USS Bonhomme Richard
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USS Bonhomme Richard was a famed Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its victory over HMS Serapis in 1779 despite being heavily damaged.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Bonhomme Richard canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98919 — 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 Bonhomme Richard Context triple: [Continental Navy, notableShip, USS Bonhomme Richard]
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A.
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
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B.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
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C.
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.
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D.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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E.
USS Alfred
USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
- 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 Bonhomme Richard Target entity description: USS Bonhomme Richard was a famed Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its victory over HMS Serapis in 1779 despite being heavily damaged.
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A.
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
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B.
USS Ranger
USS Ranger was a prominent sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, best known for its daring Atlantic operations under Captain John Paul Jones.
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C.
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.
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D.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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E.
USS Alfred
USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
frigate
ⓘ
sailing warship ⓘ ship of the Continental Navy ⓘ |
| alliedWith | France ⓘ |
| armamentType | cannon ⓘ |
| associatedQuote | "I have not yet begun to fight" ⓘ |
| battleDate | 23 September 1779 ⓘ |
| builtFor | French merchant service (as Duc de Duras) ⓘ |
| builtInCountry | France ⓘ |
| captain | John Paul Jones ⓘ |
| commandedBy | John Paul Jones ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | later U.S. Navy ships named USS Bonhomme Richard ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| convertedTo | warship for the Continental Navy ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewIncluded |
American sailors
ⓘ
French sailors ⓘ other European seamen ⓘ |
| crewNationality | multinational crew ⓘ |
| displacementClass | frigate-sized wooden sailing ship ⓘ |
| engagedShip | HMS Serapis ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| fate | sank in the North Sea after battle damage ⓘ |
| flag | flag of the United States ⓘ |
| hasOriginalName | Duc de Duras ⓘ |
| homeportDuringWar | French ports ⓘ |
| launchedInYear | 1765 ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of American naval heroism ⓘ |
| locationOfBattle | off Flamborough Head, North Sea ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Benjamin Franklin’s pen name "Poor Richard"
ⓘ
Poor Richard's Almanack ⓘ
surface form:
Poor Richard’s Almanack
|
| notableFor |
continuing to fight while heavily damaged
ⓘ
defeating a more heavily armed British warship ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Battle of Flamborough Head ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| purchasedBy | France ⓘ |
| sankAfterBattle | Battle of Flamborough Head ⓘ |
| sankInYear | 1779 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1779 ⓘ |
| theater | European waters ⓘ |
| transferredTo | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| victoryOver | HMS Serapis ⓘ |
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 Bonhomme Richard Description of subject: USS Bonhomme Richard was a famed Revolutionary War frigate commanded by John Paul Jones, best known for its victory over HMS Serapis in 1779 despite being heavily damaged.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.