RAF Turnhouse
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RAF Turnhouse was a Royal Air Force station near Edinburgh, Scotland, that served as a key fighter base, particularly during the Second World War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Turnhouse canonical | 3 |
| Royal Air Force Turnhouse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7769317 — 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: RAF Turnhouse Context triple: [No. 141 Squadron RAF, garrison, RAF Turnhouse]
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A.
RAF Aldergrove
RAF Aldergrove is a former Royal Air Force station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, historically used for military aviation operations and now primarily serving as a base for the British Army and other defence activities.
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B.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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C.
RAF Halton
RAF Halton is a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England, best known as a primary site for initial and specialist training of RAF personnel.
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D.
RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Pembroke Dock was a major Royal Air Force flying boat station in Wales that played a key role in maritime patrol and anti-submarine operations, particularly during the Second World War.
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E.
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station in west London best known for housing the underground operations room that directed RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
- 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: RAF Turnhouse Target entity description: RAF Turnhouse was a Royal Air Force station near Edinburgh, Scotland, that served as a key fighter base, particularly during the Second World War.
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A.
RAF Aldergrove
RAF Aldergrove is a former Royal Air Force station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, historically used for military aviation operations and now primarily serving as a base for the British Army and other defence activities.
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B.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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C.
RAF Halton
RAF Halton is a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England, best known as a primary site for initial and specialist training of RAF personnel.
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D.
RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Pembroke Dock was a major Royal Air Force flying boat station in Wales that played a key role in maritime patrol and anti-submarine operations, particularly during the Second World War.
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E.
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station in west London best known for housing the underground operations room that directed RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (92)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| garrison |
No. 123 Squadron RAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 130 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 131 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 141 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 165 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 165 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1840 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1841 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1842 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1843 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1844 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1845 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1846 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1847 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1848 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1849 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1850 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1851 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1852 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1853 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1854 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1855 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1856 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1857 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1858 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1859 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1860 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1861 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1862 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1863 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1864 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1865 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1866 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1867 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1868 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1869 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1870 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1871 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1872 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1873 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1874 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1875 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1876 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1877 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1878 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1879 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1880 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1881 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1882 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1883 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1884 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1885 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1886 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1887 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1888 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1889 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1890 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 2 Flying Instructors School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 222 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 26 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 289 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 3 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 411 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 412 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 603 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 65 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 777 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 784 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 808 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 879 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 883 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIcaoCode | EGPH ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface |
concrete
ⓘ
tarmac ⓘ |
| laterBecame | Edinburgh Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | RAF Fighter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
First World War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| usedFor |
air defence
ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ training ⓘ |
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: RAF Turnhouse Description of subject: RAF Turnhouse was a Royal Air Force station near Edinburgh, Scotland, that served as a key fighter base, particularly during the Second World War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edinburgh Airport
this entity surface form:
Royal Air Force Turnhouse