RAF Cottesmore
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RAF Cottesmore was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, historically used as a major operational and training base for various RAF squadrons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| RAF Cottesmore canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5162087 — 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: RAF Cottesmore Context triple: [No. 207 Squadron RAF, garrison, RAF Cottesmore]
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A.
RAF Leconfield
RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station in East Yorkshire, England, historically used as a fighter airfield during the Second World War and later as a training and support base.
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B.
RAF Chicksands
RAF Chicksands is a former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, historically used as a major signals intelligence and listening post during the Cold War.
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C.
RAF Coltishall
RAF Coltishall was a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England, that served as a key fighter base from World War II through the Cold War and into the late 20th century.
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D.
RAF Bentley Priory
RAF Bentley Priory was a historic Royal Air Force station in north London that served as the command and control center for Britain's air defense, most notably during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
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E.
RAF Watnall
RAF Watnall was a Royal Air Force station in Nottinghamshire, England, that served as the operational headquarters and control center for No. 12 Group RAF during the Second World War.
- 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: RAF Cottesmore Target entity description: RAF Cottesmore was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, historically used as a major operational and training base for various RAF squadrons.
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A.
RAF Leconfield
RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station in East Yorkshire, England, historically used as a fighter airfield during the Second World War and later as a training and support base.
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B.
RAF Chicksands
RAF Chicksands is a former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, historically used as a major signals intelligence and listening post during the Cold War.
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C.
RAF Coltishall
RAF Coltishall was a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England, that served as a key fighter base from World War II through the Cold War and into the late 20th century.
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D.
RAF Bentley Priory
RAF Bentley Priory was a historic Royal Air Force station in north London that served as the command and control center for Britain's air defense, most notably during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
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E.
RAF Watnall
RAF Watnall was a Royal Air Force station in Nottinghamshire, England, that served as the operational headquarters and control center for No. 12 Group RAF during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| closed | 2012 ⓘ |
| closureAnnounced | 2010 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| elevation | 463 ft ⓘ |
| garrisonedUnitAfterTransfer |
16th Regiment Royal Artillery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCounty | Rutland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedAircraftType |
Avro Anson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BAE Harrier II NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Siddeley Harrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Panavia Tornado NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedUnit |
No. 1 Tactical Weapons Unit RAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 14 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 206 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 233 Operational Conversion Unit RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 3 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 3 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 4 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 4 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 5 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 6 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 7 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 8 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 800 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 801 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 809 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 9 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | EGXJ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
East Midlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ Rutland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | village of Cottesmore ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Oakham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1938 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| postClosureOperator | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postClosureUse | Kendrew Barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
operational base
ⓘ
training base ⓘ |
| region | Rutland unitary authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInHarrierForce | main operating base for Joint Force Harrier ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: RAF Cottesmore Description of subject: RAF Cottesmore was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, historically used as a major operational and training base for various RAF squadrons.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.