USS Alfred
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USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Alfred canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98917 — 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: USS Alfred Context triple: [Continental Navy, notableShip, USS Alfred]
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A.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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B.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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D.
USS Maryland (BB-46)
USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations 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: USS Alfred Target entity description: USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
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A.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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B.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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D.
USS Maryland (BB-46)
USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including surviving and continuing operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Navy ship
ⓘ
sailing ship ⓘ ship of the line ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Second Continental Congress
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Congress
|
| acquisitionDate | 1775 ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| armamentType | cannon ⓘ |
| capturedAt | West Indies ⓘ |
| captureDate | 1778 ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| category |
Age of Sail naval ships of the United States
ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ships of the United States ⓘ Ships of the Continental Navy ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Esek Hopkins
ⓘ
John Paul Jones ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewType | sailors ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| fate | captured by the British ⓘ |
| flagRaisedBy | John Paul Jones ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| hasCrewRole |
captain
ⓘ
officers ⓘ seamen ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1774 ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent | Nassau ⓘ |
| material | wooden hull ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
King Alfred the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfred the Great
|
| navalTheater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| notableEvent | one of the first ships to fly the Grand Union Flag of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest flagships of the Continental Navy ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| originalUse | merchant ship ⓘ |
| partOf | Hopkins Expedition to the Bahamas ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| role | flagship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | Battle of Nassau ⓘ |
| typeOfRig | square-rigged ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commerce raiding
ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ |
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: USS Alfred Description of subject: USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.