Rolls-Royce Adour
E580963
The Rolls-Royce Adour is a turbofan jet engine widely used to power military trainer and light attack aircraft, notably the SEPECAT Jaguar and BAE Systems Hawk.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce Adour canonical | 6 |
| Rolls-Royce Adour family | 3 |
| Rolls-Royce Adour Mk 871 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6214357 — 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: Rolls-Royce Adour Context triple: [Rolls-Royce aircraft engines, notableModel, Rolls-Royce Adour]
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A.
Rolls-Royce Derwent
The Rolls-Royce Derwent is a pioneering British centrifugal-flow turbojet engine developed during World War II that powered early jet fighters such as the Gloster Meteor.
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B.
Rolls-Royce Kestrel
The Rolls-Royce Kestrel is a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine widely used in the interwar period and known for powering many early Hawker biplanes and other RAF aircraft.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Condor
The Rolls-Royce Condor was a powerful British V12 aircraft piston engine developed in the early 20th century and used in large bombers and airliners of the interwar period.
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D.
Rolls-Royce XG-40
The Rolls-Royce XG-40 was an experimental British low-bypass turbofan engine program that served as the technological basis for the later Eurojet EJ200 fighter aircraft engine.
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E.
Rolls-Royce Eagle
The Rolls-Royce Eagle was a pioneering British liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine of World War I, widely used to power frontline bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
- 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: Rolls-Royce Adour Target entity description: The Rolls-Royce Adour is a turbofan jet engine widely used to power military trainer and light attack aircraft, notably the SEPECAT Jaguar and BAE Systems Hawk.
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A.
Rolls-Royce Derwent
The Rolls-Royce Derwent is a pioneering British centrifugal-flow turbojet engine developed during World War II that powered early jet fighters such as the Gloster Meteor.
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B.
Rolls-Royce Kestrel
The Rolls-Royce Kestrel is a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine widely used in the interwar period and known for powering many early Hawker biplanes and other RAF aircraft.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Condor
The Rolls-Royce Condor was a powerful British V12 aircraft piston engine developed in the early 20th century and used in large bombers and airliners of the interwar period.
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D.
Rolls-Royce XG-40
The Rolls-Royce XG-40 was an experimental British low-bypass turbofan engine program that served as the technological basis for the later Eurojet EJ200 fighter aircraft engine.
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E.
Rolls-Royce Eagle
The Rolls-Royce Eagle was a pioneering British liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine of World War I, widely used to power frontline bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet engine
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turbofan engine ⓘ |
| alliedCompany |
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited
ⓘ
linked to:
Turbomeca
|
| applicationType | fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ |
| bypassType | low-bypass turbofan ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-spool ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Rolls-Royce
ⓘ
linked to:
Rolls-Royce plc
Turbomeca ⓘ |
| developmentStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| enteredService | early 1970s ⓘ |
| firstRun | 1966 ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation kerosene ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Adour Mk 101
ⓘ
Adour Mk 102 ⓘ Adour Mk 104 ⓘ Adour Mk 106 ⓘ Adour Mk 807 ⓘ Adour Mk 871 ⓘ Adour Mk 951 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Rolls-Royce
ⓘ
linked to:
Rolls-Royce plc
Turbomeca ⓘ |
| marketSegment | military trainer engine ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
River Adour
ⓘ
linked to:
Adour
|
| notableFeature |
FADEC-equipped in later variants
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designed for high reliability and long life in training roles ⓘ modular construction for ease of maintenance ⓘ |
| operator |
French Air Force
ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ |
| primaryRole | military trainer aircraft powerplant ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | light attack aircraft powerplant ⓘ |
| status | in service in the 21st century ⓘ |
| thrustClass |
approximately 5,000–6,500 lbf dry
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over 8,000 lbf with afterburner (reheat) in some variants ⓘ |
| usedFor |
light ground-attack missions
ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ weapons training ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Aermacchi MB-339CD (re‑engined variant)
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BAE Systems Hawk ⓘ HAL HJT-36 Sitara ⓘ HAL Jaguar ⓘ McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk ⓘ Mitsubishi F-1 ⓘ Mitsubishi T-2 ⓘ SEPECAT Jaguar ⓘ |
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: Rolls-Royce Adour Description of subject: The Rolls-Royce Adour is a turbofan jet engine widely used to power military trainer and light attack aircraft, notably the SEPECAT Jaguar and BAE Systems Hawk.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rolls-Royce Adour
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