F-35B Lightning II
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fifth-generation fighter
fighter aircraft
multirole combat aircraft
short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft
stealth aircraft
The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| F-35B Lightning II canonical | 20 |
| Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II | 8 |
| F-35B | 3 |
| F-35 Lightning II | 2 |
| F-35 Lightning II family | 1 |
| F-35B Lightning II aircraft | 1 |
| Lockheed Martin F-35B | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30085 — 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-35B Lightning II Context triple: [Royal Air Force, notableAircraft, F-35B Lightning II]
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A.
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its speed, agility, and iconic role in securing Allied air superiority during World War II.
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B.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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C.
Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, renowned for its crucial role in achieving air superiority during the Battle of Britain.
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D.
Dowding system
The Dowding system was an innovative integrated air defense network of radar, ground observers, and centralized command that enabled the Royal Air Force to effectively detect and counter German air attacks during World War II.
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E.
Ryan NYP monoplane
The Ryan NYP monoplane was the custom-built, single-engine aircraft famously flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
- 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-35B Lightning II Target entity description: The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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A.
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its speed, agility, and iconic role in securing Allied air superiority during World War II.
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B.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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C.
Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, renowned for its crucial role in achieving air superiority during the Battle of Britain.
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D.
Dowding system
The Dowding system was an innovative integrated air defense network of radar, ground observers, and centralized command that enabled the Royal Air Force to effectively detect and counter German air attacks during World War II.
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E.
Ryan NYP monoplane
The Ryan NYP monoplane was the custom-built, single-engine aircraft famously flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fifth-generation fighter
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ multirole combat aircraft ⓘ short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft ⓘ stealth aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeConfiguration | single-seat, single-engine, supersonic jet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
short takeoff
ⓘ
vertical landing ⓘ vertical takeoff in some conditions ⓘ |
| designedToReplace |
AV-8B Harrier II
ⓘ
AV-8B Harrier II ⓘ
surface form:
Harrier GR9
|
| feature |
advanced avionics
ⓘ
helmet-mounted display system ⓘ internal weapons bays ⓘ lift fan for vertical lift ⓘ network-centric warfare capability ⓘ sensor fusion ⓘ short takeoff and vertical landing capability ⓘ single-engine design ⓘ stealth technology ⓘ |
| introducedAs | B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter program ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| operator |
Regia Aeronautica
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Italian Navy ⓘ Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ Republic of Korea Marine Corps (planned/considered) ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| partOf |
F-35B Lightning II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
F-35 Lightning II family
|
| poweredBy | Pratt & Whitney F135 engine ⓘ |
| primaryContractor |
Lockheed Martin
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
|
| program | Joint Strike Fighter program ⓘ |
| role |
air superiority fighter
ⓘ
ground attack aircraft ⓘ multirole fighter ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Italy
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| usedOn |
aircraft carriers
ⓘ
amphibious assault ships ⓘ short runways ⓘ |
| variantOf |
F-35B Lightning II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
F-35 Lightning II
|
| variantType | STOVL variant ⓘ |
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: F-35B Lightning II Description of subject: The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
F-35 Lightning II family
this entity surface form:
F-35 Lightning II
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AMRAAM
this entity surface form:
F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
F-35B Lightning II aircraft
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Pratt & Whitney F135
subject surface form:
Pratt & Whitney F135
this entity surface form:
F-35B
subject surface form:
Republic of Korea Marine Corps
subject surface form:
Republic of Korea Marine Corps
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
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this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce LiftSystem
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Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
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Rolls-Royce LiftSystem
this entity surface form:
F-35B
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce LiftSystem
this entity surface form:
F-35B
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
subject surface form:
RAF Marham
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II