Japanese carrier Taiho
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Japanese carrier Taiho was an advanced Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, notable as Japan’s first armored-deck carrier and sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho | 1 |
| Japanese carrier Taiho canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1293587 — 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 carrier Taiho Context triple: [Battle of the Philippine Sea, aircraftCarrierInvolved, Japanese carrier Taiho]
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A.
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942.
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B.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō was the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service, playing a pioneering role in the development of naval aviation for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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C.
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga
The Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was a converted battleship and one of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s key fleet carriers in the early Pacific War, playing a major role in the attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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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
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese carrier Taiho Target entity description: Japanese carrier Taiho was an advanced Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, notable as Japan’s first armored-deck carrier and sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
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A.
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942.
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B.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō was the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service, playing a pioneering role in the development of naval aviation for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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C.
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga
The Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was a converted battleship and one of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s key fleet carriers in the early Pacific War, playing a major role in the attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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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 (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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World War II warship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftTypesCarried |
Aichi D3A or Yokosuka D4Y dive bombers
ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ Nakajima B6N Tenzan ⓘ
surface form:
Nakajima B6N torpedo bombers
|
| airGroupSize | about 65 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
12 x 100 mm dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armorFeature | armored flight deck integrated with hull ⓘ |
| attacker | USS Albacore ⓘ |
| builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe
|
| causeOfSinking | torpedo attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1944-03-07 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Imperial Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | about 1750 ⓘ |
| damageMechanism | internal gasoline vapor explosion ⓘ |
| dateSunk | 1944-06-19 ⓘ |
| designInfluence | lessons from early-war carrier losses ⓘ |
| designPurpose | frontline fleet carrier ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 37000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 30000 tons ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-TAIHO ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1941-07-10 ⓘ |
| launched | 1943-04-07 ⓘ |
| length | about 260 meters ⓘ |
| locationSunk | Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| namesake | Great Phoenix ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Japanese carrier with armored flight deck ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Operation A-Go ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntryTheater | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| serviceLife | about 3 months in commission ⓘ |
| shipClass | Taiho-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| sinkingConsequence | loss of flagship of Japanese Mobile Fleet ⓘ |
| strategicRole | core carrier of Japanese Mobile Fleet ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| typeOfDeck | armored flight deck ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese carrier Taiho Description of subject: Japanese carrier Taiho was an advanced Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, notable as Japan’s first armored-deck carrier and sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho