Grumman F-14 Tomcat
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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing U.S. Navy fighter aircraft renowned for its long-range air superiority, fleet defense, and iconic role in the Cold War and popular culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| F-14 Tomcat | 7 |
| Grumman F-14 Tomcat canonical | 3 |
| F-14A | 1 |
| F-14B | 1 |
| F-14D Super Tomcat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T848931 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grumman F-14 Tomcat Context triple: [Bell X-5, influenced, Grumman F-14 Tomcat]
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A.
F/A-18 Hornet
The F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, multirole combat jet used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and several allied air forces for both fighter and attack missions.
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B.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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C.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine, carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Navy for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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D.
CF-18 Hornet
The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack missions.
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E.
F-15 Eagle
The F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) for the U.S. Air Force, renowned for its air superiority performance and exceptional combat record.
- 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: Grumman F-14 Tomcat Target entity description: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing U.S. Navy fighter aircraft renowned for its long-range air superiority, fleet defense, and iconic role in the Cold War and popular culture.
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A.
F/A-18 Hornet
The F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, multirole combat jet used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and several allied air forces for both fighter and attack missions.
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B.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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C.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine, carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Navy for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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D.
CF-18 Hornet
The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack missions.
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E.
F-15 Eagle
The F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) for the U.S. Air Force, renowned for its air superiority performance and exceptional combat record.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-based aircraft
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fighter aircraft ⓘ twin-engine aircraft ⓘ variable-sweep wing aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
1 × 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
ⓘ
AIM-54 Phoenix ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missiles
AIM-7 Sparrow missiles ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
air-to-ground ordnance (later in service) ⓘ |
| avionics |
AN/APG-71 radar (later variants)
ⓘ
AWG-9 radar (early variants) ⓘ |
| conflict |
Iran–Iraq War
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
surface form:
Iraq War (2003–2011)
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewPositions | pilot and radar intercept officer ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Grumman
ⓘ
surface form:
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
|
| designedFor |
fleet air defense
ⓘ
long-range interception ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| firstFlight | 1970-12-21 ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture |
featured in the film Top Gun (1986)
ⓘ
featured in the film Top Gun: Maverick (archival/nostalgic role) ⓘ |
| introduced | 1974 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle retractable landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Grumman ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | over Mach 2 ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Tomcat ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
F-14A
Grumman F-14 Tomcat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-14B
Grumman F-14 Tomcat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-14D Super Tomcat
|
| operator |
Iranian Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Iranian Air Force
Iranian Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
United States Navy ⓘ |
| powerplant |
2 × General Electric F110 (later variants)
ⓘ
2 × Pratt & Whitney TF30 (early variants) ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Iranian Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
United States Navy ⓘ |
| replaced | McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in U.S. Navy fighter role ⓘ |
| retiredFromUSN | 2006 ⓘ |
| role |
air superiority fighter
ⓘ
fleet defense interceptor ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ strike aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | over 50000 ft ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in U.S. Navy service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | twin-tail ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | variable-sweep ⓘ |
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: Grumman F-14 Tomcat Description of subject: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing U.S. Navy fighter aircraft renowned for its long-range air superiority, fleet defense, and iconic role in the Cold War and popular culture.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat
this entity surface form:
F-14A
this entity surface form:
F-14B
this entity surface form:
F-14D Super Tomcat
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat
subject surface form:
AIM-7 Sparrow
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat
this entity surface form:
F-14 Tomcat