F-101A
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The F-101A was the initial single-seat fighter variant of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, designed primarily for long-range bomber escort and air defense missions during the early Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| F-101A canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2807548 — 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: F-101A Context triple: [McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, variant, F-101A]
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A.
Swift F.1
The Swift F.1 was an early production variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet fighter, used briefly by the Royal Air Force in the 1950s.
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B.
F117
The F117 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney, widely used to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
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C.
F-8
The F-8 was the largest heavy-duty truck model in Ford’s postwar “Bonus-Built” lineup, designed for demanding commercial and industrial use.
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D.
F-7
The F-7 was a heavy-duty model in Ford’s first postwar “Bonus-Built” truck lineup, positioned above the light-duty F-1 and mid-range F-2/F-3 models.
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E.
AC-10
AC-10 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad cab-forward articulated steam locomotives built for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
- 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: F-101A Target entity description: The F-101A was the initial single-seat fighter variant of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, designed primarily for long-range bomber escort and air defense missions during the early Cold War.
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A.
Swift F.1
The Swift F.1 was an early production variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet fighter, used briefly by the Royal Air Force in the 1950s.
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B.
F117
The F117 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney, widely used to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
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C.
F-8
The F-8 was the largest heavy-duty truck model in Ford’s postwar “Bonus-Built” lineup, designed for demanding commercial and industrial use.
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D.
F-7
The F-7 was a heavy-duty model in Ford’s first postwar “Bonus-Built” truck lineup, positioned above the light-duty F-1 and mid-range F-2/F-3 models.
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E.
AC-10
AC-10 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad cab-forward articulated steam locomotives built for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo variant
ⓘ
fighter aircraft variant ⓘ |
| aircraftType | jet fighter ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation | F-101A self-link ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal monocoque ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm M39 cannon
ⓘ
air-to-air missiles ⓘ air-to-ground ordnance capability ⓘ |
| category |
jet-powered military aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ |
| cockpitConfiguration | single-seat ⓘ |
| configuration | single-seat fighter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | McDonnell Aircraft design team ⓘ |
| designedFor |
air defense missions
ⓘ
long-range bomber escort missions ⓘ |
| designedForOperator |
Air Defense Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Air Force Air Defense Command
United States Air Force Strategic Air Command ⓘ |
| designedToEscort |
United States strategic bomber fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
Strategic Air Command bombers
|
| developmentStatus | production variant ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| followedBy |
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
ⓘ
surface form:
F-101B
F-101C ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
McDonnell Douglas
ⓘ
surface form:
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
|
| missionProfile |
continental air defense
ⓘ
long-range penetration escort ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Voodoo ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| partOf |
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
ⓘ
surface form:
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo family
|
| powerplant |
Pratt & Whitney J57
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet
|
| precededBy | XF-88 Voodoo ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| role |
air defense fighter
ⓘ
fighter ⓘ long-range bomber escort ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | early Cold War ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | twin-tail ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | mid-wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: F-101A Description of subject: The F-101A was the initial single-seat fighter variant of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, designed primarily for long-range bomber escort and air defense missions during the early Cold War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.