USS Benson (DD-421)
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USS Benson (DD-421) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer and the lead ship of the Benson-class.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Benson (DD-421) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1840934 — 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 Benson (DD-421) Context triple: [William S. Benson, namesakeOf, USS Benson (DD-421)]
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A.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
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B.
USS Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
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C.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in major Pacific campaigns and earning multiple battle stars before being sunk during atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- 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 Benson (DD-421) Target entity description: USS Benson (DD-421) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer and the lead ship of the Benson-class.
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A.
USS O’Brien (DD-415)
USS O’Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer that served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters before being lost to damage sustained from a Japanese torpedo attack in 1942.
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B.
USS Mustin (DD-413)
USS Mustin (DD-413) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning multiple battle stars for its combat operations.
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C.
USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in major Pacific campaigns and earning multiple battle stars before being sunk during atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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E.
USS Walke (DD-416)
USS Walke (DD-416) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benson-class destroyer
ⓘ
World War II warship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| armedForce | United States Navy ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| category |
Benson-class destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Benson-class destroyers of the United States Navy
Ships of the United States Navy ⓘ World War II destroyers of the United States ⓘ |
| class |
Benson-class destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Benson class
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-submarine operations
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ fleet screening ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ |
| hasArmament |
anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
naval guns ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| hasCrewType | enlisted sailors and officers ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | USS Benson ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
anti-aircraft defense
ⓘ
escort and protection of larger ships ⓘ offensive torpedo attacks ⓘ |
| hasHullClassificationSymbol | DD ⓘ |
| hasPennantNumber | DD-421 ⓘ |
| hasPropulsion | steam turbine ⓘ |
| hasShipPrefix | USS ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-421 ⓘ |
| isLeadShipOfClass | Benson-class destroyer ⓘ |
| leadShipOf |
Benson-class destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Benson class
|
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William S. Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalFleet |
Atlantic Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Atlantic Fleet
|
| navy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Navy units
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Navy destroyer force
|
| role |
anti-submarine warfare ship
ⓘ
escort ship ⓘ surface combatant ⓘ |
| service | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedIn | 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 Benson (DD-421) Description of subject: USS Benson (DD-421) was a World War II-era United States Navy destroyer and the lead ship of the Benson-class.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William S. Benson