Siddeley Puma engine
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The Siddeley Puma engine was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine widely used in World War I-era military aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Siddeley Puma engine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5008680 — 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: Siddeley Puma engine Context triple: [Airco DH.9, powerplant, Siddeley Puma engine]
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A.
Rolls-Royce Falcon engine
The Rolls-Royce Falcon engine was a British World War I-era liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine known for its reliability and use in several successful fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
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B.
Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine
The Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine was a British experimental 24-cylinder X-type aircraft piston engine developed in the late 1930s that, despite powering a few early World War II bombers, was ultimately abandoned due to reliability problems.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Nene engine
The Rolls-Royce Nene engine is a pioneering late-1940s British centrifugal-flow turbojet whose powerful, compact design significantly advanced early jet aircraft performance and was widely exported and copied worldwide.
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D.
Rolls-Royce Avon engine
The Rolls-Royce Avon engine is a pioneering British axial-flow turbojet developed in the late 1940s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft, including early jet airliners and fighters.
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E.
Bristol Centaurus radial engine
The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.
- 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: Siddeley Puma engine Target entity description: The Siddeley Puma engine was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine widely used in World War I-era military aircraft.
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A.
Rolls-Royce Falcon engine
The Rolls-Royce Falcon engine was a British World War I-era liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine known for its reliability and use in several successful fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
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B.
Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine
The Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine was a British experimental 24-cylinder X-type aircraft piston engine developed in the late 1930s that, despite powering a few early World War II bombers, was ultimately abandoned due to reliability problems.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Nene engine
The Rolls-Royce Nene engine is a pioneering late-1940s British centrifugal-flow turbojet whose powerful, compact design significantly advanced early jet aircraft performance and was widely exported and copied worldwide.
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D.
Rolls-Royce Avon engine
The Rolls-Royce Avon engine is a pioneering British axial-flow turbojet developed in the late 1940s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft, including early jet airliners and fighters.
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E.
Bristol Centaurus radial engine
The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
ⓘ
inline engine ⓘ piston engine ⓘ |
| application |
bombers
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| bore | approximately 140 mm ⓘ |
| category |
World War I aircraft piston engine
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inline-six engine ⓘ water-cooled aircraft engine ⓘ |
| configuration | six-cylinder inline ⓘ |
| coolant | water ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | water-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 6 ⓘ |
| designOrigin | based on B.H.P. engine design ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 18.9 litres ⓘ |
| engineCycle | four-stroke ⓘ |
| era | World War I ⓘ |
| firstFlightInServicePeriod | circa 1917 ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | widely used British WWI inline engine ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | magneto ignition ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Armstrong Siddeley
ⓘ
Siddeley-Deasy ⓘ
linked to:
D. Napier & Son
|
| notableUser |
Airco D.H.10 (early versions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Airco DH.10
Airco D.H.9 ⓘ
linked to:
Airco DH.9
Bristol F.2B (some variants) ⓘ
linked to:
Bristol F.2 Fighter
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (some aircraft) ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
|
| powerOutput | approximately 230 hp ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | late 1910s ⓘ |
| propellerDrive | direct drive ⓘ |
| stroke | approximately 190 mm ⓘ |
| successor | Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British military aviation
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps ⓘ |
| usedFor |
frontline service in WWI
ⓘ
postwar surplus aircraft ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| valveConfiguration |
overhead camshaft
ⓘ
single overhead camshaft ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Siddeley Puma engine Description of subject: The Siddeley Puma engine was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine widely used in World War I-era military aircraft.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.