Musashi
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Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Musashi canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58590 — 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: Musashi Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy, notableShip, Musashi]
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A.
Yamato
Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
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B.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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C.
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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D.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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E.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- 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: Musashi Target entity description: Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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A.
Yamato
Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
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B.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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C.
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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D.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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E.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yamato-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | floatplanes for reconnaissance ⓘ |
| armament |
12 15.5 cm secondary guns
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nine 46 cm (18.1 in) main guns ⓘ numerous 12.7 cm and 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armor | heavy belt and deck armor ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 38.9 meters ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | air attack by U.S. carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| class |
Yamato-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
Yamato class
|
| commissioned | 1942 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionSite | Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 2,000 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 24 October 1944 ⓘ |
| discovered | 2015 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 72,800 tons full load ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 11 meters ⓘ |
| engagement | Battle of the Sibuyan Sea ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| flagshipPeriod | 1943 ⓘ |
| hullType | capital ship ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1938 ⓘ |
| launched | 1940 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 263 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 27 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Saitama Prefecture
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surface form:
Musashi Province
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| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the largest battleships ever built
ⓘ
one of the most heavily armed battleships ever built ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1942 ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
Shinano
ⓘ
Yamato ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Pacific War ⓘ |
| wreckDiscoveredBy | expedition funded by Paul Allen ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | Sibuyan Sea ⓘ |
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: Musashi Description of subject: Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.