Meteor F.3
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The Meteor F.3 was an early production fighter variant of Britain’s Gloster Meteor, notable as one of the first operational jet fighters used by the Royal Air Force during and shortly after World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meteor F.3 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2937698 — 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: Meteor F.3 Context triple: [Gloster Meteor, variant, Meteor F.3]
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A.
Meteor F.1
The Meteor F.1 was the first operational variant of Britain’s Gloster Meteor jet fighter and one of the earliest jet-powered combat aircraft to enter service during World War II.
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B.
Swift F.1
The Swift F.1 was an early production variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet fighter, used briefly by the Royal Air Force in the 1950s.
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C.
Swift F.2
The Swift F.2 was an early production fighter variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet, featuring improved armament and performance over the initial models.
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D.
Swift F.4
The Swift F.4 was a later, improved fighter variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet, featuring enhanced performance and handling over earlier models.
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E.
Mitsubishi F1M
The Mitsubishi F1M was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance and observation floatplane, widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for artillery spotting, patrol, and convoy escort duties.
- 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: Meteor F.3 Target entity description: The Meteor F.3 was an early production fighter variant of Britain’s Gloster Meteor, notable as one of the first operational jet fighters used by the Royal Air Force during and shortly after World War II.
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A.
Meteor F.1
The Meteor F.1 was the first operational variant of Britain’s Gloster Meteor jet fighter and one of the earliest jet-powered combat aircraft to enter service during World War II.
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B.
Swift F.1
The Swift F.1 was an early production variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet fighter, used briefly by the Royal Air Force in the 1950s.
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C.
Swift F.2
The Swift F.2 was an early production fighter variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet, featuring improved armament and performance over the initial models.
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D.
Swift F.4
The Swift F.4 was a later, improved fighter variant of the British Supermarine Swift jet, featuring enhanced performance and handling over earlier models.
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E.
Mitsubishi F1M
The Mitsubishi F1M was a Japanese World War II reconnaissance and observation floatplane, widely used by the Imperial Japanese Navy for artillery spotting, patrol, and convoy escort duties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gloster Meteor variant
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jet fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft variant ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
mid‑wing
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straight‑wing ⓘ twin‑boom tail ⓘ twin‑engine ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily | Gloster Meteor ⓘ |
| airForceBranch |
RAF Fighter Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Air Force Fighter Command
|
| armament | four 20 mm Hispano cannon ⓘ |
| category |
British jet fighter
ⓘ
World War II jet aircraft ⓘ single‑seat fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| construction | all‑metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Meteor F.1 ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Rolls-Royce Derwent I
ⓘ
linked to:
Rolls-Royce Derwent
Rolls-Royce Derwent II ⓘ
linked to:
Rolls-Royce Derwent
|
| enteredServiceWithUnit | No. 616 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| era | early jet age ⓘ |
| introduced | 1944 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | about 12.6 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
approximately 490 mph
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approximately 790 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
improved handling over Meteor F.1
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improved range over Meteor F.1 ⓘ one of the first operational jet fighters in RAF service ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
Belgian Air Force
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Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplantType |
Rolls-Royce Derwent centrifugal‑flow turbojet
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linked to:
Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet
|
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| propulsionType | turbojet ⓘ |
| role | fighter ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | late World War II ⓘ |
| successor | Meteor F.4 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defence of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
interception of V‑1 flying bombs ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
post–Second World War operations ⓘ |
| wingSpan | about 13.1 m ⓘ |
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: Meteor F.3 Description of subject: The Meteor F.3 was an early production fighter variant of Britain’s Gloster Meteor, notable as one of the first operational jet fighters used by the Royal Air Force during and shortly after World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.