman TBF Avenger
The Grumman TBF Avenger was a World War II-era American torpedo bomber renowned for its rugged design, heavy payload, and extensive service with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
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E.
Grumman F4F Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat was a rugged American carrier-based fighter aircraft that served as the U.S. Navy’s primary naval fighter in the early years of World War II, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
- 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: de Havilland Sea Hornet Target entity description: The de Havilland Sea Hornet was a British twin-engined, carrier-capable fighter aircraft developed in the 1940s as a high-performance naval adaptation of the Hornet.
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A.
Hawker Sea Hawk
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet fighter aircraft that served primarily with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early Cold War era.
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B.
Douglas TBD Devastator
The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American World War II-era torpedo bomber used by the U.S. Navy, notably in the early Pacific battles where its obsolescence and heavy losses highlighted the need for more advanced carrier-based aircraft.
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C.
Grumman TBF Avenger
The Grumman TBF Avenger was a World War II-era American torpedo bomber renowned for its rugged design, heavy payload, and extensive service with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
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E.
Grumman F4F Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat was a rugged American carrier-based fighter aircraft that served as the U.S. Navy’s primary naval fighter in the early years of World War II, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-based fighter aircraft
ⓘ
naval aircraft ⓘ twin-engined fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
low-wing monoplane
ⓘ
twin-engine piston monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
de Havilland Sea Hornet
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
de Havilland Hornet family
|
| armament |
20 mm cannon
ⓘ
bombs ⓘ rockets ⓘ |
| conflictService | early Cold War period ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedAs | high-performance naval adaptation of the Hornet ⓘ |
| designedBy | de Havilland design team ⓘ |
| designedFor | carrier operations ⓘ |
| designedToReplace | earlier piston-engined naval fighters ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
de Havilland Sea Hornet
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
de Havilland Hornet
|
| developedInDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| engineType | liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ |
| era | post–Second World War ⓘ |
| feature |
arrestor hook
ⓘ
folding wings ⓘ strengthened undercarriage ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1945 ⓘ |
| introduced | late 1940s ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ |
| manufacturer | de Havilland Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| material | mixed wood-and-metal construction ⓘ |
| navalizationFeature | corrosion protection for maritime environment ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Rolls-Royce Merlin
ⓘ
surface form:
Rolls-Royce Merlin engine
|
| primaryUser |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
|
| role |
fighter
ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLanding |
arrested landing
ⓘ
catapult-assisted takeoff ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ |
| wingType | folding wing for carrier stowage ⓘ |
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: de Havilland Sea Hornet Description of subject: The de Havilland Sea Hornet was a British twin-engined, carrier-capable fighter aircraft developed in the 1940s as a high-performance naval adaptation of the Hornet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de Havilland Hornet
this entity surface form:
de Havilland Hornet family