Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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conventional takeoff and landing aircraft
fifth-generation fighter
multirole fighter aircraft
stealth aircraft
The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, stealth multirole fighter aircraft designed for advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T296607 — 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)
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Target entity: Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Context triple: [Royal Australian Air Force, usesAircraft, Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II]
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F-35B Lightning II
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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Lockheed Martin X-35
The Lockheed Martin X-35 is a prototype stealth multirole fighter that served as the demonstrator for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program.
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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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F-16 Fighting Falcon
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a highly maneuverable, multirole jet fighter widely used by air forces around the world for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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E.
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.
- 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: Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Target entity description: The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, stealth multirole fighter aircraft designed for advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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A.
F-35B Lightning II
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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B.
Lockheed Martin X-35
The Lockheed Martin X-35 is a prototype stealth multirole fighter that served as the demonstrator for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program.
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C.
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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F-16 Fighting Falcon
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a highly maneuverable, multirole jet fighter widely used by air forces around the world for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conventional takeoff and landing aircraft
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fifth-generation fighter ⓘ multirole fighter aircraft ⓘ stealth aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
air-to-air missiles
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air-to-ground munitions ⓘ internal cannon ⓘ precision-guided bombs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| designedFor | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| designedForMission |
air-to-air combat
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air-to-ground attack ⓘ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ |
| engine |
Pratt & Whitney F135 engine
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surface form:
Pratt & Whitney F135
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| engineType | afterburning turbofan ⓘ |
| feature |
advanced avionics
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glass cockpit ⓘ helmet-mounted display system ⓘ internal weapons bays ⓘ low observable stealth ⓘ network-centric warfare capability ⓘ sensor fusion ⓘ |
| generation | fifth-generation ⓘ |
| intendedReplacementFor |
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
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F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
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| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| operator |
Belgian Air Force
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surface form:
Belgian Air Component
Israeli Air Force ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ Polish Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal Danish Air Force ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family
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| primaryContractor |
Lockheed Martin
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surface form:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
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| program | Joint Strike Fighter program ⓘ |
| propulsion | single-engine jet ⓘ |
| role |
air superiority fighter
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close air support ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ strike fighter ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLandingType | conventional takeoff and landing ⓘ |
| variantDesignation |
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
F-35A
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| variantOf |
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
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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: Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Description of subject: The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, stealth multirole fighter aircraft designed for advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
F-35A Lightning II
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F-35 Lightning II
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F-35 Lightning II
subject surface form:
Pratt & Whitney F135
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
subject surface form:
Pratt & Whitney F135
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F-35A Lightning II
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Pratt & Whitney F135
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F-35A
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II (planned in Canada)
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F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A
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RAAF F-35A Lightning II aircraft
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II aircraft
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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Eielson Air Force Base
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A Lightning II
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F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant
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F-35A Lightning II