CV-3
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CV-3 was the hull classification symbol for USS Saratoga, a pioneering U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently from the interwar period through World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CV-3 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2416716 — 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: CV-3 Context triple: [USS Saratoga, hullNumber, CV-3]
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A.
CV-8
CV-8 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed World War II U.S. Navy aircraft carrier best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and participating in the Battle of Midway.
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B.
C-3
C-3 is one of the main commuter rail lines in the Cercanías Madrid network, connecting central Madrid with several southern suburbs and surrounding municipalities.
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C.
CV-5
CV-5 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Yorktown, a famed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk at Midway.
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D.
CVG
CVG is the IATA airport code for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, a major air transport hub serving the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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E.
CVO
CVO is the IATA airport code for Corvallis Municipal Airport, a public airport serving Corvallis, Oregon, in the United States.
- 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: CV-3 Target entity description: CV-3 was the hull classification symbol for USS Saratoga, a pioneering U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently from the interwar period through World War II.
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A.
CV-8
CV-8 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed World War II U.S. Navy aircraft carrier best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and participating in the Battle of Midway.
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B.
C-3
C-3 is one of the main commuter rail lines in the Cercanías Madrid network, connecting central Madrid with several southern suburbs and surrounding municipalities.
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C.
CV-5
CV-5 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Yorktown, a famed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk at Midway.
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CVG
CVG is the IATA airport code for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, a major air transport hub serving the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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E.
CVO
CVO is the IATA airport code for Corvallis Municipal Airport, a public airport serving Corvallis, Oregon, in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lexington-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated |
bombers
ⓘ
fighters ⓘ torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 70–90 aircraft (varied over time) ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 8-inch guns (as built)
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| battleHonors | multiple World War II battle stars ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1927-11-16 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | battlecruiser hull ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 2,000 officers and enlisted (varied over time) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-08-15 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 36,000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target in nuclear tests ⓘ |
| homeport | various Pacific bases ⓘ |
| hullClassificationSymbol | CV-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1920-09-25 ⓘ |
| launched | 1925-04-07 ⓘ |
| length | about 888 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck |
Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
surface form:
Bikini Atoll area, Marshall Islands
|
| namedAfter |
Saratoga campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Saratoga
|
| NavyPrefix | USS ⓘ |
| notableEvent | survived multiple torpedo and bomb attacks during World War II ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the first large U.S. fleet carriers ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering carrier aviation tactics for the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| notableUse | training carrier later in World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| originalDesignation | CC-3 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | fleet aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shipClass | Lexington class ⓘ |
| shipyard |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
|
| successorType |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carriers
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| sunkDate | 1946-07-25 ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
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| topSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
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: CV-3 Description of subject: CV-3 was the hull classification symbol for USS Saratoga, a pioneering U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently from the interwar period through World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Saratoga (CV-3)