Japanese battleship Hiei
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Japanese battleship Hiei was a Kongō-class fast battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1942.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese battlecruiser Hiei | 1 |
| Japanese battleship Hiei canonical | 1 |
| Japanese battleship Kirishima | 1 |
| battleship Haruna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090449 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese battleship Hiei Context triple: [Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, involvedShip, Japanese battleship Hiei]
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Japanese battleship Mikasa
The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Japanese battleship Shikishima
Japanese battleship Shikishima was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a significant role in the Russo-Japanese War, including major fleet engagements.
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C.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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D.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
- 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: Japanese battleship Hiei Target entity description: Japanese battleship Hiei was a Kongō-class fast battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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A.
Japanese battleship Mikasa
The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Japanese battleship Shikishima
Japanese battleship Shikishima was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a significant role in the Russo-Japanese War, including major fleet engagements.
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C.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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D.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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E.
Japanese battlecruiser Takao
Japanese battlecruiser Takao was a planned but never completed Amagi-class capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy intended to serve as a fast, heavily armed battlecruiser in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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Kongō-class battleship ⓘ fast battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes for reconnaissance ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch guns ⓘ torpedo tubes (as built) ⓘ |
| armor | belt armor up to about 203 mm (as built) ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | damage from U.S. surface gunfire and air attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1914-08-04 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement | about 1200 officers and men (wartime) ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 27000 tons (standard, as built)
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over 32000 tons (full load, post-modernization) ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1911-11-04 ⓘ |
| launched | 1912-11-21 ⓘ |
| length | about 222 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | near Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| modernized |
1929–1931
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1936–1940 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| notable | first Japanese battleship lost in World War II ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
Indian Ocean raid ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | fast battleship and carrier escort ⓘ |
| sea | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Kongō-class battlecruiser
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surface form:
Kongō-class battleship
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| sisterShip |
Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
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surface form:
Japanese battleship Haruna
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese battleship Kirishima
Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese battleship Kongō
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| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| sunkDuring | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Ironbottom Sound ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1942-11-13 ⓘ |
| task | escort for aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 30 knots (post-modernization) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese battleship Hiei Description of subject: Japanese battleship Hiei was a Kongō-class fast battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1942.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Japanese battleship Kirishima
this entity surface form:
Japanese battlecruiser Hiei
this entity surface form:
battleship Haruna