Rolls-Royce Falcon II
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The Rolls-Royce Falcon II was a World War I-era British liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine used to power frontline fighters and reconnaissance aircraft.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rolls-Royce Falcon II canonical | 1 |
| Rolls-Royce Falcon III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14017297 — 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 Falcon II Context triple: [Bristol F.2 Fighter, powerplant, Rolls-Royce Falcon II]
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A.
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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B.
Rolls-Royce Nimbus
The Rolls-Royce Nimbus is a British turboshaft aircraft engine developed in the 1950s, best known for powering light helicopters such as the Westland Scout and Wasp.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Peregrine
The Rolls-Royce Peregrine was a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine developed in the late 1930s as a compact, higher-performance evolution of earlier Rolls-Royce fighter engines, notably used in aircraft such as the Westland Whirlwind.
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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.
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E.
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.
- 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 Falcon II Target entity description: The Rolls-Royce Falcon II was a World War I-era British liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine used to power frontline fighters and reconnaissance aircraft.
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A.
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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B.
Rolls-Royce Nimbus
The Rolls-Royce Nimbus is a British turboshaft aircraft engine developed in the 1950s, best known for powering light helicopters such as the Westland Scout and Wasp.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Peregrine
The Rolls-Royce Peregrine was a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine developed in the late 1930s as a compact, higher-performance evolution of earlier Rolls-Royce fighter engines, notably used in aircraft such as the Westland Whirlwind.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.