Sentinel R1
E577946
airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft
intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance aircraft
The Sentinel R1 is a British airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft based on the Bombardier Global Express business jet and operated by the Royal Air Force for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sentinel R1 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6235620 — 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: Sentinel R1 Context triple: [RAF Waddington International Air Show, featuredAircraftType, Sentinel R1]
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A.
Sentry
Sentry is the NATO reporting name for the E-3F airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft used for long-range radar surveillance and command and control.
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B.
Sentry
Sentry is a Marvel Comics superhero known for his immense, near-limitless powers and complex duality between heroism and destructive instability.
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C.
SR-91
SR-91 is a state highway designation commonly used in the United States for a numbered route within a state's road network.
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D.
Sentinels
The Sentinels is the name of the athletic teams representing Patrick Henry College in collegiate sports competitions.
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E.
Sentinels
Sentinels are powerful mutant-hunting robots from the X-Men universe, designed to track, capture, and exterminate mutants.
- 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: Sentinel R1 Target entity description: The Sentinel R1 is a British airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft based on the Bombardier Global Express business jet and operated by the Royal Air Force for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance missions.
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A.
Sentry
Sentry is the NATO reporting name for the E-3F airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft used for long-range radar surveillance and command and control.
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B.
Sentry
Sentry is a Marvel Comics superhero known for his immense, near-limitless powers and complex duality between heroism and destructive instability.
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C.
SR-91
SR-91 is a state highway designation commonly used in the United States for a numbered route within a state's road network.
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D.
Sentinels
The Sentinels is the name of the athletic teams representing Patrick Henry College in collegiate sports competitions.
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E.
Sentinels
Sentinels are powerful mutant-hunting robots from the X-Men universe, designed to track, capture, and exterminate mutants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft
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intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeSupplier | Bombardier Aerospace ⓘ |
| baseAircraftType |
Bombardier Global Express long-range business jet
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linked to:
Bombardier Global Express
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| basedOn | Bombardier Global Express ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 5 ⓘ |
| crewRole |
co-pilot
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image analyst ⓘ mission system operator ⓘ pilot ⓘ tactical coordinator ⓘ |
| designedFor |
all-weather surveillance
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long-endurance missions ⓘ stand-off surveillance ⓘ |
| endurance | over 9 hours ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
data link for real-time imagery transmission
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large side-looking radar antenna fairing ⓘ mission systems console in cabin ⓘ satellite communications equipment ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Raytheon Systems Limited ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately 900 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | approximately 42000 kg ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofan
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linked to:
Rolls-Royce BR710
|
| previousBase |
RAF Cranwell (test and evaluation)
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linked to:
RAF Cranwell
RAF Waddington ⓘ |
| primaryBase | RAF Waddington ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
battlefield surveillance
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ground surveillance ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance ⓘ |
| programFullName | Airborne Stand-Off Radar ⓘ |
| programName | ASTOR ⓘ |
| radarCapability | ground moving target indication ⓘ |
| radarType | synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| range | over 9000 km ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| retirementDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 49000 ft ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 2008 ⓘ |
| usedByUnit |
No. 5 Squadron RAF
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linked to:
Royal Air Force No. 5 Squadron
No. 54 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Iraq War
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Libyan Civil War (2011) ⓘ
linked to:
2011 Libyan Civil War
Operation Shader ⓘ War in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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| usedInOperation |
NATO operations over Libya
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operations against ISIS ⓘ |
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: Sentinel R1 Description of subject: The Sentinel R1 is a British airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft based on the Bombardier Global Express business jet and operated by the Royal Air Force for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance missions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.