CL Yahagi
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CL Yahagi was a World War II-era Japanese light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for serving as the flagship of Admiral Takeo Kurita’s destroyer squadron and for being sunk during Operation Ten-Go alongside the battleship Yamato.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CL Yahagi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17300706 — 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: CL Yahagi Context triple: [Japanese light cruiser Yahagi, hullNumber, CL Yahagi]
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A.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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B.
Jun’yō
Jun’yō was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
RV Yokosuka
RV Yokosuka is a Japanese research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, best known for supporting deep-sea exploration missions, including dives to the Challenger Deep with the submersible Shinkai 6500.
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D.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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E.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a warship of the Tokugawa shogunate’s navy that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War, including the Naval Battle of Hakodate.
- 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: CL Yahagi Target entity description: CL Yahagi was a World War II-era Japanese light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for serving as the flagship of Admiral Takeo Kurita’s destroyer squadron and for being sunk during Operation Ten-Go alongside the battleship Yamato.
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A.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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B.
Jun’yō
Jun’yō was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
RV Yokosuka
RV Yokosuka is a Japanese research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, best known for supporting deep-sea exploration missions, including dives to the Challenger Deep with the submersible Shinkai 6500.
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D.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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E.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a warship of the Tokugawa shogunate’s navy that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War, including the Naval Battle of Hakodate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.