USS Wasp
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USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Wasp canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98922 — 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 Wasp Context triple: [Continental Navy, notableShip, USS Wasp]
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A.
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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B.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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C.
USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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D.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
- 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 Wasp Target entity description: USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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A.
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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B.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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C.
USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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D.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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E.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Navy ship
ⓘ
sloop-of-war ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armedWith | naval guns ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryInWar |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enemy |
British Armed Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British forces
Great Britain ⓘ |
| era | American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| hasCrewType |
marines
ⓘ
sailors ⓘ |
| hasType | armed naval vessel ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| locationOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
North American coastal waters ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | naval forces of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| navalForce | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor | early naval engagements against British forces ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| opponentInWar | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
American naval effort in the Revolutionary War
ⓘ
United States naval history ⓘ |
| role |
combat vessel
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escort ship ⓘ raider of enemy shipping ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| significance |
early example of American naval power
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symbol of Continental Navy resistance to British sea power ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commerce raiding
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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 Wasp Description of subject: USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.