Gloster Javelin
E140345
all‑weather fighter
delta‑wing aircraft
jet interceptor aircraft
military aircraft
twin‑engine aircraft
The Gloster Javelin was a British twin-engine, delta-wing, all-weather jet interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gloster Javelin canonical | 9 |
| Gloster Javelin (testbed) | 1 |
| Gloster Javelin FAW.1 | 1 |
| Gloster Javelin FAW.7 | 1 |
| Gloster Javelin FAW.9 | 1 |
| Gloster Javelin all-weather interceptor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T997422 — 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: Gloster Javelin Context triple: [No. 111 Squadron RAF, aircraftOperated, Gloster Javelin]
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A.
Hawker P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 was an experimental British vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft that led directly to the development of the Harrier jump jet.
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B.
Supermarine Scimitar
The Supermarine Scimitar was a British carrier-based jet fighter-bomber of the 1950s and early 1960s, known for its swept-wing design and service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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C.
Gloster Meteor
The Gloster Meteor was the United Kingdom’s first operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to see combat in World War II.
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D.
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British jet-powered attack aircraft renowned as the first operational fixed-wing combat aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL).
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E.
Hawker Tempest
The Hawker Tempest was a British World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its high speed, low-level performance, and effectiveness against V-1 flying bombs and late-war German fighters.
- 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: Gloster Javelin Target entity description: The Gloster Javelin was a British twin-engine, delta-wing, all-weather jet interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
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A.
Hawker P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 was an experimental British vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft that led directly to the development of the Harrier jump jet.
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B.
Supermarine Scimitar
The Supermarine Scimitar was a British carrier-based jet fighter-bomber of the 1950s and early 1960s, known for its swept-wing design and service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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C.
Gloster Meteor
The Gloster Meteor was the United Kingdom’s first operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to see combat in World War II.
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D.
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British jet-powered attack aircraft renowned as the first operational fixed-wing combat aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL).
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E.
Hawker Tempest
The Hawker Tempest was a British World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its high speed, low-level performance, and effectiveness against V-1 flying bombs and late-war German fighters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
all‑weather fighter
ⓘ
delta‑wing aircraft ⓘ jet interceptor aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
interceptor aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| armament |
air‑to‑air missiles
ⓘ
cannon ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedAs | high‑altitude interceptor ⓘ |
| designedBy | Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| developedIn |
early 1950s
ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| era | Cold War era ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1951-11-26 ⓘ |
| generation | early second‑generation jet fighter ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Gloster Javelin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gloster Javelin FAW.1
Gloster Javelin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gloster Javelin FAW.7
Gloster Javelin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Gloster Javelin FAW.9
|
| introduced | 1956 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
all‑weather radar‑equipped interceptor
ⓘ
swept delta wing with T‑tail ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant | Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire ⓘ |
| primaryRole | interceptor ⓘ |
| propulsion | jet ⓘ |
| retired | 1968 ⓘ |
| roleInService | home air defence of the UK ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successorRole | English Electric Lightning ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T‑tail ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLanding | conventional runway ⓘ |
| usedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defence
ⓘ
all‑weather interception ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | delta wing ⓘ |
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: Gloster Javelin Description of subject: The Gloster Javelin was a British twin-engine, delta-wing, all-weather jet interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
No. 111 Squadron RAF
subject surface form:
No. 111 Squadron RAF
subject surface form:
Patrick Hine
this entity surface form:
Gloster Javelin FAW.1
this entity surface form:
Gloster Javelin FAW.7
this entity surface form:
Gloster Javelin FAW.9
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form:
Gloster Javelin (testbed)
this entity surface form:
Gloster Javelin all-weather interceptor
subject surface form:
No. 29 Squadron RAF