Hancock-class frigate
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The Hancock-class frigate was a class of late 18th-century sailing warships of the Continental Navy, designed as relatively large, fast, and heavily armed frigates for use during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hancock-class frigate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1034479 — 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: Hancock-class frigate Context triple: [USS Hancock, class, Hancock-class frigate]
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A.
Yorktown class
The Yorktown class was a group of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers built in the late 1930s that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific naval battles.
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B.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
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C.
Type 26 frigate
The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
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D.
K-class destroyer
The K-class destroyer was a group of Royal Navy warships built in the late 1930s, designed for high-speed fleet escort and anti-submarine duties during World War II.
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E.
Sims-class destroyers
Sims-class destroyers were a group of U.S. Navy warships built just before World War II that featured improved machinery and armament over earlier destroyer classes and saw extensive wartime service.
- 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: Hancock-class frigate Target entity description: The Hancock-class frigate was a class of late 18th-century sailing warships of the Continental Navy, designed as relatively large, fast, and heavily armed frigates for use during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Yorktown class
The Yorktown class was a group of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers built in the late 1930s that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific naval battles.
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B.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
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C.
Type 26 frigate
The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
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D.
K-class destroyer
The K-class destroyer was a group of Royal Navy warships built in the late 1930s, designed for high-speed fleet escort and anti-submarine duties during World War II.
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E.
Sims-class destroyers
Sims-class destroyers were a group of U.S. Navy warships built just before World War II that featured improved machinery and armament over earlier destroyer classes and saw extensive wartime service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
class of sailing frigates
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warship class ⓘ |
| armamentType | broadside cannon ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early United States Navy tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedAs |
fast frigate
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heavily armed frigate ⓘ relatively large frigate ⓘ |
| designedFor |
blue-water operations
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commerce raiding ⓘ engaging enemy merchant shipping ⓘ engaging enemy warships of similar size ⓘ fleet scouting ⓘ heavy broadside firepower ⓘ high maneuverability ⓘ high speed under sail ⓘ independent cruising ⓘ long-range operations ⓘ ocean-going warfare ⓘ |
| era | late 18th century ⓘ |
| hullType | wooden hull ⓘ |
| namedAfter | USS Hancock ⓘ |
| navalRole |
cruiser-type warship
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frigate ⓘ |
| navalService |
American Revolutionary War
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surface form:
American Revolutionary War period
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| operatedBy | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| riggingType | full-rigged ship ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
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: Hancock-class frigate Description of subject: The Hancock-class frigate was a class of late 18th-century sailing warships of the Continental Navy, designed as relatively large, fast, and heavily armed frigates for use during the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.