AW101 helicopter
E81555
The AW101 helicopter is a medium-lift, multi-role military helicopter widely used for missions such as anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and transport by various armed forces around the world.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AW101 | 4 |
| AW101 helicopter canonical | 2 |
| AW101 Merlin | 1 |
| AW101 series | 1 |
| AW101-410 | 1 |
| AW101-611 | 1 |
| EH-101 Merlin | 1 |
| EH101 helicopter | 1 |
| SAR Queen (AW101) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T649529 — 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: AW101 helicopter Context triple: [Leonardo S.p.A., keyProduct, AW101 helicopter]
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A.
Gazelle helicopter
The Gazelle helicopter is a light, fast, and highly maneuverable French-designed utility and reconnaissance helicopter widely used by military forces for training, liaison, and observation roles.
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B.
NH90 helicopter
The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
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C.
Lynx helicopter
The Lynx helicopter is a British multi-role military helicopter renowned for its agility and service with both army and naval aviation units worldwide.
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D.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
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E.
Wildcat helicopter
The Wildcat helicopter is a modern British military helicopter used for reconnaissance, attack, and maritime roles, notably operated by the UK’s Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.
- 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: AW101 helicopter Target entity description: The AW101 helicopter is a medium-lift, multi-role military helicopter widely used for missions such as anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and transport by various armed forces around the world.
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A.
Gazelle helicopter
The Gazelle helicopter is a light, fast, and highly maneuverable French-designed utility and reconnaissance helicopter widely used by military forces for training, liaison, and observation roles.
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B.
NH90 helicopter
The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
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C.
Lynx helicopter
The Lynx helicopter is a British multi-role military helicopter renowned for its agility and service with both army and naval aviation units worldwide.
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D.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
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E.
Wildcat helicopter
The Wildcat helicopter is a modern British military helicopter used for reconnaissance, attack, and maritime roles, notably operated by the UK’s Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medium-lift helicopter
ⓘ
military helicopter ⓘ multi-role helicopter ⓘ |
| armamentOptions |
anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ door-mounted machine guns ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew |
1–2 aircrew
ⓘ
2 pilots ⓘ |
| designFeatures |
marinised airframe for naval operations
ⓘ
three-engine configuration for redundancy ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
AW101 helicopter
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EH101 helicopter
|
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| exportedTo |
Algeria
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Japan ⓘ Norway ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1987-10-09 ⓘ |
| hasAvionics | glass cockpit ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
de-icing system
ⓘ
fly-by-wire flight control system ⓘ folding main rotor ⓘ folding tail ⓘ rear ramp ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
CH-149 Cormorant
ⓘ
EH101-400 ⓘ Merlin HC3/4 ⓘ
surface form:
Merlin HC3
Merlin HM2 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1999 ⓘ |
| mainRotorBlades | 5 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
AgustaWestland
ⓘ
Leonardo S.p.A. ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
167 knots
ⓘ
309 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight |
15000 kg
ⓘ
33000 lb ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 3 ⓘ |
| operatesFrom |
land bases
ⓘ
surface ships ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Italian Navy
ⓘ
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ Portuguese Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal Danish Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ |
| range | 1360 km ⓘ |
| role |
VIP transport
ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ troop transport ⓘ utility helicopter ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling |
15000 ft
ⓘ
4570 m ⓘ |
| tailRotorBlades | 4 ⓘ |
| typicalEngineModel |
General Electric CT7
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Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
anti-surface warfare
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combat search and rescue ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ special forces operations ⓘ |
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: AW101 helicopter Description of subject: The AW101 helicopter is a medium-lift, multi-role military helicopter widely used for missions such as anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and transport by various armed forces around the world.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
EH-101 Merlin
this entity surface form:
EH101 helicopter
this entity surface form:
SAR Queen (AW101)
this entity surface form:
AW101
this entity surface form:
AW101-410
this entity surface form:
AW101-611
this entity surface form:
AW101 Merlin
this entity surface form:
AW101
this entity surface form:
AW101
this entity surface form:
AW101 series
this entity surface form:
AW101